A Look Back: Official Life in the White House

American Presidents have welcomed vistitors from Marie Curie to Mikhail Baryshnikov to the White House over the years

President William H. Taft prepares to open the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle by pressing a telegraph key in the East Room, 1909.

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President François Hollande of France: State Visit February 11, 2014	February 2014: Photo of the Day February 3, 2014	2014 State of the Union Address January 29, 2014	January 2014: Photo of the Day January 6, 2014
The Vice President's Trip to Asia December 14, 2013	President Obama Attends the Nelson Mandela Memorial Service December 10, 2013	Hanukkah at the White House December 4, 2013	December 2013: Photo of the Day December 2, 2013