Linen Room

President Ford visits the Linen Room in the final days of his administration in 1977 (Getty Images)

Laundry

This room is where linen such as bedding and tablecloths are pressed and stored, as well as where the first family's clothes ironing is done.

 

More Images

The Linen Room in 1952 (Truman Library)

Housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt in the Linen Room in 1939 (Library of Congress)