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Postcard showing the East Room in the White House in Washington, D.C. Three chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and a piano is in the back right corner of the room. The room is empty in the middle, with benches and other decorations placed along the walls.
1905
This postcard shows the Council Chamber of Versailles, which Charles C. Myers notes was also used as a Study and Wig Room by King Louis XIV of France. The room is ornately decorated, and sports a table in the middle of the room underneath a chandelier, while stools sit at either side of a fireplace. Several large mirrors occupy large sections of wall.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This was the study and wig room of Louis 14th and the decorations and furniture are the same as used by him.”
This postcard shows Buckingham Palace’s Belgian Drawing Room. The room is decorated with tables and chairs, above which hangs a chandelier. The walls of the room are covered with painted portraits.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is a fine view in the Belgian Drawing Room which is noted for the many fine paintings by the most noted artists of ancient and modern times.”
At center is a place for Republicans to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election. Such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evarts, George F. Hoar, and Thomas B. Reed wait there. Surrounding vignettes show a prominent citizen being escorted by two “Bureau of Public Comfort” guards who keep the press at bay, a sewing station for women’s clothing after a round of bargain shopping, a room where anarchists can blow off some steam “without disturbing anybody,” an educational facility to help orient newcomers to the ways of the city, and a hypnotist who attempts to convince servants to work in the country. Caption: Some of the useful purposes it might serve.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-10-25
A photograph of the north room at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home. Many animal heads adorn the walls.