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Oval Office from above
The current look of the Oval Office since early 2001.

The Oval Office is the official office of the President of the United States currently that is Barack Obama. The office is located in the West Wing of the White House and it was first used by President Taft. It was built in 1909.

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  • Oval Office 1981

    The Oval Office in 1981

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    President's House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George Washington's Bow Window (not depicted) is echoed in the shape of the Oval Office.

  • Yellow Oval Room 1886

    The Yellow Oval Room as President Grover Cleveland's library and study, 1886. Note his use of the Resolute desk.

  • White House West Wing - 1st Floor with the Oval Office highlighted

    Location of the Oval Office in the West Wing.

  • FDR Oval Office in 1934 LOC37952v cropped

    The newly built FDR Oval Office in 1934.

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    Ronald Reagan discussing Grenada with Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica in the Oval Office

  • Caroline Kennedy Kerry Kennedy Resolute Desk a

    Caroline Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy beneath the Resolute desk in 1963

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  • 1st Oval Office after Dec. 24, 1929 fire

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  • Franklin D Roosevelt in the Oval Office - NARA - 195978 rotated & cropped

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  • Rembrandt Peale - George Washington (Porthole type) - Google Art Project

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  • LBJ watching TV in the Oval Office

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  • Ford Oval Office

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  • President Barack Obama talks with New York Times photojournalist Joao Silva

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  • TaftOval1909

    Taft Oval Office, completed 1909. Nearly identical in size to the modern office, it was damaged by fire in 1929 and demolished in 1933.

  • OvalMedallion

    Plaster ceiling medallion installed in 1934 includes elements of the Seal of the President of the United States.

  • OvalFloor

    Oval Office floor, replaced during the administration of George W. Bush. Based on a 1933 design by Eric Gugler, the 2005 installation is arranged in a contrasting cross pattern of quarter sawn oak and walnut.

  • WH2Yellow

    Location of the Yellow Oval Room on the second floor of the White House. A number of presidents used this as their private office or library.

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    The Yellow Oval Room about 1868 used as President Andrew Johnson's library. Note the bearskin chair on the right.

  • West Wing between 1910 and 1920 cropped

    Exterior of the West Wing (circa 1910s), showing the curve of the Taft Oval Office.

  • President Hoover views West Wing fire ruins 15 January 1930 cropped

    President Hoover views West Wing fire ruins, January 15, 1930.

  • West-wing-1934-construction

    West Wing construction, 1934.

  • Oval Office Exterior

    Exterior of the Oval Office as viewed from the South Lawn, July 15, 2006.

  • Kennedy children visit the Oval Office, October 1962

    John F. Kennedy's children visit the Oval Office

  • Ford Oval Office

    The Oval Office during the presidency of Gerald Ford

  • Richard M. Nixon and Bob Hope in the oval office. Bob Hope is putting into an ashtray held by the President. - NARA - 194433

    President Richard M. Nixon and Bob Hope play golf in the Oval Office, a tradition harking back to the tenure of Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Paul Kagame with George Bush March 4, 2003

    One of many hand-shake photos in front of the fireplace. President George W. Bush sitting to the viewer's right, the guest (Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda) to the left. One of the rare images where there is fire in the fireplace. March 2003.


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