Red Room Historical Photo Essay
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![White House Assistant Chief Florist Wendy Elsasser carefully checks each berry of the Red Room cranberry. Exacting four days of patient care, the tree is a 19-year White House holiday tradition. The practice of decorating the White House rooms with fresh flowers began in the 1850s.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081103182649im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/photoessays/redroom/images/03-redroom-florist-398h.jpg) |
White House photo by Tina Hager |
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White House Assistant Chief Florist Wendy Elsasser carefully checks each berry of the Red Room cranberry. Exacting four days of patient care, the tree is a 19-year White House holiday tradition. The practice of decorating the White House rooms with fresh flowers began in the 1850s. |
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