Photos of the White House’s East Wing, then and now
Byline: Associated Press
Work continues on the largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Original Publication Date: October 21, 2025 1:52PM
Publication Updated: October 23, 2025 1:44PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which housed several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
This photo provided by the U.S. Library of Congress shows a crowd outside the White House on the wedding day of Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Wilson who married Francis Bowes Sayre, in a White House ceremony in Washington, Nov. 25, 1913. (U.S. Library of Congress via AP)White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a historic photo showing construction of the West Wing of the White House in 1902 as she speaks about planned construction of a new ballroom following the demolition of the White House East Wing, during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)FILE – President Bush waves as walks away from the East Wing of the White House to the neighboring Treasury Building for the swearing-in of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, July 10, 2006 in Washington. At right is Chief of Staff Joshua Bolton. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows demolition of the East Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)FILE – The East Wing hallway of the White House is decorated for the holiday season, Nov. 29, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)FILE – First lady Laura Bush, left, meets with U.N. Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari in her East Wing office of the White House in Washington, Dec. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)This photo provided by the U.S. Library of Congress shows the East entrance of the White House, Washington, in 1906. (U.S. Library of Congress via AP)FILE – President Bill Clinton, flanked by Governors Ann Richards of Texas and Mario Cuomo of New York, watches the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills play at the Super Bowl, with his daughter Chelsea and their cat Socks at the White House, Jan. 31, 1993, in the family theater in the east wing. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)FILE – Liz Carpenter, press secretary and staff director for first lady Lady Bird Johnson, poses for a photo in her office in the East Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 1963. On the walls are her Theta Sigma Phi Headliner Award and two photos of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)FILE – First lady Melania Trump visits with children in the East Wing of the White House in Washington, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Debris is seen at a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)FILE – Vice President Kamala Harris, right, swears in Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, as Yellen’s husband George Akerlof stands by, at the East Wing of the White House in Washington, Jan. 26, 2021, across from the Treasury building. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)FILE – Artwork by military children decorates a display in the East Colonnade of the East Wing at the White House, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Demolition of the East Wing of the White House continues Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo)
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