# Presidential pix

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pix/72183>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pix/72183 "2001-07-12T06:56:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pix/72183/1 "2001-07-12T06:56:40Z")

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Several questions, revolving around the practice of putting up photographs of the Pres and Veep in the entrance of the various Federal buildings:

When did this become general practice ? [I suppose it was portraits earlier…] What happens to the old photographs ?

Presumably, they’re taken by some official photography office in the White House. Who chooses the final print ? [The current vice-presidential photo sports what can only be described as an odd, unbecoming smirk.]