It’s the land of the cute and the home of the cuddly.
Him and Her, the pet Beagles of President Lyndon B. Johnson, sit together for a photo on lawn of White House, 1964.
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In this 1992 photo, paparazzi get up close and personal with Socks, the cat belonging to the family of Bill Clinton, outside of his pre-White House mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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This 1941 picture shows President Roosevelt allowing a young girl to pet his Scottish Terrier named Fala, at Top Cottage in Hyde Park, NY.