Abraham Lincoln in His White House Office. This is one of the only photographs of Abraham Lincoln in his White House office. It was taken by Anthony Berger, a Brady operator, to assist the artist Francis B. Carpenter in his massive painting of Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.

6. How was the Lincoln bedroom at the White House used during Lincoln’s presidency?
A. As Lincoln’s bedroom
B. As an office
C. As the children’s bedroom
D. Nothing, it hadn’t been built yet.

B. AS AN OFFICE. When Lincoln resided in the White House, he used the room now known as the Lincoln bedroom as his office. At that time the Oval Office was used as his personal library and study. He never used the room as a bedroom; however his son Willie died in the bed that is in the room today.