Photographs of the State Dinner in Honor of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, 2011

The White House hosted a State Dinner in honor of Germany on June 7, 2011.  The State Dinner honored Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and her husband Dr. Joachim Sauer.

There are photos of Chancellor Merkel’s arrival; a reception on the Truman Balcony; greeting guests in the Blue Room; President Obama and Chancellor Merkel delivering remarks; President Obama presenting Chancellor Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom; and performances by the National Symphony Orchestra and James Taylor. There are also photos of Mrs. Obama and National Security Staff Chief of Staff Brooke Anderson hosting high school students during the Official State Dinner Press Preview.
 

2,100 assets

  • Photographs

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.

The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration.  This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:

  • P (for Presidential photographs)
  • MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
  • XX (Photographer’s initials)
  • [dash]
  • Frame number

Electronic Records

  • 2011 Germany State Dinner Photos 1 contains 2088 photographs, of which 2077 are released in full and 11 are withheld in full.
  • 2011 Germany State Dinner Photos 2 contains 12 photographs, of which 12 are released in full.
     

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

 

Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
 

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivists, 2026.