Photographs of the State Dinner in Honor of President François Holland of France, 2014

The White House hosted a State Dinner in honor of France at the White House on February 11, 2014.  The State Dinner honored President François Holland of France.

There are photos of President Holland’s arrival; a reception in the Yellow Oval Room; greeting guests in the Blue Room; President Obama and President Holland delivering remarks and toasts; and a performance by Mary J. Blige.

2,261 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

  • 2014 France State Dinner Photos contains 2,261 photographs, of which 2,260 are released in full and 1 is withheld in full.

    • Duplicate images in lower resolution format may not be available online.

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.

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, 2024.