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Third Floor: Breakfast Room
Gallery
Breakfast Room
Northeast corner, closets
Breakfast Room
Southwest corner, radio
Breakfast Room
North wall
Breakfast Room
Entrance
Radio
William Lyon Mackenzie King listened to this 1935 General Electric radio each day to keep abreast of current events and for entertainment.
Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole
This portrait was presented to William Lyon Mackenzie King by British Prime Minister Clement Atlee in 1948 when King surpassed the record previously held by Sir Robert Walpole, as the British Commonwealth's longest serving Prime Minister.
