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Lauren Bacall with Vice Pres. Truman, 1945
Photo Credit: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum Actress Lauren Bacall sits atop the piano while Vice President Harry S. Truman plays at the National Press Club Canteen in Washington. They are at the...
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Abraham Lincoln: Bartender
Before he was president, Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender. During his time in New Salem, Illinois, Lincoln was co-owner of the Berry-Lincoln Store, a general store/drinking establishment, with...
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JFK with West Virginian Miners, 1960
Photo Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum John F. Kennedy, wearing hard hat, talks with miners in West Virginia during the Presidential Primary campaign in April 1960.
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Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1935
Photo Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of George R. Rinhart, in memory of Joan Rinhart After her second transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart continued to set out on...
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Presidents Pardoning Turkeys: Photos
Photo Credit: Henry Griffin/AP Photo President Harry S. Truman squints as he touches the wattle of a 35-pound Tom Turkey from Oregon as it is presented to him, in the White House Rose Garden on...
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Lincoln & Truman: Postmasters
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry S. Truman were the only U.S. Presidents to also be Postmasters. However, there is a difference between Lincoln and Truman’s appointments as Postmasters – only...
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Calvin Coolidge: “You Lose.”
Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words. Upon the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923, Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States and earned the nickname “Silent Cal.”...
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Richard Nixon’s 1972 presidential campaign song and commercial, “Nixon Now.” Nothing like a good jingle to spruce up a campaign!
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First Ladies at the Reagan Presidential Library, 1991
Source First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford (front row, left to right), Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush (standing, left to right) at the dedication of the Ronald...
View ArticleJFK – First Televised Press Conference, 1961
Video is a documentary on the press conferences of President John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy was the first president to give a televised press conference on January 25, 1961. He begins the press...
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The Reagans and Michael Jackson, 1984
Photo Credit: National Archives President and First Lady Reagan and Michael Jackson at the White House Ceremony to Launch the Campaign Against Drunk Driving on May 14, 1984.
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Theodore Roosevelt & A Canoe, 1905
The following photographs are of President Theodore Roosevelt with a canoe on September 11, 1905. Theodore Roosevelt, standing up in canoe, pushing away from shore with oar. Photo Credit: Library of...
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First Lady Coolidge Eating a Girl Scout Cookie, 1923
Photo Credit: Library of Congress First Lady Grace Coolidge eating cookies presented by officials of the New York Girl Scout troop on October 17, 1923.
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Nancy Reagan in Second-hand Clothing, 1982
Photo Credit: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Nancy Reagan in her “Second-Hand Clothes” disguise for the Gridiron Club on March 27, 1982. At the annual Gridiron Club dinner, the First...
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Jimmy Carter with his dog, 1937
Photo Credit: National Archives Jimmy Carter as a boy with his dog Bozo, 1937
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Helen Keller & Grace Coolidge, 1926
Helen Keller reading First Lady Grace Coolidge’s lips with her hand on January 11, 1926. Photo Credit: National First Ladies’ Library On January 11, 1926, Helen Keller visited the White House. She...
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JFK and the Ambassador of Ireland, 1961
Photo Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum President John F. Kennedy meets with Thomas J. Kiernan, the Ambassador of Ireland. Kiernan presents President Kennedy with an arrangement...
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FDR Sailing aboard the Amberjack II, 1933
Photo Credit: FDR Presidential Library & Museum FDR sailing from Marion, MA to Campobello, ME aboard the Amberjack II in June 1933.
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Teddy Roosevelt carved in butter, 1905
Photo Credit: C.L. Wasson/Library of Congress “The Man on Horseback” – Equestrian statue of President Theodore Roosevelt modeled in butter at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
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