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Eleanor Roosevelt with Zilphia and Myles Horton

Date: 1957
Description: From left: Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton, and Mrs. Roosevelt at a Highlander conference in connection with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
Photograph

Mr. & Mrs. Dreyfus with Pope & President Carter

Date: 10 06 1979
Description: Joyce Dreyfus, Governor Lee Dreyfus, Pope John Paul II and Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter at a papal dinner held at the White House.

Pope John Paul II ...

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Madison Woman's Club Dresses Dolls

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: The social service department of the Madison Woman's Club display some of the dolls made for the children at the Children's Orthopedic hospital. From left ...
Photograph

President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: Accompanying President Truman on his visit to Madison are the First lady, Mrs. Harry (Bess) Truman and their daughter, Margaret, pictured here at the cerem...
Photograph

St. Andrew's Women's Guild

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of six members of the St. Andrew's Women's Guild dressed in Chinese costumes to promote an upcoming Chinese Festival at the church. The cost...
Print

Holiday Card of President and Mrs. Kennedy

Date: 1961
Description: Holiday card from President Kennedy and First Lady, Christmas. Front of card depicts the White House on a snowy day with a horse-drawn carriage making its ...
Print

White House Family Tree

Date: 1991
Description: Christmas card from the President and Mrs. Bush, titled: "The Family Tree, Upstairs at the White House." On the front is a painting of the Bush family tree...
Print

Season's Greetings

Date: 1958
Description: Holiday card from President and Mrs. Eisenhower. The front has the presidential seal, printed in red and blue, gold foil stamped and embossed, attached to ...
Manuscript

Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita McCormick Blaine

Date: 10 31 1936
Description: Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita McCormick Blaine on the eve of the 1936 presidential election. Roosevelt thanks Blaine for "the excellent work which...
Photograph

President Ford in China

Date: 12 01 1975
Description: President Gerald Ford being officially greeted at the airport by Deng Xiao Ping. Mrs. Ford stands on the President's right; on the far left are Secretary o...
Print

President Lincoln and Family

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Description: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln and family. The President is reading to his son Thomas (Tad) with Mary Todd seated at his side and son Robert standing behind t...
Photograph

Breakfast for Sen. John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 24 1959
Description: Sen. John Kennedy, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, began an intensive three-day speaking tour in Wisconsin with a breakfast with politicians and...
Print

Juan and Eva Perón Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1951
Description: Menu mounted on gold-bordered board with the enameled metal coat of arms of Argentina affixed to the front cover and inscriptions from Juan ("A Mr Altmeyer...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Jacqueline Kennedy at Funeral

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy holds the flag that draped her late husband's coffin as she turns from the gra...
Photograph

Visiting George Washington's Tomb

Date: 1950
Description: Group of people standing in front of George and Martha Washington's tombs. One woman on the left is walking away from the tomb holding a camera. Two Americ...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 11 02 1992
Description: The cover of a November 1992 edition of "The New Yorker" magazine. On the left side, down the spine, are jack-o-lanterns, bats, and ghosts with a torn loo...

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