This
exhibition is a collective effort by staff of the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of American History. Exhibitions are complex undertakings,
and the history they present is an interpretation of historical evidence
informed by knowledge and experience.
| Presidency
Project Team: |
| Exhibition
curators: |
Lonnie
Bunch, Spencer Crew, and Harry Rubenstein |
| Section
co-curators: |
William
L. Bird Jr. and Shannon Perich |
| Exhibition
educator: |
Julia
Forbes |
| Editor: |
Joan
Mentzer |
| Curatorial
team: |
Frances
Dispenzirie, Lisa Kathleen Graddy, Jane Fortune, William Eastman,
Laura Kreiss, Carrie Bruns, Tom Bower, Kathryn Henderson, Howard
Bass, Susan Walther, Judith Gradwohl, Bob Norton, Gina Cordero,
David Miller, Susan Ostroff, Ian Cooke |
| Public
services: |
Harold
Closter |
| Project
managers: |
Lynn
F. Chase and Patrick J. Ladden |
| Video
production: |
The
History Channel and Selma Thomas |
National Museum
of American History Web Site Team: |
| Project
director: |
Judith
Gradwohl |
| Content
manager: |
Matthew
MacArthur |
| Editor: |
Rachel
Bernhardt |
| Additional
content provided by: |
Chris
Cotrill, Robin Currie, Julia Forbes, James Gardner, Nancy McCoy,
Leslie M. O'Flahavan, Marilynne Rudick, Deb Sisum |
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| We
are grateful to the following companies for their generous support
of The American Presidency Web site: iXL, Los Angeles; America
Online; MSN |
Web site design
and production by:
iXL , Los Angeles |
| Project
Manager: |
Amanda
Smith |
| Information
Architect: |
Megan
Emery |
| Creative
Director: |
Pam
Watanabe |
| Application
Developer: |
Kati
Burdon, Henry So |
| Graphic
Designer: |
Julie
Christen, Shannon Sea |
Flash Development: |
Scott Delamater, Matthew Strangio, Niilo Tippler |
| Content
Editor: |
Carrie
Powell |
| Client
Partner: |
Sarah
E. Bordac |
| Marketing: |
Brian
Albert, Sarah Chambers |
Copyright:
Unless otherwise noted, all other text and images are copyright
© National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
See the Smithsonian copyright
statement for terms and conditions
of use.
Image reference numbers:
Numbers below refer to Smithsonian negative numbers, except for
Library of Congress images which are preceded by "LC."
"$100,000 Reward" poster
LC-USCZC4-5341
1933 Inauguration Ticket 2000-6067
1956 Democratic National Convention program
86-11645
"A Guide to Your Television
Appearance" Booklet, 1950s 2000-6902
ABC press pass, 1984 Republican National
Convention 2000-6299
Abraham Lincoln and General McClellan at
Antietam LC-B8171-7951
Abraham Lincoln mourning card 2000-6092
Abraham Lincoln mourning ring 2000-7111
Abraham Lincoln with son Thomas (Tad)
LC-USZ62-11897
Abraham Lincoln's 1862 cabinet 78-5889
Abraham Lincoln's assassins LC-USZ62-17383
Abraham Lincoln's Coat 2000-6322
Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Cortege in New York
City 2000-1748
Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in New
York City 2000-7147
Abraham Lincoln's Hands, cast in Plaster, 1860
2000-7109
Abraham Lincoln's Ink Stand 2000-7107
Advertisement for "ABA Traveler's Cheques"
featuring President Theodore Roosevelt 2000-7002
Advertisement with an image of Theodore
Roosevelt
Advertisement for "Cherry Smash" with
the image of George Washington 2000-7802
Advertisement for Jefferson Towers 2000-6996
Advertisement for Lincoln Tea 2000-6999
Advertisement for "Sweet Home" Soap
with John Adams 2000-7390
Advertisement for Washington Cigars 2000-7803
Advertisement for Washington Crisps Corn Flakes
2000-6997
"African Hunter" Sheet Music
2000-7587
Akeley Newsreel Camera, 1935 2000-6355
Alexander Graham Bell's Induction Balance
2000-6312
Alice Roosevelt with her husband Nicholas
Longworth LC-USZ62-13443
Amy Carter NLC-WHSP-C-01592-22
Andrew Jackson as "The Hero of New
Orleans" 2000-7379
Andrew Jackson's sword from the War of 1812
90-10106
Andrew Johnson's impeachment committee
LC-USZ62-31933
Anti Viet Nam Protest Sign 2000-6287
Anti-lynching Handbill 2000-6286
Archie Roosevelt on a horse LC-USZ62-15284
Assassination & Mourning 2001-31
Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson
LC-USZ62-2342
Audiometer 2000-6845
Ballot box, 74-4097
Bandana commemorating George Washington's
resignation 2000-6297
Barry Goldwater campaign poster 96-2823
Beaded moccasins presented to Ulysses S. Grant
2000-7102
Birthday Card from Lyndon B. Johnson 2000-6887
Block of White House wood and stones 2000-6830
Blue Feathered Hat 2000-6325
Book on Theodore Roosevelt 2000-7583
Book with red cloth cover 2000-7378
Bottle Stand used by George Washington 97-7906
"Boy reading newspaper" by Colie
Smith LC-USF34-44054-d
Breadboard promoting Herbert Hoover 2000-6351
Bringing the Campaign Home 2001-15
Bryan Donkey and Taft Elephant 2000-7127
"Building the First White House"
71-2060
George Washington in front of unfinished White
House
Building the White House 2001-48
Bush/Quayle Hat, 1992 Republican National
Convention 96-3374-6
Button Commemorating George Washington's First
Inauguration 97-7908
Button Commemorating George Washington's First
Inauguration 97-7917
Cake box from Grover Cleveland 's wedding
2000-6338
Camp Table Used By Theodore Roosevelt on His
Travels 2000-1248
Campaign banner for James A. Garfield 2000-7783
Campaign poster for Grover Cleveland 96-2831
Campaign poster for Willke 86-13967
Cane 2000-7204
Cane Bequeathed to George Washington by
Benjamin Franklin 98-3879
Cane Presented to Former President John Quincy
Adams 98-3880
Capturing an Essence: The Presidency as
Souvenier 2001-6
Caroline and John-John Kennedy 28661
Carriage Police Pass 2000-6294
Cartoon of Abraham Lincoln as Don Quixote
LC-USZ62-22383
Cartoon of James A. Garfield as a farmer
LC-USZ62-4915
Cartoon of Ulysses S. Grant on a trapeze
LC-USZC4-5606
Casket Received by Former President Ulysses S.
Grant in London 2000-7106
Cathedral Radio, 1940s 2000-6267
CBS microphone Used for President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's "fireside-chats" 98-3878
CBS press pass, 1984 Democratic National
Convention 2000-6300
Centennial Presidential Game 80-1535
Ceramic pitcher with the Image of William Henry
Harrison 564-54
Chairs Used in the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy Debate
93-12718
Champagne bottle from the inauguration of John
F. Kennedy 2000-6843
Cheesehead Hat , 1996 Democratic National
Convention 97-1409
Child-sized George Washington Costume 2000-6330
Christmas Card 91-2796
Christmas Pageant Program made by Eisenhower
grandchildren 2000-7579
Cigar ads featuring President Grover Cleveland
2000-6995
"Cleveland's Luck" Cartoon 2000-7381
Clock with Figure of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt 2000-7098
"Coffee with Kennedy" Paper Cup
2000-6344
Color Print of China from the Nixon-Cox wedding
2000-6895
"Columbia Grieving at Lincoln's Bier"
(Woman at Coffin) 2000-7145
Commemoratives from Ronald Reagan's Second
Inauguration 2000-6060
Compass used on Lewis and Clark expedition,
1803 95-3550
Congress voting independence LC-USZ62-6078-A
"Congressional Scales" cartoon
LC-USZ62-8230
Cornflower-covered dish 2000-7118
Creating a Private Life 2001-52
Crock Inscribed with Protest Over 1824 election
results 564-62
Decorative Hair Comb With Presidential
Portraits 94-6249
Desk Designed and Used by Thomas Jefferson
2000-3214
Desk Designed and Used by Thomas Jefferson
2000-3214
Dessert plate used by James and Elizabeth
Monroe 2000-6335
Dessert Plate used by Lyndon and Lady Bird
Johnson 2000-7119
Dinner plate used by Ronald and Nancy Reagan
83-10446
Display of Hair from Various American
Presidents 2000-4600-12
"Dollars for Democrats" button
86-11679
Dollhouse for the children of Grover Cleveland
77-12886
Dress Worn by First Lady Grace Coolidge, 1920s
2000-6314
Drum Used at the Funeral of President Abraham
Lincoln 2000-7125
Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1960 State of the Union
Address 2000-6305
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Golf Clubs and Bag
2000-7117
Dwight Eisenhower Enjoys His Leisure 2001-30
Eagle Torch, 1860 Presidential Campaign 96-2888
Easter eggs signed by George and Barbara Bush
2000-7122
Edison phonograph recordings 2000-6332
Engraving of Daniel Webster addressing the
Senate 2000-6356
Establishing the Presidency 2001-57
Fan with image of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his
cabinet 2000-7059
"Fifty Cents" cartoon LC-USZ62-1582
First Lady Dolley Madison's Trunk 2000-6350
First Lady Grace Coolidge with her pet racoon
LC-USZ62-100816
Ford's Theatre LC-B8171-7765
Foundations of the Office 2001-53
Franklin D. Roosevelt Mourners on the Street
LC-T2-15
Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral LC-USZ62-106334
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Funeral Procession
LC-USZ62-67439
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Lap Robe 2000-7116
"Free Trade of 1840" cartoon 42042
Full Dinner Pail Lantern 80-15251
Funeral address for Abraham Lincoln 2000-6086
Funeral Service Announcement for John F.
Kennedy 2000-6104
Furnishing the Presidential Mansion 2001-58
Gavel presented to the Speaker of the House,
1952. 2000-1251
"George Bush Drive" Street Sign
2000-7785
"George Bush Drive" Street Sign
2000-7785
George Bush on "Dawn of an Asian Era"
panel 648-28
George Washington, an Inspiration for the
Presidency 2001-56
George Washington Hatchet Souvenir 2000-7065
George Washington Returns Home 2001-25
George Washington's Easy Chair 80-3217
George Washington's Farewell Adress Lamp
2000-6311
George Washington's Home in High Street,
Philadelphia, PA LC-USZ62-25441
George Washington's Uniform, 1790s 74-4946
Getting Out the Vote 2001-19
"Go light" for pacing speakers at the
1996 Republican National Convention 97-1408
Gold Box and Nugget Presented to Abraham
Lincoln in 1864 2000-7108
Gold coin 95-3573A
Goldwater campaign drink 2000-7114
"Grapefruit bag" for carrying NBC
news videotapes during the 2000 presidential primaries 2000-7795
Grover Cleveland's Fishing Flies 2000-7096
Grover Cleveland's Inaugural Ball 72722
Hancock Rooster 96-2889
"Hands that Pick Cotton..." Poster
84-8973
"Happy Days Are Here Again" flag
2000-7796
Harnessing the Airwaves 2001-11
Harry S. Truman's Vacation Shirt 2000-6318
Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was
shot 95-5528
Hats Off to Politics 2001-16
"Have you registered to vote?" poster
96-2810
Helen Thomas' White House Press Pass 2000-7173
Henry Clay's Senate Chair 2000-1250
Herbert Hoover's Fishing Reel 2000-7066
Herbert Hoover's last campaign speech, 1932
75-7714
"Housewives for Nixon/Lodge" poster
from the 1964 Presidential Campaign 2000-7781
"How Do You Get an Elephant in a Voting
Booth?" poster 96-2836
"Hurrah Lincoln" Torch, 1860
Presidential Campaign 564-107
illustration of man on coin 78-18264
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson LC-USZ62-106849
Inaugural License Plate, 1949 73-10021
Inaugural License Plate, 1957 73-10023
Inaugural Souvenir Ladder 2000-7300
Inauguration Coat worn by Benjamin Harrison
2000-6319
Independence Hall LC-USZ62-9486
Inuagural Plate, 1909 2000-6837
Invitation 2000-7590
Invitation to Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Ball,
1865 2000-6069
Invitation to inaugural ball for James K. Polk
2000-6292
Invitation to Ride Abraham Lincoln's Funeral
Train 2000-6093
Invitation to tribute dinner for William J.
Clinton 2000-7786
Invitations to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday
Ball 2000-7168
"It's the Economy, Stupid!" button
2000-6353
James Buchanan greeting envoys from Japan
LC-USZ62-32022
James Buchanan's memoirs 2000-7585
James K. Polk's Letter Seal 2000-6328
Japanese present to Ulysses and Julia Grant
90-7801
Japanese present to Ulysses and Julia Grant
90-7801
Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 2001-60
Jimmy Carter Peanut Bank 84-6253
John Dean sits with his wife Maureen during
break in his tesifying before Senate Watergate Hearings 2001-74
John Dean's Watergate Testimony Draft 2000-7382
John F. Kennedy lying in state LC-USA7-25504
John F. Kennedy's funeral 73-3670
John Quincy Adams (seated) LC-USZ62-5120
Jug supporting candidate J. Hanson 80-3959
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Swearing-In Robe
93-13172
Kennedys Game 2000-7101
"King Andrew Jackson" cartoon
LC-USZ62-1562
"King Andrew Jackson" cartoon
LC-USZ62-1562
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese for Repuplicans or
Democrats 2000-7097
Lawrence Spivak (left), host of Meet the Press,
1964 LC-USZ62-115509
LBJ Juice Can 2000-7113
Leather Chaps Worn by Theodore Roosevelt 94-186
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
LC-B8184-b-36
Life Magazine, Kennedy Assassination 2000-6089
Lincoln being Assassinated LC-USZ62-12426
Lincoln mourning card 2000-6103
Lincoln Mourning Locket 2000-6324
Lincoln's Funeral train "Nashville"
LC-USZ62-11964
Lyndon B. Johnson Dartboard Game 2000-7126
Lyndon B. Johnson Dartboard Game 2000-7126
Mary Todd Lincoln's Mourning Scarf Pin 94-6247
Maypole Celebration during Herbert Hoover 's
administration LC-F8-42459
Menu for State Dinner honoring Prince Henry of
Prussia 98-2112
Miniature Portrait of Martha Washington 89-6826
Model Log Cabin, 1840 Presidential Campaign
94-185
Mount Rushmore LC-USZ62-102201
Mourning Locket for Abraham Lincoln 2000-6323
Mug from the Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison
2000-6850
Musical Program, FDR 2000-6889
National Museum of American History Closing
Sign for the Death of John F. Kennedy 2000-6088
NBC Microphone 2000-7105
Nixon-Cox Wedding Press Packet 2000-6894
Nixon-Mao Ping-Pong Set 2000-7099
Note Accompanying Fence Rail Split by Abraham
Lincoln 2000-7387
Note Accompanying Fence Rail Split by Abraham
Lincoln 2000-7387
Note warning of the assassination of William
McKinley 2000-7591
Notice for a meeting to promote William Henry
Harrison 96-2832
"NRA CODE, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
1934" Poster 2000-7801
"One Man One Vote" Flag, 1965 96-2811
Original Teddy Bear 93-7205
Page from Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 speech
2000-6101
Paperweight from the 1973 inaugural committee
2000-6842
Paperweight with the image of Thomas Jefferson
2000-7302
Paperweight with the image of William McKinley
2000-7301
"PATCO" and anti-budget cuts Buttons
2000-7376
Pencil Case featuring presidents 2000-6331
Pennant 2000-7049
Pennant for Inauguration of Herbert Hoover
2000-7051
Pennant for the Inauguration of Lyndon B.
Johnson 2000-7053
Pennant for the Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
2000-7050
Pennant from the Inauguration of Dwight D.
Eisenhower 2000-7052
Photo of John Wilkes Booth 2000-6102
Photographers on the White House lawn
LC-USZ62-H261-24394
Pillow Cover Promoting President Woodrow Wilson
2000-6354
Pineapple hat worn at the1996 Republican
National Convention 97-1404
Pitcher and creamer from The Whig Party's 1840
log-cabin campaign 2000-6341
Place Card For Dinner hosted by Rutherford and
Lucy Hayes 2000-6888
Plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln 2000-7124
Plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln 2000-7124
Playbill for Ford's Theatre 2000-7003
political cartoon 2000-7789
political cartoon 2000-7790
political cartoon 2000-7377
Portion of Fence Rail Split by Abraham Lincoln
2000-6334
Portion of Fence Rail Split by Abraham Lincoln
2000-6334
Portrait of Senator Henry Clay 2000-6315
Poster of President John F. Kennedy Welcoming
Peruvian President Prado 2000-7797
Pot holder with image of Dwight D. Eisenhower
97-8766
President Nixon resigning 2001-73
Press ID from wedding of Luci Johnson 2000-6893
press pass, 1968 Republican National Convention
2000-6298
print of gravestone 2000-6899
Prison Hoods used on "Lincoln
Conspirators" 2000-6326
Program for John F. Kennedy's memorial service
2000-6098
Program for the Inaugural Gala of George Bush
2000-6061
Program for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
2000-6063
Program for the Inauguration of William J.
Clinton 2000-6062
Program for the National Christmas Tree
Lighting, 1938 2000-7058
Program from a Dinner for Theodore Roosevelt
2000-7582
Progressive Party button 80-1499
Protecting the President: The United States
Secret Service 2001-46
Railroad Station Floor Tile 2000-7303
Railroad timetable for Abraham Lincoln's
funeral train 2000-6094
"Reagan in '84" button 2000-6346
Record Album, "Give 'Em Hell, Harry"
2000-7385
Record Album, "The First Family"
2000-7384
"Register Today So You Can Vote for a
Better Tomorrow" poster 96-2834
Remaining Accessible to the People 2001-49
Ribbon from the inauguration of George Bush
2000-7055
Rice from the wedding of Luci Johnson 2000-7068
Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln 2000-6336
Robe worn by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
2000-6321
Rocking Elephant 96-2877
Scarf worn by Richard M. Nixon at his 1969
Inauguration 2000-7054
Seating Plan for a Dinner Hosted by Rutherford
and Lucy Hayes 2000-6883
Senate Desk and Chair, 1870s 2000-1249
Senator Henry Clay's straw hat 94-136
Set for Meet the Press, 1975 2000-1253
Sewing Box with an image of John Quincy Adams
80-1523
Sheet music for Abraham Lincoln's funeral march
2000-6100
Sheet Music for "Abraham, Martin and
John" 2000-7388
Sheet music for "Hail to the Chief"
2000-7780
Sheet music for "He Was Your Friend and
Mine" 2000-6095
Sheet music for James A. Garfield's funeral
march 2000-6085
Sheet Music for "The Unemployment
Blues" 2000-7389
Shoes Worn by First Lady Grace Coolidge
2000-6337
"Sigamos La Causa! Registree Para Votar"
poster 96-2838
Silk Pajamas Worn by Warren G. Harding
2000-6313
"Sing Out Freedom" poster 2000-7791
Sleeve Cuff Stained With Abraham Lincoln's
Blood 2000-2852
Snuff Box 77-8110
Snuff Box with the image of Andrew Jackson
95-7124
Souvenier Seller, c. 1910 LC-D4-43503
Souvenir seller, 1943 LC-USW3-36109-E
Speaker's Lecturn, early 1900s 84-4523
Stencil, "TRUCKERS ASK WHAT PART NIXON
PLAY IN OIL SHORTAGE?" 2000-7787
"Stop Abortion Now" Poster 2000-6288
Suffragette protest LC-USZ62-31799
Sun Watch Given to Warren G. Harding in 1921
2000-6347
Table and chairs used at the Confederate
surrender at Appomattox 99-5515-7
Tabulating votes with the Univac computer
2000-7763
"Teddy's Teeth" Whistle 2000-7001
TelePrompter Text, 1984 2000-7779
"Thank You , Mr. President" poster
for Dwight D. Eisenhower 86-10848
The 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate studio 84-10773
The attack on James A. Garfeld LC-USZ62-7622
The Calvin Coolidge family LC-F8-26025
The Constitutional Convention LC-USZ62-92869
"The Evening Star" 2000-7800
"The Gift Outright, " by poet Robert
Frost 2000-6066
The Inauguration of James Buchanan LC-USZ62-327
The Inauguration of William H. Taft
LC-USZ62-7634
The Inauguration of William McKinley
LC-USZ62-236
The inauguration of Woodrow Wilson LC-USZ62-215
"The Log Cabin" campaign newspaper,
1840 2000-6901
The Pullman Palace Car Company strike of 1894
LC-USZ62-10546
The Right to Vote 2001-18
The Second Continental Congress LC-USZ62-45328
The Second Continental Congress LC-USZ62-45328
The Sudden Death of FDR 2001-41
The Trans-Lux Theater 78-14193
The White House as Symbol and Home 2001-47
Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite
National Park LC-USZ62-8672
Theodore Roosevelt Campaigning LC-USZ62-2898
Theodore Roosevelt Remains "Vigorous"
2001-28
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Doll 2000-7062
"This speech is costing..." Cartoon
LC-USZ62-17269
Thomas Jefferson's Musket 2000-6339
Thomas Jefferson's Polygraph 2000-6343
Ticket for an Inaugural Party for Jimmy Carter
2000-6058
Ticket for Harry S. Truman's 1949 inaugural
ball 2000-6064
Ticket to Ford's Theater 2000-6087
Ticket to inaugural ball for Dwight D.
Eisenhower 2000-6065
Ticket to inaugural ball for John F. Kennedy
2000-6070
Ticket to inaugural ball for Lyndon B. Johnson
2000-6290
Ticket to inaugural ball for Ronald Reagan
2000-6059
Ticket to inaugural ball for William McKinley
2000-6071
Ticket to the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
89-8229
Ticket to the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
89-8229
Ticket to the Inauguration of Franklin D.
Roosevelt 2000-6291
Ticket to the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
2000-6293
Ticket to the inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant
2000-6068
Trowel presented to President Ulysses S. Grant
2000-7110
Truman ties on sale 90-5082
Ulysses S. Grant greeting a Japanese delegation
94-2023
Ulysses S. Grant writing his memoirs
LC-USZ62-7607
United States Lines advertisement featuring
Harry Truman 2000-6994
"Vote" Tote Bag, 1972 Presidential
Election 2000-6342
"Votes for Women" pennant 96-2806
"Votes For Women" ribbon 96-2809
Warren G. Harding speaking outdoors in 1921
LC-USZ62-96012
Warren G. Harding's baseball pass 2000-6896
"We Need 100% Parity" protest sign
2000-7788
Wedding announcement for Grover Cleveland and
Frances Folsom 2000-7584
White House Bowling Pin, about 1951 2000-4684
White House Christmas Brochure, 1975 2000-7248
White House Christmas Ornament, 1975 2000-6834
White House Easter Eggs, 1989 and 1991
2000-7121
White House Menu, January 1979 2000-6892
White House Ornament, 1975 2000-6835
White House Secret Service uniform, c. 1970
2000-6340
"WHOSE STREETS/OUR STREETS!" protest
sign, 2000 2000-7798
William J. Clinton Halloween Mask 2000-7063
Wine Glass Used by George Washington 2000-6308
"With Rights... Come
Responsibilities" poster 2000-7782
Wood beam from the first White House 2000-6831
Woodrow Wilson with his granddaughter
LC-USZ62-14398
"Yes 18" button 96-2849
"You're on TV..." pamphlet 86-13990
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