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Archival photographs that bring people, places, and events of the American past to life.

Photographic print of President Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon walking beside a large black limousine, surrounded by press photographers and a TV pool camera

January 20, 1969

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon

Black-and-white photograph of a man in profile, hand raised to his brow, wearing a dark suit and tie

January 17, 1969

Johnson's farewell visit to the National Press Club

Black-and-white photograph of a smiling older man in a dark suit standing at a wooden podium, with window blinds visible behind him

January 17, 1969

Johnson's farewell visit to the National Press Club

Photographic print of President Johnson gesturing with his hand on his head at a podium, while a smiling woman and another figure sit nearby beneath the National Press Club seal

January 17, 1969

President Johnson's farewell visit to the National Press Club

Photographic print of President Johnson laughing at a podium beneath the National Press Club seal, while Lady Bird Johnson and another man seated nearby laugh alongside him

January 17, 1969

President Johnson's farewell visit to the National Press Club

Photographic print of President Johnson in profile, wearing a dark suit, with his right hand raised to his forehead and gazing upward

January 17, 1969

President Johnson's farewell visit to the National Press Club

Photographic print of President Lyndon Johnson smiling at a podium, wearing a suit and glasses, with louvered shutters in the background

January 17, 1969

President Lyndon Johnson

Photographic print of two Marines in combat gear supporting a wounded Marine between them, moving across rough terrain with sparse vegetation

January 13, 1969

Wounded Marine helped to evacuation point, Operation Dewey Canyon

Photographic print of Sandra Day O'Connor and her family posing together, with a man in a suit and tie and three young boys in casual shirts

1969

Sandra Day O'Connor and her family

Photographic print of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices in black robes, five seated in front and four standing behind, posed before a draped curtain backdrop

1969

The Warren Supreme Court

Photographic print of President Nixon in a dark suit pointing toward the camera at a microphone stand, with a blue curtain and presidential flag behind him

1969

President Nixon

Photographic print of President Richard Nixon speaking at microphones on the White House south lawn, smiling with one hand raised, a crowd gathered behind him

1969

President Richard Nixon giving a speech on the White House south lawn

Photographic print of a television screen displaying a split black-and-white broadcast of President Nixon on the phone and astronauts on the lunar surface

1969

President Nixon talks to astronauts

Photographic print of a television screen displaying the text "LIVE VOICES MOON TO EARTH" above a grainy broadcast of a figure on the lunar surface

1969

Astronauts and the moon landing

Photographic print of President Richard Nixon waving from an open jeep, seated alongside military officers in uniform

1969

President Richard Nixon in Vietnam

Photographic print of a soldier standing with his back to the camera, holding a rifle, gazing into a dense fog with bare trees barely visible

1969

Soldier overlooking the fog-shrouded A Shau Valley, Vietnam

Photographic print of a group of helmeted soldiers resting in tall grass and dense jungle vegetation, with rifles and equipment visible nearby

1969

American soldiers in Vietnam

Black-and-white photograph of a group of soldiers in combat gear resting on a hillside amid dense jungle vegetation, rifles visible nearby

1969

American soldiers in Vietnam resting between engagements

Black-and-white photograph of a soldier seen from behind, holding a rifle at his side, standing amid fog and bare scorched trees

1969

U.S. soldier, Vietnam, 1969

Black-and-white photograph of three soldiers in helmets wading through a flooded swamp, carrying a fourth soldier on a stretcher through dense vegetation

1969

U.S. troops carrying a wounded comrade through a swamp, Vietnam

Black-and-white photograph of two men in dark suits and ties facing each other in conversation against a light-colored wall near a doorway

1969

John Mitchell with Nixon in the Oval Office

Artifact poster with bold orange text reading 'Viva Chavez, Viva La Causa' above a dark silhouetted profile portrait of a person facing left

December 4, 1968

"Viva Chavez, Viva La Causa"

Photographic print of President Johnson and President-elect Nixon seated together in a formal room, reviewing documents held in a dark folder

December 2, 1968

President Johnson and President-elect Nixon

Color photograph of a woman seated on a sofa, holding a handheld microphone and reviewing handwritten notes and newspapers; a reel-to-reel recorder sits on a side table nearby

November 15, 1968

Lady Bird Johnson recording the day's events

Photographic print of two people seated facing each other in a formal office, one holding a notepad, the other reclined in a leather chair near a large desk and framed portrait

November 15, 1968

Doris Kearns interviewing LBJ

Photographic print of a fenced compound with thatched-roof structures and extensive barbed wire. A helmeted military policeman walks among several detainees near a sandbag barrier

November 1968

Prisoner of war and detainee operation in Chu Lai, Vietnam

Photographic print of President Lyndon B. Johnson leaning over a desk to read The Evening Star, its front page headline reading "Bombing of N. Vietnam Halts"

November 1, 1968

President Johnson reads Vietnam headline

Black-and-white photograph of a man in a dark suit leaning over a paper-strewn desk to read a copy of "The Evening Star" with the headline "Bombing of N. Vietnam Halts"

November 1, 1968

Lyndon B. Johnson reading the front page of "The Evening Star"

Photographic print of several men in dark suits seated around a large conference table with documents and glasses, an American flag visible in the background

October 29, 1968

Vietnam discussions in the Johnson White House

Black-and-white photograph of an older man in a suit seated at a large desk, holding a telephone receiver to his ear with both hands raised to his head

October 22, 1968

LBJ on the telephone

Photographic print of a U.S. Air Force HH-3 crewman in flight suit and helmet operating a mounted machine gun. Muzzle flash and smoke are visible at the gun barrel with dense forest canopy below

October 17, 1968

U.S. Air Force HH-3 helicopter crewman machine gunner

Black-and-white photograph of a man in glasses seated behind a large desk covered with papers and office items, holding a phone to his ear, flanked by flags

September 30, 1968

President Johnson on the phone at his Oval Office desk

Color photograph of a man in a suit seated in a leather chair, talking on a telephone with feet propped on a large desk. U.S. and presidential flags stand behind him.

September 26, 1968

LBJ on the phone in the Oval Office

Color photograph of a man in a dark suit seated in a leather chair, holding a document, with a blue flag and a framed portrait visible behind him

September 16, 1968

President Johnson at the Oval Office desk

Color photographic print of a man in a dark suit and striped tie, hands clasped, seated at a table; a woman in a light outfit sits softly out of focus behind him

September 4, 1968

LBJ with hands clasped, Lady Bird in background

Artifact photograph of a crowded convention floor filled with Nixon campaign signs and state delegation placards, with one attendee dressed in Uncle Sam costume

August 7, 1968

1968 Republican National Convention floor

Black-and-white photograph of a man in a white shirt seated alone at a long conference table, head bowed into his hands, reel-to-reel recorder and ashtrays on the table

July 31, 1968

LBJ alone in the Cabinet Room, head resting in hands

Black-and-white photograph of a woman smiling up at a taller man in a dark suit and tie, an American flag visible behind them

July 26, 1968

Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office

Photographic print, extreme close-up portrait of President Lyndon B. Johnson, an older man with gray hair, blue eyes, and a slight smile

July 26, 1968

President Lyndon Baines Johnson

Color photograph of a man in a cowboy hat and brown shirt standing among yucca plants and bare saplings, rolling countryside behind him

July 5, 1968

Lyndon B. Johnson at his ranch

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