After service on the LBJ Ranch and in Nixon’s Oval Office, this desk finally found its way to the office of Vice President Dick Cheney in 2008. (Unlike with LBJ, no dog sleeping on its side underneath.)
Nixon mistakenly thought the desk he got from the LBJ Ranch had actually been used by President Wilson, and dramatically referred in White House speeches to decisions he made behind Woodrow’s old desk.
Aside from Cutty Sark, one of LBJ’s favorite beverages was sugar-free Fresca, which he sometimes called “Fresco”:
As he demonstrates in his LBJ Ranch bathroom, Johnson’s favored after shave was Old Spice, seen on shelf: #LBJL
During his final years on the ranch, LBJ acquired a Remington Hot Comb:
To keep himself on everybody’s mind, LBJ, who loved gadgets, gave out electric toothbrushes whose bases were emblazoned with the Presidential seal:
LBJ’s restored ranch office shows his taste in art and chairs:
LBJ’s restored private bathroom on his ranch:
Lady Bird Johnson’s office at LBJ Library is like 1971 frozen in amber:
At 1972 Cotton Bowl, LBJ gives “hook ‘em horns” salute to show support for University of Texas:
Recovering from his second to last major heart attack, LBJ at last minute took Lady Bird to the first Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival, where he was reported to clap hands and stomp feet. Was June 1972, seven months before he died:
In August 1972, LBJ, Lady Bird and Yuki welcomed new Democratic nominees George McGovern and Sargent Shriver to LBJ Ranch:
Lady Bird, LBJ and Yuki on ranch ten weeks before Johnson’s death:
LBJ’s office at ranch (left) and (right) same space as redecorated by Lady Bird after his death:
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