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Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Born Chicago.

Dec 30, 2022, 9 tweets

Solarium atop White House, 1960:

Nixon family in Solarium, White House, at the end, 1974:

Under Kennedys, White House rooftop Solarium was used as schoolroom for Caroline and friends: #JFKL

Original White House Solarium, as constructed, 1927, under Coolidges:

Eisenhower Solarium had very small touches reminiscent of the DC Trader Vic’s:

Eisenhowers’ White House Solarium decor also had echoes of their years in and fondness for Philippines:

Trader Vic’s, New York (1958-1965):

NYC Trader Vic’s was in Savoy Hilton (earlier Savoy Plaza), demolished in 1965 to make way for soulcrushing General Motors building of today:

Nixons ate at Trader Vic's DC three weeks before Saturday Night Massacre, October 1973:

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