Adlai Stevenson for President poster, 1956:
“The Ticket For You—Not Just The Few”—Stevenson-Kefauver 1956:
Stevenson on his farm in Illinois:
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5 Dec
After Kristallnacht 1938, passersby in Berlin react to destruction of a Jewish-owned business:
Desecration of synagogue in Hechingen, Germany, after Kristallnacht 1938:
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Here is President Franklin Roosevelt's hasty sketch that led to design of Bethesda Naval Hospital (now Walter Reed) in late 1930s—he liked the Nebraska State Capitol tower and mimicked it: @thereidout. @joyannreid
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@thereidout @JoyAnnReid FDR encouraged the idea of basing the design of main National Airport terminal (1941) on nearby Mount Vernon as a tribute to George Washington:
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The immortal Katharine Graham (1917-2001) of the Washington Post will be honored by a U.S. postage stamp next year:
Had the honor of joining Katharine Graham to sign copies of Meg Greenfield’s posthumously-published memoir “Washington” (to which we had both contributed) at Politics and Prose bookstore DC three months before her passing in 2001:
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“Democracy belongs to every American”—1952:
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“Trick or treat for Unicef” — Eleanor Roosevelt and Captain Kangaroo at the UN, 1957:
How many in this photograph can you identify?
Video: Early version of opening of “Captain Kangaroo” (1955-1984):

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