Michael Beschloss

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15 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Adlai Stevenson for President poster, 1956:

“The Ticket For You—Not Just The Few”—Stevenson-Kefauver 1956:

Stevenson on his farm in Illinois:

Adlai Stevenson died in London at age 65:

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After Kristallnacht 1938, passersby in Berlin react to destruction of a Jewish-owned business:

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Motorcade in Dallas, today 1963: #Time

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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:

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“Democracy belongs to every American”—1952:

Adlai Stevenson campaigning with a future President in “Last Hurrah” Boston, 1952: #BPL

In a now-long-vanished age of Presidential campaigning, Stevenson meets reporters after landing in Boston: #BPL

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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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