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Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 1), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Budget, Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 2), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926), The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1920s

Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) is noted for his brilliant professional life. He was one of America's first career diplomats; serving his country under…

Tags: Biography, Commerce, Diplomacy, Jewish, Labor, Oscar S. Straus, Presidents, Straus Family, Turkey

The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus: Henry Ward Beecher Letter to Grover Cleveland, The Straus Historical Society, July 12, 1887

Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) was the youngest of Lazarus and Sara Straus’ four children; Isidor, Hermine, Nathan and Oscar. His career as a public…

Tags: Grover Cleveland, Henry Ward Beecher, Letter, Oscar S. Straus, Presidents, Straus Family

LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, LBJ Library, 11/4/1965

President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at a signing ceremony. He sits besides his childhood schoolteacher Ms.…

Tags: Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Equal Access, Equal Opportunities, LBJ, National Curriculum, Presidents, School Funding

Pete Souza, President Barack Obama, Pete Souza, 2012

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Tags: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Obama, Presidents

Samuel Johnson Woolfe, Theodore Roosevelt - 26th United States President - Timeline, U.S. Library of Congress & American Museum of Natural History, 1919

"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country. Just as we must conserve our men, women and children, so we must conserve…

Tags: Conservation, Governor, New York, NY, Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Timelines

Elmer Wesley Greene, Herbert Hoover Timeline 1874-1964, White House Research, 1956

Hoover, Herbert C. 1874-1964, mining engineer, humanitarian, U.S. secretary of commerce, and 31st president of the United States, was the son of Jesse…

Tags: Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, Humanitarian, Presidents, Secretary of Commerce, Timelines

McKinley Presidential Campaign, William McKinley Presidential Campaign, Library of Congress, 1895-1900

"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be." - Sydney J. Harris In the 1896…

Tags: Campaign, Industrial, Presidents, Progressive Era, Republican Party, William McKinley

D.W. Bartlett, The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Heritage Auctions, 1860

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." - Abraham Lincoln This is…

Tags: 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Biography, Campaign, Lincoln, Presidents