“Hair today, gone tomorrow”
During the early 1950’s, all American men were required to register for the draft, and many were called to serve. Elvis was no exception. Inducted into the Army in...
"I Ask God's Help -- And Yours."
President Lyndon B. Johnson's made these remarks to the nation upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, November 22, 1963, the day of President John F....
"I'd like to be a mascot"
During World War II, the Marines distinguished themselves on land, sea and in the air. Daring attacks and rescues were well covered in the paper and in newsreels....
41 at 1 ½
The 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, was photographed around 1925. The father of the 43rd President, George W. Bush, was taking his first steps...
A Day of Infamy
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congress on December 8, 1941, his famous “Day of Infamy” speech, was a call to arms. One day after the Japanese...
A West Branch childhood
President Herbert Clark Hoover was about three years old in this tintype. Before they were orphaned, Hoover and his brother and sister spent their early years in West...
A balcony for the President
A month after the new national Government moved into New York City the Mayor of New York City wrote to Congress transmitting a resolution of the city’s Common...