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Historic Political Meetings

Black-and-white portraits of historical political figures in formal settings, including presidential meetings and significant speeches from the early to mid-20th century.

James R. Garfield, W.L. Fisher, Hubert Work, J.B. Payne, Full-Length Portrait, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company 1925
James R. Garfield, W.L. Fisher, Hubert Work, J.B. Payne, Full-Length Portrait, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company 1925
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Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy were Minnesota's Senators in 1964. They were happy fellow liberals, but became painful rivals in 1968 over the Vietnam War and Vice President Humphrey's loyalty to Lyndon Johnson. (BSLOC_2015_2_211)
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Jimmy Carter and Mayor Richard J. Daley at the Illinois State Democratic Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 9, 1976
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Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge challenged the New Deal in 1936. He organized 'Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution', to oppose FDR within the Democratic party. Talmadge was speaking to business leaders in Baltimore, with Senator George L. Radcliffe, of Maryland, on left.
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Hon. William Jennings Bryan Scoring a Point in a Public Speech, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1907
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El político e historiador Josep Benet. Junio de 1977.
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the virtual Munich Security Conference Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in the East Room of the White House.
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Election, swearing-in and presentation of the Schmidt cabinet on 05.11.1980 in Bonn.Helmut Kohl, Helmut Schmidt, Germany, Europe
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White House, March 16, 1959 -- Camera operators give President Eisenhower the signal to begin his radio and television address on Berlin. Photo: Abbie Rowe
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U.S. President William Howard Taft giving Speech, Augusta, Georgia, USA, Photograph by E.W. Kelly, Stereo Card, November 8, 1909
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Former president Harry S. Truman is seated at the table with President Johnson. The following are in the background (from left to right): Senator Edward V. Long, an unidentified man, Lady Bird Johnson, Senator Mike Mansfield, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Bess Truman. July 30, 1965
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Martin Luther King speaking at Press Conference at U.S. Capitol about Senate Debate on Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington, DC USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, March 26, 1964
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F.H. Gillette in Speaker's chair, Washington, D.C. ca. between 1918 and 1928.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Press Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, March 1964
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Germany, Berlin, 16.10.1992, laying out - Willy Brandt, in Schöneberg Town Hall
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U.S. President John Kennedy delivering State of the Union address to member of U.S. congress, U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Speaker of the House John W. McCormack, sit directly behind the president, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, January 14, 1963
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Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti drinking. 1984
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U.S. President Grover Cleveland in Reviewing Stand in front of the White House during his Inauguration, Washington DC, USA, Photograph by J.F. Jarvis, March 4, 1885
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James Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford taking part in the first televised debate between candidates for the post of President of the United States during the 1976 election. Carter became 39th President. American Democrat Politician
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Lázaro Cárdenas, former Mexican president, in 1962. From 1934-1940, he instituted land reform, nationalized the oil industry, converted the Presidential Palace into a National Museum, and cut his Presidential salary in half. Cárdenas remains the most revered Mexican leader of the 20th century (BSLOC_2020_2_167)
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Goebbels at a speech in the Sportpalast Berlin. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 32nd US President elected in 1932 Date: 1882 - 1945
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Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.
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JAMES STEWART in MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) -Original title: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON-, directed by FRANK CAPRA.
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1928 Republican Presidential Running mates, Herbert Hoover(right) and Charles Curtis. In 1928, Hoover was then Secretary of Commerce and Curtis was Senate Majority Leader. (BSLOC_2015_16_62)
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Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, addressing members of the press. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1963
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US Supreme Court Justices in 1977, from left to right: John Paul Stevens, Lewis F. Powell, Harry Blackmun, William Rehnquist, Thurgood Marshall, William J. Brennan, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Potter Stewart, Byron White.
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FRAGA IRIBARNE, MANUEL. POLITICO ESPA¿OL. VILLALBA 1922-. FOTO EN EL CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS EN EL AÑO 1977.
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Madrid, 12/20/1959. Preparations for the visit of North American President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Spain, the first by a president of the United States. In the image, one of the enormous posters with portraits of the North American president that were placed along the route that both leaders took in the streets of Madrid, in this case on a lot in the Plaza de España.
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Giant poster of New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. L-R: Edward J. Flynn, Secy of NYS, and James A. Farley (right) NYS Democratic Chairman, at Grand Central Station, NYC, as they left for Chicago. June 16, 1932.
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Anefo photo collection. Pan Romana Congress Reception Rijksmuseum Mayor D'Ailly with Bishop Abbe Jean Nalbandian. August 21, 1950
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Clarence Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984), American Civil Rights activist and Chief lobbyist for NAACP, half-length portrait, Washington DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, July 11, 1977
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The night before launch day, Apollo 11 crew members (R-L) Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin, participated in a closed circuit press conference the night before they began their historic lunar landing mission. At far left is chief astronaut and director of flight crew operations, Donald K. Slayton. The press conference with questions via intercom, was held under semi-isolation conditions to avoid exposing the astronauts to possible illness at the last minute. The Apollo 11 mission, the first lunar landing mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, Columbia”, piloted by Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM,
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1972. ALFRED HITCHCOCK.
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Gianni Agnelli.
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Harry S. Truman 33rd President of the United States (1884-1972)
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Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) a Chinese political leader, military leader, and leader of the Republic of China. Dated 20th Century
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Ramón Trías Fargas,(Barcelona, 27 de diciembre de 1922 - El Masnou, 22 de octubre de 1989). Político español, de ideología nacionalista catalana. Barcelona, 1989.
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy at lectern speaking at National Conference on Tax Reduction, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, September 10, 1963
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Richard Nixon, delivering his the 'V' for victory sign. An estimated 300,000 lined Philadelphia streets to watch his noon-hour motorcade. Large banner reads, 'Nixon's the One'. Sept. 20, 1968.
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WASHINGTON UNITED STATES MAY 1970 Abe Lincoln Statue in Washington in 70 s