Historic Press Conferences

Images capturing significant press conferences featuring a notable figure at a podium with flags, highlighting key moments in political history.

John F. Kennedy Press Conference at the State Deparment, March 1, 1961. Abbie Rowe photographer

Bill Clinton, 42nd U.S. President, 1993-2001, head and shoulders portrait, official White House photograph, 1993

Addressing Congress, President Richard Nixon announces a 90-day wage-rent freeze to be started on August 15, 1971, would not be extended. Behind him are Vice Pres. Spiro Agnew (left) and House speaker Carl Albert. Sept. 9, 1971.

President Ronald Reagan stands as the national anthem is played during the recommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Address at the State Department to mark "African Freedom Day," 11:30AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a reception for African Freedom Day held in the Drawing Room of the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy talks to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., after splashu2011down, 4:10PM. President John F. Kennedy talks on the telephone with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., who was aboard the USS Noa after splash-down of Mercury-Atlas 6 (also known as Friendship 7) and the successful completion of the first U.S. manned orbital flight. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John Kennedy opens the Baseball Season. He makes the ceremonial first pitch as Sen. Hubert Humphrey (left) and Mike Mansfield watch from behind. April 4, 1963.

Sargent Shriver, Director of the US Peace Corps, traveled to Bonn to discuss the possibility of a German Peace Corps with officials of the Federal Republic of Germany. Here Mr Shriver addresses interested Bonn University students, Bonn, West Germany, 4/24/1964. (Photo by United States Information Agency/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

EDWARD KENNEDY (1932/2009) SENADOR NORTEAMERICANO.

President Richard Nixon, Gov. Ronald Reagan, and Donald Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Affairs in Loma Linda, California. The President announced plans for a new Veterans Administration hospital to be built to replace the San Fernando facility, destroyed by the earthquake earlier this year. Aug. 20, 1971

Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., speaks during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine BUFFALO (SSN-715). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Edward "Ted" Kennedy, head and shoulders Portrait, Bernard Gotfryd, 1969

President Eisenhower recording a message for the Committee for Religion in American Life, Inc. Oct. 22, 1953. - (BSLOC_2014_16_67)

Anefo photo collection. R. Kennedy. Press conference on American embassy. 26 February 1962. The Hague, South Holland

John F. Kennedy American History Engraving

U.S. Presidential Campaign Poster for John F. Kennedy, "Kennedy For President, Leadership For The 60's", Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson, Unidentified Artist, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Leonard Bernstein receives the Edison Classical. Leonard Bernstein owes in a speech for election. September 20, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivering State of the Union Address to Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, January 22, 1979

Sen. Robert Kennedy talking with reporters on this 42nd birthday. Nov. 20, 1967.

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Half-Length Portrait, Platform Committee, Democratic National Convention, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, Warren K. Leffler, August 19, 1964

Trip to Western States: Los Banos, California (San Luis Dam), 11:40AM. President John F. Kennedy sits with Governor of California, Edmund G. Pat Brown (left), at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California.

Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy Administration. He was handpicked by Kennedy for his previous Defense experience during Truman's presidency. He was a critical moderating influence during the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962. After JFK's assassination, Gilpatric was a close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy. - (BSLOC_2015_1_131)

President Nixon at the desk in the Oval Office in March 1972.

Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke holding large Gavel at Podium during Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida, USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, August 6, 1968

U.S. President George H.W. Bush, his wife Barbara Bush and U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle acknowledge crowd during Republican National Convention, Houston, Texas, USA, Laura Patterson, Roll Call Photograph Collection, August 1992

U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Press Conference, surrounded by Journalists, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, June 13, 1977

A smiling President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office working on a television speech, Washington, DC, 02/02/1977. (Photo by Marion S Trikosko/GG Vintage Images)

President Ronald W. Reagan waves to military personnel after receiving an Iceland Defense Force ball cap from Real Admiral E.A. McVadon, commander, Iceland Defense Force/island commander, Iceland, during a gathering in his honor. Reagan is in Keflavik preparing for his summit meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

President Ronald Reagan speaks at the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) commissioning ceremonies. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

White House Correspondents and News Photographers Dinner, 7:15PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at White House Correspondents and News Photographers Dinner. Main ballroom, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Richard Milhous Nixon 37th President of the United States (1913-1994)

Anefo photo collection. Rob Kennedy during press conference at Schiphol. 26 February 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Election results in NOS studio, Hilversum; Wigbold (head). June 3, 1970. Hilversum

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy Speaking to the Press at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, photograph by Warren K. Leffler, August 1964

Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 1994), the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974. he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California.

President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk in the Oval Office. Dec. 31, 1934.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at podium before signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Liberty Island, New York City, New York, USA, Frank Wolfe, October 3, 1965

Senator Kennedy in his office at the Senate during his run for the presidency in 1979-80 in September 1979

U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell Speaking at Groundbreaking Ceremony, Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, Providence, Rhode Island July 1961 .

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, addressing members of the press; unidentified man stands at left. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, he became the only president to resign from the office, following the Watergate scandal.

President Eisenhower listening to a reporter's question at a press conference. Feb. 23, 1955. - (BSLOC_2014_16_70)

President John Kennedy, smoking a small cigar at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston's Commonwealth Armory. Oct. 19, 1963.

President John Kennedy delivering the State of the Union message. March 20, 1961.

President Reagan presents an introduction for the Horatio Alger Association

President Ford at a press conference at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago on July 12, 1975

January 30, 1978: Jimmy Carter Press conference.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Half-length Portrait by Ansel Adams, Washington DC, USA, 1979

U.S. President Richard Nixon and U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon, both sitting left on dais, listening to Evangelist William F. "Billy" Graham giving principal address at 17th Annual National Prayer Breakfast, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, January 30, 1969

Washington, D.C. October 13, 1960 Senator John Kennedy and Vice-President Richard Nixon as they appeared on TV screens during their debate on October 13th.

12/31/1959. Russian politician Nikita Khrushchev.

February 1978: President Carter addresses a White House Conference on Economic Growth.

Anefo photo collection. Visit from the American vice-president George Bush. George Bush in boxing posture during a press conference in the Rolzaal of the Binnenhof in The Hague. February 2, 1983. The Hague, South Holland

Senator Al Gore addresses the crowd at a DNC Fundraiser in New York City, 1992

October 9, 1959 - Henry Cabot Lodge, US ambassador to the United Nations, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia State senator from 1963 to 1967.

The 18th Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was held in Duesseldorf on 25 January 1971. Wilfried Hasselmann, Germany, Europe

Italian politician and founder of Coldiretti Paolo Bonomi speaking excitedly during a meeting. On the microphone, a slogan saying Mondo Libero. Italy, 1950s

USA: Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973) was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. Official White House portrait, oil on canvas, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, 1968

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States

Anefo photo collection. Queen Beatrix received Noordeinde party chairman Palace connection cabinet formation; Arrival Premier Lubbers /. 23, 1986. Hague, South Holland

U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon (Los Angeles, California, USA) and Massachusetts Senator John Kennedy (New Yor City, New York, USA) on split screen television during their third presidential debate, Thomas J. O'Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, October 13, 1960

U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy speaking at lectern at National Press Club, Washington, D.C., USA, John T. Bledsoe, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, January 14, 1960

Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Photograph of President Jimmy Carter announcing new sanctions against Iran following the taking American hostages. Photographed by Marion S. Trikosko. Dated 1980

Ralph J. Cordiner, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivering speech during joint convocation ceremony convened by Pacific Lutheran University and University of Puget Sound, Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, Washington, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, September 27, 1963

Former Under Secretary of the Air force Antonia Handler Chayes addresses a conference on family matters. Country: Unknown

West Palm Beach, Florida: November 11, 1960 President-elect John F. Kennedy wears a big smile as hundreds of well-wishers greet him at the West Palm Beach Airport.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Official portrait of Lee R. Scherer, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Financial Dagblad Presentation of the Henri Sijthoff Price. November 22, 1984

Trip to Western States: Pueblo, Colorado, 12:50PM. President John F. Kennedy waves from the stairs of Air Force One, upon his departure from Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colorado; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall (back to camera), follows behind.

Candidate Reagan wears a hard hat during the Reagan campaign for president in 1980

Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009

James Earl Carter 39th President of the United States (b. 1924)

Anefo photo collection. Lead the party congress of D'66. Hans van Mierlo addresses the conference. September 14, 1968. Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Senator Edward Kennedy with his family at Schiphol with wife and son ted; Edward Kennedy during press conference head. 25 April 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, he became the only president to resign from the office, following the Watergate scandal.

Photograph of President Gerald Ford (1913-2006) with CIA Director-designate, George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-). Dated 1979

U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaking in front of Solar Panels placed on West Wing Roof of White House, announcing his solar energy policy, Washington, DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, June 20, 1979

Anefo photo collection. R. Kennedy. Press conference on American embassy. 26 February 1962. The Hague, South Holland

BURT LANCASTER in THE CASSANDRA CROSSING (1976), directed by GEORGE P. COSMATOS.

JACK NICHOLSON in HOFFA (1992), directed by DANNY DEVITO.

Anefo photo collection. Meeting by PvdA in Utrecht I.V.M. The cabinet crisis den uyl in conversation with the audience. 19 May 1982. Utrecht

Address to the National Industrial Conference Board, 1:49PM. Address to National Industrial Conference Board at Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern as he addresses the board.

JOHNNY CARSON in THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (1955).

Anthony Kennedy addresses the media in the White House Press briefing room shortly after President Reagan announced his intention to nominate Kennedy to the Supreme Court.

Birthday party for Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.. White House butler, Johnny Johnson, poses with Caroline Kennedys cake during a joint birthday party for Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. President's Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.

S64-34357 (22 Oct. 1964) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter. NOTE: Commander M. Scott Carpenter, USN, resigned September 1967, and transferred to the U.S. Navy Project Sealab.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan standing at lectern with U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan and others during National Day of Prayer ceremony, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Chick Harrity, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, May 6, 1982

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1969

Dan Rather in Lafayette Park with the White House in the background in June 1975.

President Kennedys Birthday Party celebration at the National Guard Armory, 7:30PM. President John F. Kennedy's birthday party celebration at the National Guard Armory. President Kennedy's birthday cake sits in the foreground. Seated at the head table, L-R: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; two unidentified; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; unidentified; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; unidentified; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. The fund-raising dinner was given by the DNC and the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking U.S. Hostages, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, April 7, 1980

President Kennedy watches the 4th Americas Cup Race. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, sits aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., during the fourth race of the 1962 Americas Cup, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island.

1948 portrait of Harry Truman painted by Greta Kempton. The portrait was used in 1948 on the official re-election campaign poster. - (BSLOC_2014_15_14)

USA, California, Yorba Linda, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace, Portrait of Richard Nixon in between american flags

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