Historical Presidential Events

Black and white images depicting a person in formal attire, speaking at press conferences and addresses, conveying a serious and commanding mood.

Vector portrait of John F. Kennedy sitting at his desk.

President John F. Kennedy, c. 1960-1963. (BSLOC_2017_2_195)

Radio and Television Address to the Nation on the Berlin Crisis, 10:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation concerning the impending possibility of war between the United States and the Soviet Union over the crisis in Berlin, Germany. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Vector portrait of John F. Kennedy sitting at his desk.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy makes a public service film, Voting on November 6, 12:43PM. President John F. Kennedy laughs as he sits at a desk in the Fish Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., preparing to deliver remarks for a public service film, entitled Voting on November 6.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 3:30PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a Press Conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference at Department of State Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Remarks upon the departure of the US Delegation to the Alliance for Progress Conference in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, 10:41AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks about Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillons mission to the Punta del Este Conference of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Members of the mission visited the President a day before departing Washington for Montevideo, Uruguay to participate in the conference as part of the Alliance for Progress. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, pointing towards the audience. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis), 7:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Soviet Union's military presence in Cuba. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy points to a reporter from the lectern during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Portrait photo of President Kennedy. Portrait photograph of President John F. Kennedy.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedys first press conference. President Kennedy calls for a question during the first press conference by a United States President to be televised live. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy, portrait photo. Portrait photo of President John F. Kennedy at his desk in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. This is the first White House photograph made of the President at his desk.

President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961 declared, "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." May 25, 1961

Remarks upon the departure of the US Delegation to the Alliance for Progress Conference in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, 10:41AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks about Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillons mission to the Punta del Este Conference of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Members of the mission visited the President a day before departing Washington for Montevideo, Uruguay to participate in the conference as part of the Alliance for Progress. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.

Radio Television Address to the Nation regarding desegregation at the University of Alabama, 8:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding desegregation at the University of Alabama. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy points to a reporter from the lectern at a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States (19811989) and 33rd Governor of California (19671975). Head-and-shoulders portrait with stars-and-stripes in background. American Actor Politician Republican

John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States

U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressing crowd at rally for Senator David Durenberger, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, February 8, 1982

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Seated on stage at right is Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy, Democratic Nominee for U.S. President, during Televised Debate with Richard Nixon, 1960

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks to reporters at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Congressional campaign trip: Monessen, Pennsylvania, rally. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to a congressional campaign rally in Monessen, Pennsylvania.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 November 22, 1963), 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9:15PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers an address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day annual Democratic Party fundraising dinner at the Milwaukee Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A photograph of Governor of Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson, hangs above President Kennedy.

John F. Kennedy

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy stands behind a lectern during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Visit of Latin American Archivists, 10:35 AM. Close-up of President John F. Kennedy meeting with Latin American delegates to the Inter-American Archival Seminar. President Kennedy; unidentified archivists. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

January 1978: President Jimmy Carter delivers the State of the Union message.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:02PM. President John F. Kennedy smiles from stage at press conference, State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (L-R) On stage: President Kennedy; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy speaks to audience from lectern. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference at Department of State Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963).

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announcing his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, East Room of White House, Washington DC, USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, December 4, 1979

Richard Nixon´s resignation. 1974.

President Jimmy Carter poses for photographs after delivering a speech on energy in April 1979.

Congressional campaign trip: Cincinnati, Ohio, address at Fountain Square. President John F. Kennedy sits onstage during a congressional campaign rally at Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:02PM. President John F. Kennedy gestures during press conference, State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (L-R) On stage: President Kennedy; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher.

President Ford delivers his first State of the Union address. He discussed the national debt, taxes, the federal budget and the energy crisis. He proposed tax cuts to fight the current recession. Behind Ford are Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and House Speaker Carl Albert. Jan 15, 1975.

President Carter speaks at a State Dinner for the Shah of Iran on November 15, 1977. Washington DC

President Reagan presents an introduction for the Horatio Alger Association

Vintage photograph. Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890 - 1969), 34th President of the United States

Governor Bill Clinton speaks at a Kentucky campaign rally in 1992 on his final day of campaigning in Paducah, Kentucky

U.S. President Jimmy Carter sitting at his desk in Oval Office working on speech for television, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, February 2, 1977

Trip to Western States: Los Angeles, California, Hollywood Palladium, President Kennedy attends Breakfast given by Women's Division, Democratic State Central Committee of California, 9:50AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses attendees at a breakfast given by the Women's Division of the Democratic State Central Committee of California at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.

Ronald Reagan, former Governor of California plans to play a major role in rebuilding the Republican party. Dec. 27, 1976.

President John Kennedy shakes hands as he arrives to give a speech at Independence Hall. July 4, 1962.

Eisenhower speaking to the nation - October 22, 1953 Photo: Abbie Rowe

Sargent Shriver, Director of the U.S. Peace Corps, during a four-day visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn, Germany, April 24, 1964.

Sen. John Kennedy becomes the front-runner for the 1960 Democratic Presidential Nomination. He smiles while reading a newspaper with headline, 'Jack Kennedy's on the Glory Road, Humphrey bows.' May 11, 1960.

Anefo photo collection. Congress CDA in The Hague, Prime Minister of Agt during his reason (head). February 22, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

President Reagan presents an introduction for the Horatio Alger Association

U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, speaking at the National Press Club after his trip to South America, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, May 21, 1958

U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush, Half-Length Portrait during Speech, Bernard Gotfryd, March 1982

First Inaugural Salute to the President Dinner, Washington, D.C., National Guard Armory, 6:45PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at First Inaugural Salute to the President dinner commemorating the anniversary of the President's inauguration. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.

President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. Oct. 24, 1961.

Trip to Western States: Pueblo, Colorado, 12:50PM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks in Pueblo, Colorado, to commemorate the Fryingpan-Arkansas Reclamation Project. Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Floyd E. Dominy, sits on speakers platform behind President Kennedy. Pueblo Public Schools Stadium, Pueblo, Colorado.

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

NIXON , RICHARD. POLITICO ESTADOS UNIDOS.1913-1994. TRIGESIMO SEPTIMO PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS 1969 A 1974.

Former Vice President Richard Nixon during airport news conference on his return from Latin America. Nixon previously made 'fact-finding' tours of western Europe, the Soviet Union, and Southeast Asia. He would make additional tours of North Africa and the Middle East. May 16, 1967

John F.Kennedy in West Berlin, 26/6/1963State visit by US President John F.Kennedy to West Berlin, 26 June 1963.Kennedy making his speech from the balcony of the Schoeneberg City Hall.

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

Anefo photo collection. considerations House Representatives; Wim Kok. October 6, 1987

President Richard Nixon and HUD Secretary George Romney criticize the House of Representatives. Their four month delay on the Administration's emergency housing bill was preventing more than 400,000 American families obtaining new homes this year. June 12, 1970.

Governor Bill Clinton speaks at a Texas campaign rally in 1992 on his final day of campaigning in Ft. Worth, Texas

John F. Lehman Jr., Secretary of the Navy. Country: Unknown

1960s JFK OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PORTRAIT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 35th AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Eisenhower on Religious Program -- President Eisenhower stands behind a desk bearing the presidential seal as he records a message for broadcast today by radio and television on a religious program sponsored by the American Legion. The president's part in the "Back to God" broadcast was filmed at the White House Friday. February 01, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Al Haig, Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, testifies at his Senate Confirmation hearing in January 1981.

President John Kennedy addresses the UN General Assembly a month before the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sept. 25, 1962.

Remarks to the press following the 1st US Manned Orbital Flight, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy (standing at microphones) delivers a statement to the press following astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.s successful orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Unidentified photographers and reporters look on. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

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

Official Presidential portrait of Lyndon Baines Johnson - 1968

UK Prime Minister James Callaghan during speech at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, March 10, 1977

Former President Bill Clinton at a Macintosh Computer Assembly in 1993

United States. Vice President Spiro Agnew in November of 1970.

George Bush

President William Jefferson Clinton in front of American flag stripes

Former U.S. President George Bush, Sr.

Senator Ted Kennedy speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol during Clinton Impeachment Trial. The trial started on Jan. 7, 1999, and ended with Clinton Acquittal on Feb. 12. (BSLOC_2015_14_86)

President Nixon speaks on his return from his 12,000 mile European trip. He was welcomed back by Vice President Spiro Agnew and at Andrews Air Force Base and 1,500 well wishers. Oct. 5, 1970.

President Dwight Eisenhower. 1956 color portrait. - (BSLOC_2014_16_53)

U.S. President Bill Clinton speaking into Microphone at U.S. Capitol during Ceremony for return of Statue of Freedom to the top of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA, Maureen Keating, October 1993

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Franz Josef Strauss (CSU) d. 1988 Minister, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

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

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

JAMES R. HOFFA- The union leader during a press conference announcing wage-benefit demands on the trucking industry. 11/6/63

U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking at podium during his final press conference, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 8, 1988

Anefo photo collection. Issue Irene concerning the marriage of Princess Irene with Prince Carlos Hugo from Bourbon-Parma in the Lower House. H.K.J. Beernink Group Chairman of the Chu. April 14, 1964. The Hague, South Holland

President H.W. Bush speaking at the arrival ceremony for President Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro of Nicaragua at the White House on April 15, 1991

Anefo photo collection. Government of new cabinet in Lower House, no. 15 Ministers Langman (left) and the Koster, No. 16 Prime Minister Biesheuvel. August 3, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

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

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

DNC Fundraiser in New York City, 1992

Governor Bill Clinton speaks at the Mayfield Diner in 1992 on his final day of campaigning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Secretary of State George Shultz makes a statement in the White House press briefing room in October 1984

of 2