Prominent Political Events

Black and white captures of political events featuring dignitaries in formal gatherings, highlighting historical significance.

Ghana's President, Kwame Nkrumah, speaks in front of the Hotel Theresa, in Harlem. In the 1960s, some international leaders stayed at the Hotel Theresa to show solidarity with the African American civil rights struggle. Oct. 6, 1960.

Anefo photo collection. Billy Graham (American Evangelist) in the Netherlands, meeting Olympic Stadium. June 22, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

French President Charles de Gaulle (left) arriving at airport, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking at microphones during his U.S. visit, Washington DC, USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, April 1960

01/19/1961. Inauguration of Kennedy, To the right Nixon and To the left Eisenhower.

01/19/1969. Swearing-in ceremony of Richard Nixon, At his side his wife and the Vice President, and Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew, Applauding in the foreground To the left Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey, wife of the former Vice President, and the former president and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana reveals the naval monument to Scheveningen. Queen Juliana and .... June 14, 1966. Scheveningen, South Holland

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivering First Nighttime Annual Message to Second Session of the 74th Congress Washington DC USA Harris & Ewing January 3 1936

Anefo photo collection. President Bush's visit United Netherlands. Prime Minister Lubbers President Bush posing garden Catshuis photographers. July 17, 1989. Hague, South Holland

Congressional campaign trip: Chicago, Illinois, arrival, motorcade, address to Cook County Democratic Dinner, address at Aerie Crown Theater. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks to Democratic precinct captains at the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, sits onstage at left; all others are unidentified.

Ghana's President, Kwame Nkrumah, speaks in front of the Hotel Theresa, in Harlem. In the 1960s, some international leaders stayed at the Hotel Theresa to show solidarity with the African American civil rights struggle. Oct. 6, 1960.

Anefo photo collection. State visit by Bondspesident Heinemann from West Germany to the Netherlands. Rotterdam. The German President Heinemann, his wife, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard listen to a speech in the town hall. November 25, 1969. Rotterdam, South Holland

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 3:30PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks to reporters during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1981. Beatrix Claus standing; foreground audience. September 15, 1981. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Birth of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven. December 10, 1966

Visit of American Field Service (AFS) Students, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy greets American Field Service students. President Kennedy; unidentified woman; students; reporters, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (in front row). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Dwight Eisenhower's first Inauguration ended 20 years of Democratic Presidential rule. L-R: President Truman, Chief Justice, Fred Vinson, Harold Willey, Supreme court clerk, holding Bible, and Eisenhower. Jan. 20, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard lay a wreath on Dam during ceremony with commemoration of the dead. May 4, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Opening by Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus from the National Sports Center. Princess Beatrix speaks, next to her Prince Claus (R). May 7, 1971. Arnhem, Gelderland

Anefo photo collection. Visit Princess Beatrix and Claus to Leeuwarden, Princess Beatrix and Claus during riding tour in Groningen. September 7, 1965. Friesland, Groningen, Leeuwarden

President Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson behind Robert, Jacqueline and Edward Kennedy as the Kennedy funeral arrives for graveside services at Arlington National Cemetery. Nov. 25, 1963.

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Prince Pieter Christiaan in Apeldoorn. September 3, 1972. Apeldoorn, Gelderland

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during Joint Session of Congress in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced results of Camp David Accords, Washington D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, September 18, 1978

The mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt (Herbert Frahm), the President of the Italian Republic Giuseppe Saragat and the German Chancellor of the University Herbert Luers attending a ceremony at the Freie Universitaet. Berlin, July 1965

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration T.g.V. Termination War 25 years ago Z-o-Asia, in Congresgebouw, The Hague, with Queen Juliana Beatrix and Claus. August 15, 1970. The Hague, South Holland

President Nixon at funeral for Lyndon Baines Johnson

Anefo photo collection. Kranglagding at National Monument on Dam by Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. May 4, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

01/19/1969. Richard Nixon's swearing-in ceremony, with former President Lyndon B. Johnson at his side.

Opening Day at D.C. Stadium, 1962 Baseball Season, 2:00PM. President John F. Kennedy throws the first pitch of the 1962 baseball season. (L-R) Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; President Kennedy; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois (looking over President Kennedy's shoulder); Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Joseph Cronin, President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (seated in front); General Elwood Pete Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Bob Scheffing, Manager of the Detroit Tigers. Those partially visible in back include Secret Service agent Gerald Jerry Behn and Senator George Smathers of Florida. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1985, Prince Willem Alexander Throne speech, left Princess Margriet. September 17, 1985

Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Press gather below the reviewing stand where the Presidents cousin Ann Gargan; the Presidents father Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Lady Bird Johnson and others watch the inaugural parade pass.

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix fiancé Claus von Amsberg visited hometown Claus, village Hitzacker. huge crowd drove fiancé couple town hall. September 3, 1965. Germany, Hitzacker

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1981. Beatrix reads throne speech, claus; foreground audience. September 15, 1981. Hague, South Holland

(Countess) Folke Bernadotte. September 30, 1948. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd).

Photograph taken during the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter (1924-) an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States. Dated 20th Century

President Richard Nixon sworn in as President of the United States of America, 1969

U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks to media after departure of Jordan's King Hussein from White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, April 26, 1977

Arrival ceremony for the Prime Minister of Italy Amintore Fanfani,11:15AM. Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani of Italy delivers remarks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. Left to right: President John F. Kennedy; Italian Ambassador to the United States, Sergio Fenoaltea; Prime Minister Fanfani; Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Edoardo Martino; US Ambassador to Italy, G. Frederick Reinhardt; Under Secretary of State George Ball. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. State visit Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard to Indonesia. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard will lay a wreath on the Indonesian peafield Kalibata. August 28, 1971. Indonesia

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson delivering his Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., USA, Photograph by National Photo Company, March 4, 1913

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana at Opening new main building of the Free University in Amsterdam. April 12, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Opening Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam in the presence of the royal family; Prince Bernhard, Prince Claus ,. April 17, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. National Celebration Silver Government Jubilee of Queen Juliana in RAI convention center, royal family in the hall, Her Majesty /. September 4, 1973

Memphis, Tennessee: 1960 Senator Kennedy is greeted in Memphis by supporters on his arrival at the airport. Senator Albert Gore is seated beside him and Memphis mayor Henry Loeb is at lower left.

JAMES STEWART and JEAN ARTHUR in MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) -Original title: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON-, directed by FRANK CAPRA.

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1971. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard leave the Ridderzaal; In addition to the Queen's Second Chamber Chairman of Thiel. September 21, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Campaign trip to West Virginia. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a congressional campaign visit to West Virginia. Senators from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph, sit right of lectern. Wheeling Island Stadium, Wheeling, West Virginia.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869 ñ 9 November 1940) British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain arrives back in Britain after signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering first inaugural Speech, Washington, D.C., USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, March 4, 1933

President John Kennedy delivering his inaugural address. Outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy look on. Jan. 20, 1961.

Television broadcast image of President Franklin Roosevelt at the opening ceremonies at the New York World's Fair. This event also inaugurated the first regular television service in America, as NBC broadcast to the metropolitan New York area. April 30, 1939.

Thumbs up Campaign Start at New York City Hall: Bebe Daniels putting a thumbs up pin on Mayor La Guardia's Lapel.Mayor La Guardia was the Principal speaker at the start of a campaign to sell "Thumbs up" pins at 25 cents each, the proceeds going to British war relief. November 29, 1941. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

Royal Tourists In Washington -- Princess Elizabeth and President Truman on their way from the Washington airport to Blair House, Washington. The car behind is that of the Duke of Edinburgh and Mrs. Truman. November 02, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana present at Congress Dutch Women's Committee in Ridderzaal The Hague. Mrs. Rood de Boer. November 7, 1969. The Hague, South Holland

King George V (1865 - 1936) and Queen Mary consort (1867 - 1953) attending the Royal Jubilee Service at St. Pauls Cathedral, London, May 1935. Date: May 1935

Trip to Europe: Germany, Cologne: Kölner Rathaus (City Hall), 10:55AM. President John F. Kennedy (center left) visits with German officials after signing the Golden Book at Kölner Rathaus (City Hall) in Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with President Kennedy (L-R): Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen (back to camera); City Manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Cologne, Dr. Max Adenauer; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (mostly obscured); Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (near center left) stands in the background. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Chief of Protocol of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ehrenfried von Holleben; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; U.S. Ambassador to West Germ

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana at National Housing Council in Amsterdam in RAI building on the occasion of 50th anniversary /. September 27, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

08/07/1992. The Kings of Spain with the Prince of Asturias, Jordi Pujol (president of the Generalitat of Catalonia), Juan Antonio Samaranch (president of the IOC) and Narciso Serra (vice president of the Government).

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana present at Congress Dutch Women's Committee in Ridderzaal The Hague. Mrs. Rood de Boer. November 7, 1969. The Hague, South Holland

Trip to Europe: Germany, Cologne: Kölner Rathaus (City Hall), 10:55AM. President John F. Kennedy (standing at desk) signs the Golden Book at Kölner Rathaus (City Hall) in Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic). Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen, stands right of President Kennedy. Standing in group left of the President: City Manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Cologne, Dr. Max Adenauer; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured); interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for the President, Robert Lochner. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (near center left) stands in background. Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; Chief of Protocol of th

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes at his third inaugural ceremony, Washington, D.C., USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, January 20, 1941

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt attending Opening Day Baseball Game Griffith Stadium Washington DC USA Harris & Ewing April 17 1935

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy stands at the lectern at a press conference held at the State Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Seated on stage are (L-R) White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and Associate White House Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher.

Anefo photo collection. Koningin Juliana Zangkoor van Rotterdamse elderly on Palace Soestdijk received, Her Majesty between the elderly. September 24, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana present at Congress Dutch Women's Committee in Ridderzaal The Hague. Mrs. Rood de Boer. November 7, 1969. The Hague, South Holland

Elsevier photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1956. Riding tour Hague. carriage Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard Princesses Margriet Marijke. September 18, 1956. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Enlargerous Princess Beatrix, during rotation. 28 June 1965

Viscount Grey. April 26, 1932. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

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

Election, swearing-in and presentation of the Schmidt cabinet on 05.11.1980 in Bonn. Bundestag, swearing-in ceremony Helmut Schmidt, Germany, Europe

Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in 1954. His 1952 land reform program threatened wealthy families and the United Fruit Company. He was deposed in a CIA covert action and eventually Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas became President in a military government.

U.S. First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson addressing Delegates at The White House Conference on Natural Beauty, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, May 24, 1965

Bill Clinton, 42nd President, waves to the crowd on Inauguration Day January 20, 1993 in Washington, DC

Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy campaigning

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt Delivering Campaign Speech, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Harris & Ewing, April 13, 1936

National Cultural Center Fund-raising benefit, 9:23PM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at a fundraising dinner and closed-circuit telecast of An American Pageant of the Arts for the National Cultural Center. Seated (L-R): chairman of the dinner committee for the National Cultural Center, Suzanne Gardner; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Cultural Center, Roger L. Stevens; Lady Bird Johnson; and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.

President John Kennedy greets well-wishers. JFK shakes hands at the Bridgeport, Connecticut airport while campaigning for Democratic candidates in the mid-term election. Oct. 17, 1962.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana is present at the 50th anniversary of the Dutch Association of Housewives. Queen Juliana between 7500 housewives. April 17, 1962

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Royal visit to the West. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in the House of Representatives in Willemstad, where the Queen loves a speech, Tuesday, October 18, 1955. October 18, 1955. Curacao, Nederlandese Antilles

President Johnson takes the oath of office at his 1964 Inauguration. L-R: President and Mrs. Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Chief Justice Earl Warren. Jan. 20, 1964.

January 25th, 1983: President Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) gives the State of the Union address. Vice President George H. W. Bush and Speaker of the House Thomas O'Neill, are also pictured.

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

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy walks to the lectern during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

U.S. President John Kennedy delivering his annual State of the Union address to the Congress with U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack in background, House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, January 11, 1962

Republican Presidential Nominee Herbert Hoover in 1928. (BSLOC_2015_16_70)

George Bush Born 1924 41St American President Inauguration January 20 1989 With Mrs. Bush Grandchildren Marilyn Quayle

Jimmy Carter holds a press conference circa 23 August 1977.

Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other with Press after meeting with U.S. President John Kennedy after March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, August 28, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Claus visit Rotterdam, Princess Beatrix and Claus in the car. July 9, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

06/12/1931. Burgos: Mr. Lerroux in his Speech. Photography: Espica, Burgos. Hazelnuts.

President Miguel Aleman of Mexico (left) with President Harry Truman. Aleman's was welcomed by a parade at the beginning of his state visit. Washington, D.C., April 29, 1947. - (BSLOC_2014_15_31)

Elsevier photo collection. Visit Queen Juliana Prince Bernhard Amsterdam. Speech queen youth Netherlands Koopmansbeurs Amsterdam. September 12, 1953. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

SHARON STONE in SANGRE Y ARENA (1989), directed by JAVIER ELORRIETA.

Madrid, 02/07/1968. Queen Victoria Eugenia visits Madrid on the occasion of the birth of her great-grandson, the Infante Don Felipe. In the image, he kisses his son, Don Juan de Borbón upon his arrival at Barajas Airport.

Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar u2018S,' Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of lectern), was also awarded the medal. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Dr. Gilruth, wearing sunglasses), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Lieutenant Colonel Glenns wife Annie Glenn (far right), and astronaut Major Donald K. Deke Slayton (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn).

Congressional campaign trip: Indianapolis, Indiana, airport rally. President John F. Kennedy (on platform) delivers remarks to a congressional campaign rally at Weir Cook Municipal Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana.

U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and his family surrounded by crowds of supporters as they arrive at Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel during Republican National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, July 25, 1960

Meeting aboard the "Honey Fitz" with Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan pose for photographs before boarding the Presidential yacht Honey Fitz in Washington, D.C. British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home (looking into camera) stands behind and right of the President.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) 1st Musical Program for Youth, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the bandstand during a performance of the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra from the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Orchestra conductor Dr. James Christian Pfohl looks on; Washington Monument in background. The performance for an audience of handicapped children is first in a series of 201cMusical Programs for Youth by Youth,201d organized by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Prominent personalities Claudia Cardinale, Nguyen Cao Ky, Rosemary Clooney, and Betty Ford visit American military bases in June 26, 1975, to support Vietnamese refugees in the United States. The celebrities seek to raise awareness about the plight of these refugees who fled Vietnam due to the ongoing war.

Anefo photo collection. Indonesia, meeting in Bung Karnna Stadium Djakarta, President Soekarno speaks people, April 1965. August 17, 1971. Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta

Campaign Trip to Pennsylvania. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a Democratic fund-raising dinner at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; President Kennedy traveled to Harrisburg as part of a congressional campaign trip. Seated onstage (L-R): two unidentified men; Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Earl S. Keim; Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence (right of lectern); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania).

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