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Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.: Historic Photos of the Civil Rights Leader at the White House

Thursday, January 12, 2012

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

From the streets of Selma to the walls of the White House, Martin Luther King, Jr. worked tirelessly for the civil rights of African-Americans, and ultimately human rights for everyone. Enjoy this slideshow of photographs that document his influence on four presidential administrations.

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New Flickr Set: Eleanor Roosevelt’s White House Portrait Presentation

Friday, February 4, 2011

In 1949, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sat for her portrait in Douglas Chandor’s New York studio. Seventeen years later, The White House Historical Association purchased the portrait for the White House Collection. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson invited more than 250 guests to the  February 4, 1966 presentation of the portrait, including friends, family and former associates of Mrs. Roosevelt.

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New Flickr Slideshow: Reagan’s 2nd Inauguration

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Because the beginning of President Reagan’s and Vice President George H.W. Bush’s second terms, January 20, 1985, fell on a Sunday, President Reagan and Vice President Bush were sworn in for their new terms at the foot of the Grand Staircase in the Entrance Hall of the White House. The following day, intense cold caused the previously scheduled public inaugural ceremony to be moved from the West Front of the U.S. Capitol indoors to the Capitol Rotunda, while the inaugural parade was canceled. (William Howard Taft’s inaugural 76 years before had also taken place in the Capitol because of harsh weather.)

View photos of the January 20, 1985 ceremony by National Geographic Society photographer Joseph H. Bailey, and subscribe to our flickr feed for more historic image sets.

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WHHA is Now on Flickr!

Friday, January 7, 2011

WHHA is excited to bring you historic images of the White House through Flickr. Over the coming year, we will be sharing images taken by National Geographic photographers on assigment at the White House. Some have appeared in The White House Guidebook and The Living White House, but many have never been published before.

For our first photo set, we bring you images taken by Joseph Scherscel in winter of 1966. A late January blizzard blanketed Washington, D.C. with nearly twenty inches of snow, and  Scherschel took the opportunity to catch the beauty of the White House and its snowy surroundings against a clear blue sky.  View images from the 1966 blizzard, and subscribe to our flickr feed to keep up with future photo uploads.

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