Collection The Ford White House 1974 - 1977
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, served thirteen terms in Congress before rising to...
Artists Perform for the President
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- Library of Congress
Artists Perform for the President
The celebrated Australian pianist and composer Percy Grainger, seen here at a piano, played for the Wilsons in 1916.
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