History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Photo Op

This photo of President Warren Harding, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, and the rest of their cabinet was taken at the White House in 1921. 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Vince Foster

On July 20, 1993, White House Deputy Council Vincent Foster was said to have scheduled a meeting with then President Bill Clinton in order to tender his resignation. He would later mysteriously disappear from his office and eventually be found dead in his car in a nearby Virginia park.

The official ruling on his death was suicide, but many unanswered questions and inconsistencies continue to surround his passing, and there are some who dismiss the suicide ruling outright.

To this day, it is still unclear how Vince Foster left the White House that day, as there is no video surveillance evidence that shows that he left under his own power shortly after lunch. We may never know what really happened to Vince Foster.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

State Game Lodge

The State Game Lodge, located in Custer State Park, South Dakota in the Black Hills, was built between 1919 - 1922. It served as the summer White House for President Calvin Coolidge in 1927. The entrance to the lodge is shown in this undated photo.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty

President Jimmy Carter is pictured shaking hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Manachem Begin on the White House lawn after the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Diary Entry (April 28, 1975)

12:05 pm*: President returns to the second floor residence.

President Gerald Ford makes a late night telephone call in the second floor residence of the White House as the First Lady looks on.

*Actual entry time, however the official time should read 12:05 am.