• President Coolidge Greets American Indians from the Osage Nation
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    delegation
    American Indians
    South Grounds
    South Lawn
    This photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge posing with representatives from the Osage nation on the South Grounds of the White House. Charles H. Burke, commissioner on Indian Affairs, stands at right of Coolidge. Also among those photographed are Chief Bacon Rind (second to left), and Chief Paul Red Eagle (immediate right of Burke). During his presidency, Coolidge increased public perception of the challenges faced by American Indian communities, while promoting assimilation into American society.
  • President Carter Takes the Oath of Office
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    inaugurations
    U.S. Capitol
    Washington, D.C.
    Justices
    This photograph of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court administering the Oath of Office to Jimmy Carter on the east portico of United States Capitol was taken on January 20, 1977. Surround the two are First Lady Rosalynn Carter, outgoing President Gerald F. Ford, and newly sworn-in Vice President Walter F. Mondale.
  • Joseph P. Tumulty Receives Gustavus Kirby
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    sports
    This photograph shows a man, probably Joseph P. Tumulty, private secretary to President Woodrow Wilson, receiving Gustavus Town Kirby, president of the American Olympic Committee, outside of the White House. Kirby went to the White House to present the title of honorary president of the American Olympic Committee to President Wilson, likely in anticipation of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Tumulty accepted the title in the name of the president. After President Wilson suffered a debilitating stroke in October 1919, Tumulty stood as proxy for the president at many official functions.