Cast the deciding vote to bring home this significant selection of presidential and political photos and ephemera. This collection of various size photos, inauguration invitations and more dates to the period 1957-1988 and includes items related to former U.S. Presidents Dwight D, Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford,Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 

Highlights are:

Lyndon B. Johnson 8x10 heavy stock matte print photo (EX-MT) autopen signature at bottom with “with best wishes” salutation

(3) 8x10 Photos: L.B. Johnson with his wife “Lady Bird” and Jackie Kennedy, being sworn in on Air Force One after JFK’s assassination (VG-EX); Richard Nixon with his wife Pat and Mamie Eisenhower  crossing a street at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s funeral ceremony (EX); Ronald Reagan with entourage and press (NM)

(5) 7x9 Photos: JFK profile shot (VG-EX); Harry S. Truman at a formal function (EX); LBJ making a speech at the Capitol Rotunda (VG-EX); Jimmy Carter with Pope John Paul II during 1979 White House visit (NM); Gerald Ford, Hubert H. Humphrey and others group shot (VG-EX)

10x12 Matte print on paper stock of JFK and LBJ with a third individual (VG-EX)

1/21/57 Dwight Eisenhower Inauguration packet with invitation, program and photo, all (NM) with original envelope

1/20/61 John F. Kennedy Inauguration invitation only (EX)

1/20/81 Ronald Reagan Inauguration packet with invitation, program, photos, guide book, ticket, map and parade program, all (NM) with original envelope

4/30/74 130-Page document titled “Comparison of Passages from Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations by the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives and “Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations” by President Richard M. Nixon April, 30, 1974” and stamped “Not For Release Until 6 PM EDT 7/9/74”, contains transcripts of conversations Nixon had with John Dean, John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman and others (EX)

Also present are:

(55) Photos of D.D. Eisenhower’s funeral (and possibly Johnson’s), Jimmy Carter’s inauguration, Senate/Congress sessions and more (average EX to NM) with: (7) 14x11s with Ford and others; (46) 8x10s with Ford, Carter and others; (1) 6x8 with Carter; and (1) 5x8

(7) Inauguration packets with invitations, programs, photos and envelopes (some also with tickets and/or maps) average (EX-MT to NM) with: (4) 1/20/1969 Nixon; (1) 1/20/73 Nixon; (2) 1/20/77 Carter  

(2) Magazine size Official Inaugural Programs, both (NM) with original envelopes, with: 1/20/65 Johnson; and 1/20/69 Nixon

(2) 1969 Official Inaugural Portrait Folio with: 11x14 Nixon art image print (NM) with original envelope (writing); and 6x8 Nixon art image card (NM-MT) with original envelope

(3) Presidential inauguration temporary no parking signs: 1/20/73 12x16 tin (EX-MT); (2) 1/20/81 12x16 cardboard (VG-EX, VG)

12x16 “Symbol of Our Nation” folio with Bald Eagle art image (NM) with original envelope

11x8 “I Am Freemasonry” brass plate with credo by Ray V. Denslow (NM)

1988 RNC plush toy elephant in small swag bag from New Orleans, sealed in clear plastic bag (MIP)