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President with the First Negro Cabinet Member in US History

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  • 1966-1-25

President Johnson at the White House with Dr. Robert C. Weaver (left), the first Negro cabinet member in US history and Robert C. Wood. The President selected Weaver to head the new Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Wood as Under Se...

Daily Mirror

Scott Carpenter Meets President Kennedy

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  • 1962-6-25

President Kennedy and astronaut Scott Carpenter are seen together during the astronaut's visit to the white house yesterday. Scott Carpenter was the America's last man into space and orbited the earth three times.

Central Press Photos Ltd.

The Afghan Surivors

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  • 1983-3-20

A group of Afghan freedom fighters who were eyewitnesses to a Soviet massacre of civilians in a small Afghanistan village visited the United States recently. They gave details of the attack and told of other horrors being routinely inflicted on th...

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Afghan Survivors 2

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  • 1983-3-20

Senator Claiborne Pell (dark suit, at right), Congressman Don Ritter (light suit, second from left) and other members of the special joint congressional hearing examine one of the Afghans to see the effects of Soviet chemical warfare. Pell, who ch...

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Afghan Survivors 3

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  • 1983-3-20

The five Afghans tell of Soviet atrocities in their country during a meeting with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Mr. Reagan said what they have undergone should be known by everyone in the free world.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Three Apollo Astronauts Receive Gold Medals

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  • 1969-1-20

President Johnson presenting gold medals to the three Apollo astronauts who went around the moon. Here at the White House on January 9th he is seen giving Frank Borman his medal whilst William Anders (left) and James Lovell look on.— (United Press...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

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