#OnThisDay : Fifty-nine years ago today, #PresidentJohnson & #LadyBird attended the first baseball game (Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees) at the #Astrodome in #Houston , #Texas to a sold out crowd of 47,000+ people. ⚾️

📷 Yoichi Okamoto | 04/09/1965

Today we celebrate the birthday of our favorite First Lady, Betty Ford! 🥳

Shouting out the #CarterLibraryArchives on #NationalLibraryWorkersDay ! Library workers are masters of research, and without our archival staff, we would be lost! Even President Carter benefitted from the assistance of the library’s archival staff when he researched his papers.

#OTD in 1983 #PresidentReagan met with World War II American women prisoners of war in the Blue Room.

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We uncover a unique piece of espionage history: President Eisenhower’s Minox spy camera from the Eisenhower Library

This tiny yet powerful tool represents the technological advancements and strategic intelligence gathering of its time.

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We love these #ArchivesSnapshots from FDR and Eleanor's European honeymoon in 1905.

In the spirit of #ArchivesSnapshot , we’re showing off a museum object. This isn’t just ANY camera; this was one of Jimmy Carter’s cameras! An avid photographer, he documented his life & career. President Carter donated this camera to the museum in 2000. #ArchiveshashtagParty

In February 2011, Annie Leibovitz came to the National Archives to photograph glass plate negatives of President Lincoln, which were captured by Mathew Brady.

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📷 #ArchivesSnapshot : Bob Wick purchased this camera in 1982 for personal use. Six years later, he'd embark on a 33-year career with Bureau of Land Management - National, capturing thousands of stunning images of public lands along the way...including 3 for these 'Forever' stamps! (INTR 07765, 07797)

Say cheese!

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#NancyReagan aboard the First Lady Airplane taking a photograph of the press during the Moscow Summit 05/31/1988

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10/13/80 Pres. Carter was captured in this #ArchivesSnapshot in the Old Ben Coal Mine in Marion, IL. The Pres. was there to meet with union leaders and address the 150 employees of the mine and address his commitment to coal as part of the National Energy Policy. NAID 847742

Say cheese! During some downtime during her trip to India, Mrs. Kennedy took a photograph of photographer Cecil Stoughton.

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With his signature Polaroid camera, Andy Warhol visited the White House with Bianca Jagger on July 2, 1975, for a tour with Jack Ford. David Kennerly, Personal Photographer to the President, captured images of Warhol’s photo shoot on the Truman Balcony. #ArchivesSnapshot

Good morning, and welcome to another #ArchivesHashtagParty ! This month’s theme is #ArchivesSnapshot .

Birthdays are always a great reason to celebrate and take photos for #ArchivesSnapshot ! Here's a couple memories from Herbert Hoover's 86th birthday- and yes, you see that right: one is in color! (31-al33-006, 31-al33-016) #ArchivesHashtagParty

Step back into 1946 with the #ArchivesPowerAndLight exhibit, a Russell Lee odyssey that documents the lives of coal miners through 200+ poignant photographs. Discover faces and places of these resilient communities in our #ArchivesSnapshot series.

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Explore the #ArchivesPowerAndLight exhibit and journey into the daily life and struggles of 1940s coal miners. Lee’s work goes beyond documentation; it narrates stories of perseverance amid adversity.

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FDR at Warm Springs, GA, circa 1930. NPx 08-01. #ArchivesSnapshot

Photos help us record our changing reality, & the camera technology behind the images has seen a huge evolution over time. From early camera obscura to our modern digital options, capturing an #ArchivesSnapshot has relied on the work of many inventors!

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In this #ArchivesSnapshot , Pres. Carter tours Three Mile Island, 4/1/79, 4 days after a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of the nuclear generating station. The party wore yellow plastic shoe covers to prevent tracking radioactivity from the ground. NAIDs 184232, 184224