Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers, Post-Presidential, 1961 - 1969. Photographs.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers, Post-Presidential, 1961 - 1969. Photographs.

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This series consists of photographs accumulated by Dwight D. Eisenhower after the end of his second presidential term in January 1961. However, the images were taken at various times during his life and even before he was born. The earliest images were given to Eisenhower and are unrelated to him and his family. These include four stereoscopic view cards and a portrait of a Civil War soldier. The series includes early Eisenhower family photographs featuring Eisenhower’s parents, David and Ida, as well as him and his brothers as children. It also includes a few early photographs of Eisenhower during his time at West Point, and of Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, and their sons, Doud Dwight and John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. There are a number of images in the series taken during World War II, often including Eisenhower but also featuring other World War II military officers and persons of interest. One group of photos shows the general’s railcar, “Bayonet,” during World War II, and later photographs feature the locomotive which pulled the train, which was later transported to a railroad museum in Wisconsin. The series also includes some photographs taken during Eisenhower’s presidential candidacy, including LIFE photos of the 1952 Republican National Convention, as well as some taken during his presidency, which sometimes include administration officials. Photographs taken after Eisenhower’s presidency include family occasions, visitors to the Eisenhowers, Eisenhower pursuing his hobbies, and locations where the Eisenhowers lived or stayed. Locations include the Eisenhower farmhouse at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; the Eisenhower cabin at Augusta National Golf Club; golf courses in Palm Springs, California; and Culzean Castle in Scotland. Eisenhower’s birthplace in Denison, Texas, and his boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas, also feature, as does the Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene. Some photos show the Eisenhowers at events such as the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. The series also contains a few photographs of Eisenhower at a People-to-People meeting in 1966, and at Walter Reed Army Hospital in 1968. There are a few images from other people’s political campaigns, though these usually don’t include Eisenhower himself. There are quite a few photographs featuring places named for Eisenhower, such as Mt. Eisenhower in Canada, a golf course at the United States Air Force Academy, and a number of schools. A large portion of this series comes from a set of albums collecting photographs of paintings by Eisenhower, many with notes on who he gave them to, making it an excellent resource on this topic. In addition, the series includes many photographs that were sent to the Eisenhowers, the subjects of which are the senders and their families, topics of interest to the senders, or topics that the senders thought would be of interest to the Eisenhowers. Some feature artworks, among which are portraits the senders had made of Eisenhower. Additional persons appearing in this series include Barbara Eisenhower; the Eisenhower grandchildren, David, Ann, Susan, and Mary Jean; sister-in-law Louise Grieb Eisenhower; Mamie Eisenhower’s parents, John Sheldon and Elivera Doud; Richard and Pat Nixon; Generals Hap Arnold, Omar Bradley, Mark Clark, Walter Krueger, George Patton, William Hood Simpson, and Joseph Swing; Admiral Arthur Radford; Winston Churchill; General John J. Pershing; Presidents William McKinley, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson; Governor Ronald Reagan; Ezra Taft Benson; Barry Goldwater; Governor George W. Romney; Governor William W. Scranton; Evan P. Aurand; Herbert Brownell; Thomas B. McCabe; John M. Steeves; Justice Harold H. Burton; Kenneth D. Wells; Arnold and Winnie Palmer; Norman A. Palmer; Jack Nicklaus; J. J. McDermott; Freeman Gosden; Sigurd S. Larmon; S. Howard Young; Holmes Tuttle; Ray Bolger; and Walt Disney.

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