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  1. White House Staff Book 1953 - 1961

    January 5 National Geographic Article Page 26

  2. Growing Up in Abilene, 1900

    December 19 Historical photo of the Abilene High School Baseball Team.

  3. Nineteenth Century Fun & Games

    December 19 Historical photo of the C.W. Parker Amusement Company, 1899.

  4. Funeral Ceremony

    December 5 March 30, 1969 - Dignitaries pay their last respects in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

  5. Women in the 1890s

    December 5 Homestead of the William Botz Family. Mrs. Botz holds her baby. Flora Township, Dickinson County near Manchester, 1898.

  6. Remembering Old Downtown

    December 2 Historical photo of the Dickinson County Courthouse.

  7. Life in Abilene, 1900

    December 2 Historic Photo of Mrs. Jolley's Millinery Shop

  8. CORONA

    November 16 August 15, 1960 - Eisenhower holds the American flag which was carried in the capsule retrieved from Discoverer XIII.

  9. 1953 Inauguration

    November 10 January 20, 1953- Eisenhower takes the Oath of Office as President of the United States. Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath.

  10. National Aeronautics & Space Agency (NASA)

    November 10 April 1, 1960 - Eisenhower and Dr. T. Keith Glennan review photographs transmitted from Satellite Tiros I. The satellite was designed under NASA's national program in space exploration to aid in meterorological research.

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1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy

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1953 Inauguration

January 20, 1953- Eisenhower takes the Oath of Office as President of the United States. Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath. View slideshow

1957 Inauguration

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Alaska Statehood

January 3, 1959 - President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Proclamation admitting Alaska as the 49th state. View slideshow

Ardennes Campaign - Battle of the Bulge

January 15, 1945 - Rendezvous for two elements of the 84th Division at an abandoned mill near River L'Ourt, Belgium. View slideshow

Atoms for Peace

August 30, 1954 - Eisenhower signs H.R. 9757, an act "to amend the Atomic Energy Acto of 1946." The signing was witnessed in his office by various senators, congressmen and members of the Atomic Energy Commission. View slideshow

Camp David

October 2, 1960 - David Eisenhower at the entrance to Camp David. View slideshow

Civil Rights

May 5, 1955 - John H. Sengstacke, publisher of the Chicago Defender, presents Eisenhower with the Robert Abbott Award. View slideshow

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January 26, 1945 - Camouflaged men of the 406th Regiment give the town of Brachelen, Germany, a careful going over in their search for Nazi snipers.
January 17, 1945 - The 75th Infantry Division troops cross bridge leading to the town of Vielsalm, Belgium.
July 1, 1944 - This Rhino ferry unloads its cargo of Army ambulances on a beach in France, to provide equipment for more front line hospitals.
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