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Box 81

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Surtax, 1969-01-15

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

United States President-elect Richard Nixon carries President Lyndon Johnson on his shoulders down a basketball court as Johnson prepares to dunk a basketball labeled "surtax."

Dates: 1969-01-15

"I will be governed by the broad national need and interest." - Saint Francis Hickel, 1969-01-16

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 2
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Incoming United States Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel stands in a monk's robe surrounded by various birds of prey.

Dates: 1969-01-16

"The table is fine - now, about the shape of these chairs…", 1969-01-17

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 3
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During peace talks in Paris, the representative from North Vietnam expresses concern regarding the shape of the chairs.

Dates: 1969-01-17

"Do you think someone is trying to tell us something?", 1969-01-28

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 4
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Two repairman arrive to fix fallen over transmission towers.

Dates: 1969-01-28

"Nice to know there's something they can't blame you for, Mr. Reagan…er, that's right, isn't it?", 1969-01-28

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 5
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United States President Richard Nixon and another man stand outdoors on a desk belonging to the Governor of California, surrounded by flooding and heavy rain.

Dates: 1969-01-28

There will be more hangings…!, 1969-01-30

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 6
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A man representing Iraq holds a rope in his hand with the noose around his own neck.

Dates: 1969-01-30

"Opposition to Congress pay raise", 1969-01-31

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 7
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A man lies on the floor next to a document that reads "Opposition to Congress Pay Raise," having been trampeled by a group of United States Congressmen.

Dates: 1969-01-31

"Yankee come home!", 1969-02-02

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 8
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American tourists disembark from an airplane in Cuba, as Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro waits at a cash register.

Dates: 1969-02-02

"…And we're also throwing in the five admirals from the Bucher case!", 1969-02-05

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 9
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A United States Navy officer offers five admirals from the Bucher case, relating to Lloyd Bucher and the USS Pueblo, along with other military aid, to South Korea.

Dates: 1969-02-05

"Beat it!", 1969-02-06

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 10
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A United States Congressman, holding a pay raise, refuses an offer of clothing from a charity for destitute Congressmen.

Dates: 1969-02-06

"No More Political Patronage", 1969-02-07

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 11
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In the office of the United States Postmaster General a man removes a large portrait of President Richard Nixon. A nearby newspaper has the headline, "No More Political Patronage."

Dates: 1969-02-07

"I think we impressed them - see, they've shut their eyes in disgust!", 1969-02-10

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 12
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Several United States legislators sleep while two men show a prestentation using a projector. A nearby sign reads "Citizens for Decent Literature Present a Private Sermon and Pornography Showing for Legislators."

Dates: 1969-02-10

…And what's more, me an' my chemists will soon announce a cigarette so low in tars and nicotine it actually cures cancer!, 1969-02-11

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 13
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A man representing tobacco interests stands with two scientists in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) office. He tells the FCC official that soon they will have a cigarette that cures cancer.

Dates: 1969-02-11

ABM Plans, 1969-02-13

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 14
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A United States military officer waters plants growing in a rocket shaped pot labeled "ABM [Anti-ballistic missile] Plans," as a tear rolls down his cheek.

Dates: 1969-02-13

Double backscratcher, 1969-02-16

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 15
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United States President Richard Nixon scratches the back of Wille Mae Rogers with a scratcher labeled, "Presidential Seal of Approval," while she scratches his with a scratcher labeled, "Seal of Good Housekeping Approval."

Dates: 1969-02-16

West Berlin No Admittance, 1969-02-17

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 16
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United States President Richard Nixon cuts through a barbed wire fence next to a sign that reads, "West Berlin No Admittance."

Dates: 1969-02-17

"How else can we start the year of the chicken?", 1969-02-18

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 17
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A Chinese ship pulls a smaller boat with a sail that reads "Hong Kong Royal Yacht Club."

Dates: 1969-02-18

Triumphal European tour plans, 1969-02-19

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 18
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President of France Charles de Gaulle throws a bucket of water on United States President Richard Nixon. Nixon holds a wet document labeled "triumphal European tour plans."

Dates: 1969-02-19

"Last time I was on a plane, it went to Cuba…", 1969-02-20

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 19
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Two women sit aboard an El AL Airlines airplane, while a flight attendant in an Israeli military uniform fires a gun out the window.

Dates: 1969-02-20

My word, Mr. Laird, you certainly do make a forceful argument., 1969-02-21

 Item — Box: 81, Folder: 20
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United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird shoots an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) through the middle of a man representing Congress. The missile is labeled "Pentagon $4 million lobby."

Dates: 1969-02-21