George Washington : dentures -- John Adams : law desk -- Thomas Jefferson : great clock at Monticello -- James Madison : walking stick -- James Monroe : desk -- John Quincy Adams : personal library -- Andrew Jackson : decapitated figurehead -- Martin Van Buren : desk -- William Henry Harrison : flag remnant -- John Tyler : piano -- James K. Polk : table -- Zachary Taylor : chair -- Millard Fillmore : engraving of debate -- Franklin Pierce : Kansas-Nebraska Act -- James Buchanan : law books -- Abraham Lincoln : chair from Ford's Theater -- Andrew Johnson : impeachment note -- Ulysses S. Grant : inkwell -- Rutherford B. Hayes : mo -- Rutherford B. Hayes : Morgan silver dollar -- James Garfield : inaugural address -- Chester Arthur : Tiffany screen -- Grover Cleveland : naval review ribbon -- Benjamin Harrison : judge cartoon -- William McKinley : McKinley National Memorial Collection Bank -- Theodore Roosevelt : page from speech -- William Taft : Bible -- Woodrow Wilson : 1919 Pierce-Arrow -- Warren G. Harding : skeleton key -- Calvin Coolidge : painting of inauguration -- Herbert Hoover : humidor -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : fireside chat microphone -- Harry S. Truman" : "the buck stops here" sign -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : globe -- John F. Kennedy : PT 109 coconut husk paperweight -- Lyndon Johnson : desk blotter -- Richard Nixon : easy chair -- Gerald Ford : statuette of elephant and donkey -- Jimmy Carter : Hungarian crown -- Ronald Reagan : piece of the Berlin Wall -- George H.W. Bush : letter to family -- Bill Clinton : saxophone -- George W. Bush : bullhorn -- Barack Obama : pen used to sign the Affordable Care Act -- Donald Trump : MAGA hat -- Joe Biden : COVID vaccine vial -- Resolute desk -- Presidential seal -- Official White House portraits -- Senate ballot box -- Air Force One.
Summary:
"Exploring the American Presidency through 50 Historic Treasures brings together significant artifacts from the lives of the men who have led our nation through times of great prosperity and terrible tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.