An Eastern airline plane flies through the sky. This photograph was taken as part of C-SPAN's coverage of the American Legion's Boys Nation meeting in Washington, D.C. in July 1980. Boys Nation is a gathering in Washington, D.C. where young people act as senators from their home states and are instructed in the structure and function of federal government.
An Eastern airline plane flies above a river as people gathered in a nearby field watch. This photograph was taken as part of C-SPAN's coverage of the American Legion's Boys Nation meeting in Washington, D.C. in July 1980. Boys Nation is a gathering in Washington, D.C. where young people act as senators from their home states and are instructed in the structure and function of federal government.
A young person speaks from a podium at the American Legion Boys Nation meeting in Washington, D.C. in July 1980. Boys Nation is a gathering in Washington, D.C. where young people act as senators from their home states and are instructed in the structure and function of federal government.
A young person stands at a microphone and speaks at the American Legion Boys Nation meeting in Washington, D.C. in July 1980. Boys Nation is a gathering in Washington, D.C. where young people act as senators from their home states and are instructed in the structure and function of federal government.
A variety of campaign buttons from the 1980 Presidential election, promoting Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, Barry Commoner and LaDonna Harris, John B. Anderson and Patrick Lucey, and the Liberatarian party.
Panelists participate in C-SPAN's first viewer call-in at the National Press Club. (L to R) Mike Kelley, Pat Gushman, Don West, Tack Nail, Brian Lamb. Oct. 7, 1980 National Press Club.
Panelists participate in C-SPAN's first viewer call-in at the National Press Club. (L to R) Mike Kelley, Pat Gushman, Don West, Tack Nail, Brian Lamb. Oct. 7, 1980 National Press Club.
Panelists participate in C-SPAN's first viewer call-in at the National Press Club. (L to R) Mike Kelley, Pat Gushman, Don West, Tack Nail, Brian Lamb. Oct. 7, 1980 National Press Club.
Larry King sits in a studio broadcasting his radio program while C-SPAN simulcasts. The live simulcast segment gave C-SPAN's viewers a chance to participate on King's nationwide call-in.
Larry King sits in a studio broadcasting his radio program while C-SPAN simulcasts. The live simulcast segment, on Mutual Broadcasting System, gave C-SPAN's viewers and Mutual Radio listeners alike a chance to participate on King's nationwide call-in.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Two people dine in front of a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
A diner looks at a painting of Helen Keller. Helen Keller, reading Braille, in a portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler, from the collection of the Harvard Club of New York City.
An unidentified person looks at a banner outside the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. The red banner says "The Pierpont Morgan Library" on it.
An unidentified person looks at a banner outside the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. The red banner says "The Pierpont Morgan Library" on it.
FDR bust; Hyde Park; Booknotes: Stories from American History (2001). "This bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt surveys the former President's 188-acre estate at Hyde Park, New York, about ninety miles north of New York City." (Caption taken from image C0270B434_193).
This bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt surveys the former President's 188-acre estate at Hyde Park, New York, about ninety miles north of New York City.
This bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt surveys the former President's 188-acre estate at Hyde Park, New York, about ninety miles north of New York City.
General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York.
General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York.
A photograph of white crosses in a field, accompanied by the following text: "Above: Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers.; Previous page: General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York."
