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White House Photographs August 22, 1974 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library White House Photographs August 22, 1974 This database was created by Library staff and indexes all photographs taken by the Ford White House photographers on this date. Use the search capabilities in your PDF reader to locate key words within this index. Please note that clicking on the link in the “Roll #” field will display a 200 dpi JPEG image of the contact sheet (1:1 images of the 35 mm negatives). Gerald Ford is always abbreviated “GRF” in the "Names" field. If the "Geographic" field is blank, the photo was taken within the White House complex. The date on the contact sheet image is the date the roll of film was processed, not the date the photographs were taken. All photographs taken by the White House photographers are in the public domain and reproductions (600 dpi scans or photographic prints) of individual images may be purchased and used without copyright restriction. Please include the roll and frame numbers when contacting the Library staff about a specific photo (e.g., A1422-10). To view photo listings for other dates, to learn more about this project or other Library holdings, or to contact an archivist, please visit the White House Photographic Collection page View President Ford's Daily Diary (activities log) for this day Roll # Frames Tone Subject - Proper Subject - Generic Names Geographic Location Photographer A0292 3-6 Color seated at desk; portrait(s) - GRF Oval Office Kennerly close-up A0292 7-9 Color seated at desk; portrait(s) - Henry Kissinger Oval Office Kennerly close-up A0292 10-11 Color seated at desk; portrait(s) - GRF Oval Office Kennerly extreme close-up A0292 12 Color seated at desk; portrait(s) - Henry Kissinger Oval Office Kennerly extreme close-up A0292 13-17 Color seated at desk GRF, Henry Kissinger Oval Office Kennerly A0292 18-26 Color portrait(s) - close-up Betty Ford Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0292 27-32 Color Personal Assistant to the First Lady portrait(s) - close-up Nancy Howe Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0293 2A-4A Color United State Representative (NY) standing, talking Betty Ford, Rep. Bella Abzug Cabinet Room Kennerly A0293 5A Color seated at desk GRF Oval Office Kennerly A0293 6A Color greeting, handshaking Betty Ford, Unidentified Man Colonnade Kennerly Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, E-mail: [email protected] Page 1 of 9 Roll # Frames Tone Subject - Proper Subject - Generic Names Geographic Location Photographer A0293 7A Color Personal Assistant to the First Lady BF standing, holding pen; Betty Ford, Nancy Howe Second Floor - Kennerly Howe on telephone Center Hall A0293 8A-10A Color standing, holding pen Betty Ford Second Floor - Kennerly Center Hall A0294 2A Color reading, seated on couch Betty Ford Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0294 3A Color walking towards Cabinet GRF, Betty Ford, Hartmann Outside Kennerly Room Cabinet Room A0294 4A-7A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's walking greeting - all not in GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality every frame Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0294 8A-14A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's GRF seated, signing, laughing GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0294 15A Color portrait(s) on wall Harry Truman painting Cabinet Room Kennerly A0294 16A-26A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's GRF seated; all not in every GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality frame Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0294 27A-29A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's standing; all not in every Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Jordan, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality frame Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0294 30A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's standing; all not in every GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality frame Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0294 31-37A Color Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's handshaking; all not in GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Kennerly Equality every frame Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, E-mail: [email protected] Page 2 of 9 Roll # Frames Tone Subject - Proper Subject - Generic Names Geographic Location Photographer A0295 12 Color President's coat sitting on Oval Office Kennerly chair A0295 4-11 Color seated around desk GRF, Kissinger Oval Office Kennerly A0295 13 Color standing, putting on suit GRF Oval Office Kennerly coat A0295 14 Color Personal Secretary of the President Standing, leaning on desk GRF, Dorothy Downtown Oval Office Kennerly A0295 15-16 Color standing, looking at desk GRF Oval Office Kennerly A0295 17-22 Color talking, seated around desk GRF, terHorst Oval Office Kennerly A0295 23 Color Attorney General standing, greeting terHorst, Buchen, Saxbe Scheduling and Kennerly Advance Office A0295 24-25 Color Attorney General standing, greeting GRF, Buchen, Saxbe Oval Office Kennerly A0295 26-29 Color Attorney General seated around desk GRF, Buchen, Saxbe Oval Office Kennerly A0296 2A-8A Color wife of Vice President-designate seated on couch Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0296 9A-11A Color wife of Vice President-designate standing, talking Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0296 12A-18A Color wife of Vice President-designate walking Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Second Floor Kennerly A0296 19A Color wife of Vice President-designate walking Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Solarium Kennerly A0296 20A-36A Color wife of Vice President-designate seated at round table - Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Solarium Kennerly various distances A0297 3-6 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's standing; not all in each GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality frame Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0297 7-24 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's GRF seated; signing, laughing GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0297 25-26 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's talking Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Jordan Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, E-mail: [email protected] Page 3 of 9 Roll # Frames Tone Subject - Proper Subject - Generic Names Geographic Location Photographer A0297 27 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's GRF seated; handing pen to GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality Armstrong Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0297 28-34 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's GRF seated, talking GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0297 35-37 BW Signing Ceremony - Proclamation on Women's standing, posing GRF, Betty Ford, Reps. Burke, Cabinet Room Fitz-Patrick Equality Jordan, Holtzman, Holt, Sullivan, Collins, Boggs, Heckler, Abzug, Chisholm, Grasso, Schroeder, Mink; Armstrong A0298 3-30 BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0299 3-31 BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0300 2A-33A BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0301 3-35 BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0302 2A-32A BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0303 3A-31A BW Republican Congressional Candidates one on one; seated by GRF, Republican Congressional Oval Office Schumacher fireplace candidates A0304 1A-4A Color wife of Vice President-designate standing, posing Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Second Floor - Kennerly West Sitting Hall A0304 5A Color wife of Vice President-designate seated around a table Betty Ford, Happy Rockefeller Solarium Kennerly A0304 6A Color Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives greeting, handshaking GRF, William "Fishbait" Miller Oval Office Kennerly A0304 7A-16A Color Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives talking, standing near GRF, William "Fishbait" Miller Oval Office Kennerly window behind desk A0304 17A-24A Color seated at desk; reading - GRF Oval Office Kennerly various distances A0304 25A-27A Color GRF seated, Timmons GRF, Timmons Oval Office Kennerly standing Tuesday,
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