Next, we tour the president ial vehicles collection at the Henry Ford Museum in dearborn, michigan. Transportation curator Matt Anderson shows us cars used by president s truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the Lincoln Continental that john f. Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. My name is Matt Anderson and im curator of transportation here at the henry ford. We are inside the Henry Ford Museum of american innovation. Just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. Were actually standing in front of a series of president ial limousines, which tell the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. It becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelts administration, its a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, interestingly enough
Vehicles collection at the Henry Ford Museum in dearborn, michigan. Transportation curator Matt Anderson shows us cars used by president s truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the Lincoln Continental that john f. Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. My name is Matt Anderson and im curator of transportation here at the henry ford. We are inside the Henry Ford Museum of american innovation. Just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. Were actually standing in front of a series of president ial limousines, which tell the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. It becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelts administration, its a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has
Washington journal on our companion network c pan. This week on american artifacts, we tour the american president s life portraits exhibit at the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum in west branch, iowa. North carolina painter and sculptor chaz fagen created the portraits for cspan in 1999 and recently added president trumps. The exhibit created in conjunction with the White House Historical association was brought to the library by cspan in partnership with media come. Curator Marcus Eckhardt an shows us the additional objects the museum borrowed to accompany each of the 44 portraits. Were in west brank, iowa, in the museum portion of the building and this is our temporary exhibit which is cspans american president s life portraits. The idea for this came about from us thinking about bringing the temporary exhibit everybody cspan and then adding something personal from each man at this point each man to show Something Different about them, because we think of them this is
This hour and 15 minute talk took place in new york city. The New York Historical society and the reading room cohosted the event. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, an authority on the womens Rights Movement. She is the professor of history at the university of South Carolina and the author of new women of the new south. She has served as an advisor or many museum exhibitions, documentaries, and feature film. She is the former president of the Southern Association or women historians. Her new book is divided we stand, the battle over womens rights. Ladies and gentlemen, marjorie spruill. Marjorie spruill this is an amazing venue. It is wonderful to be here. This is such a great tradition that this institution has, to get book lovers out here on these warm Summer Nights together and talk about books. I am pleased to be part of it and have a chance to talk about my new book. It is about the role of women and women issues in american politics. It tells the story of the modern Wo
We are actually standing in front of a series of president ial limousines, which tell the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Right behind me is the 1902 carriage used by theodore roosevelt. The automobile really becomes a force in the United States starting in the 1890s. But by the time of roosevelts administration, it is a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has as a real forwardlooking progressive, really never cared much for automobiles. He wanted to remain in horsedrawn vehicles. I think partly he thought there was a formality involved with horsedrawn transportation appropriate to the dignity of the office. He also had a man of the people image she wanted to protect. At that time, automobiles were seen as playthings of the wealthy. It would not be good to be caught in a car. So he remained in the bromance use that for his primary transportation when mo