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The Public Vaults Unlocked: Discovering American History in the National Archives
by Allen Weinstein
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This book is heavily illustrated with over 230 rare archival photographs, documents and transcripts, including President Nixon's resignation letter and pages from the Watergate Building burglar's address book, JFK's own Cuban Missile Crisis meeting notes, the Zapruda Camera, Bob Hope's immigration record, Albert Einstein's Declaration of Intention seeking US citizenship following his escape from Nazi Germany, early spy satellite images of the Kremlin, a telegram from Abraham Lincoln to General Grant instructing no let up in the Union campaign, D-Day newsreel footage, and major episodes in the US civil rights movement
Published to celebrate the installation of a brand new exhibition at the newly renovated National Archives building in Washington, D.C., it is a wonderful pictorial record of great moments of American history captured in different times and places.
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- GILES Brand
- Sep 21, 2005 Pub Date:
- 9781904832171 ISBN-13:
- 1904832172 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 10.16 in * 0.92 in * 8.76 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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