Dick’s Operation, 1969

President Richard Nixon and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz shake hands at a ceremony on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River after dedicating the Amistad Dam, in background. September 8, 1969 (less than two weeks before the start Read More …

Presidential Violets, 1900

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln   The Violet House section of the White Read More …

Turn on LBJ, Send a Joint Today, 1970

“All Madness…. Until the day Mr. Zip delivers to the White House the seductive little paper cylinders of cannabis sativa to haunt LBJ with their temptation: Smoke Me. Then to render him harmless, kindly, loving and happy….” “Mr. Zip says: Read More …

JFK’s White house Session, 1962

“Suppose the Russians did something now” -John F. Kennedy, moments after smoking his 3rd joint, in the white house… JFK’s White house Session On the evening of July 16, 1962, sitting president JFK sits in the white house war room Read More …

When the White House was Green

“It is necessary to cultivate our garden” – Voltaire   White House conservatory earliest photo 1857 (photo taken right after construction, the green house had a wood frame which burnt in a fire in 1867)   When the White House Read More …