Thomas Edison guide-history-buffs Nancy and Ronald Reagan bask

Nancy and Ronald Reagan bask in the spotlight in their box at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City

Missing here are the library's two famous marble lions - Patience and Fortitude - which were not added until the official opening of the building in 1911

The acid-free paper does not yellow over time

addressed the crowd and described that landmark Supreme Court decision as "a joyous daybreak to end the long night of enforced segregation

Thomas Edison guide-history-buffs Nancy and Ronald Reagan baskThomas Edison, deep in thought, left, in his laboratory in West Orange, N. J. Called "The American Genie of the (Electric) Lamp" by The Times, it was reported that when he worked he allowed himself no more than his usual half hour midday meal. A Times reporter ventured to interrogate him about his "undermined physical vitality" in 1921. He instantly assumed a position of a soldier and challenged: "Do I look it?" It was then that all appeared satisfied