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White House Photographers
December 17, 2002
Susan Stamberg special correspondent, NPR
Cecil Stoughton WH Photographer, Kennedy and Johnson
David Hume Kennerly WH Photographer, Ford
Diana Walker WH Photographer, Reagan & George Bush Sr.

National Public Radio Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg moderates this slide presentation and conversation with a number of official White House photographers who covered the Presidents, their families, and their administrations.

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You Want Fries With That?
Prioleau Alexander
00:49:23
Prioleau Alexander tells what it was like when he walked away from a lucrative career as an advertising executive, seeking a life. His jobs included pizza deliveryman, ice cream scooper, construction worker, ER tech, fast food jockey, and even cowboy on a Montana dude ranch.
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Writers on War
Sean Hemingway
01:26:41
Sean Hemingway, who has just edited a collection of his grandfather's writings titled Hemingway on War, shares his insights with Paul Fussell, author of The Great War and Modern Memory, and James Webb, author of the acclaimed Vietnam novel, Fields of Fire.
Writers Among Us: Seth Jacobs
Seth Jacobs
01:06:37
Seth Jacobs argues that a midcentury religious revival in America, as well as policymakers' racist perceptions of Asians, led the United States to support the disastrous, autocratic Diem regime in South Viet Nam.
Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
Tom Crouch
01:11:09
Tom Crouch, expert on the Wright Brothers and senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum, discusses how Wilber and Orville Wright started revolutions in transportation, warfare, leisure, and communication, and changed how we all see our world: as a whole.
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Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
Peter L. Jakab
00:41:56
Peter L. Jakab explains how the Wright brothers were able to achieve something that had eluded other capable engineers and scientists for centuries.
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Workforce Development in Massachusetts
Tripp Jones
01:59:32
Sponsored by Mass Inc., this forum features experts in education and workforce development offering differing points of view on the future of workforce development in Massachusetts. We know that an educated workforce is key to keeping a state competitive in the global economy.
Image of Talk: npr's susan stamberg considers all things
Author: Susan Stamberg
Publisher: Perigee Trade (1994)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
Image of The Memories: JFK 1961-1963
Author: Cecil Stoughton, Chester V. Clifton
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (1980)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
Image of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Author: Richard Norton Smith, David Hume Kennerly
Publisher: Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 232 pages
Image of Photo Op: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Covers Events That Shaped Our Times
Author: David Hume Kennerly
Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr (1995)
Binding: Hardcover, 168 pages
Image of Public and Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency
Author: Michael R. Beschloss, Diana Walker
Publisher: (2002)
Binding: Hardcover, 200 pages
Image of The Bigger Picture: Thirty Years of Portraits
Author: Diana Walker
Publisher: National Geographic (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 200 pages
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