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Vice President of the United States (1981-1989)

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  • Vice President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara pose with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush and several of his siblings and their spouses on Inauguration Day
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  • Vice President-elect George Bush, Mrs. Bush, and his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, attend Inauguration Day services with Reverend Billy Graham at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C
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  • Vice President-Elect George Bush at an Inaugural Day coffee with Howard Baker, Jim Wright, and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neal
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  • Vice President has lunch with President Reagan in the Oval Office
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  • Vice President George Bush and President Ronald Reagan at a Press Club Dinner
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  • Vice President Bush on Air Force 2 headed back to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
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  • Vice President Bush on Air Force 2 heading back to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
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  • Vice President Bush aboard Air Force 2 returning to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
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  • Residence of the Vice President of the United States on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C
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  • Vice President George Bush participates in a Memorial Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery
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  • Vice President Bush meets with former Vice President Walter Mondale in the Vice President's West Wing Office at the White House
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  • Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz hold meetings with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromkyo at the Kremlin Palace while in Moscow for the funeral of Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev
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  • Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz hold meetings with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromkyo at the Kremlin Palace while in Moscow for the funeral of Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev
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  • Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
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  • Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman, Barbara Bush and others are escorted down the stairs at the Kremlin Palace after paying their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leo...
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  • Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
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  • Vice President Bush visits NATO forces in Nuremburg, West Germany
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  • Vice President Bush and West German Minister of Defense Manfred Worner visit Moedlareuth, Germany, known as Little Berlin
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  • Vice President Bush, Mrs. Bush ad their traveling group meet with Pope John II in the Vatican, Rome, Italy
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  • Vice President Bush at the Daytona 500
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  • Vice President Bush meets with his National Security Advisor, Donald Gregg
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush tour Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia
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  • President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush walk along the West Wing Colonnade
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  • President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush walk along the West Wing Colonnade
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  • Vice President Bush in Red Square during his visit to Moscow for the funeral of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov.  St. Basil's Cathedral is visible in the background
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  • Vice President Bush walks with U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman at the Kremlin during his trip to Moscow for the funeral of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov.  Spasskaya Tower is...
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  • While in Moscow for the funeral of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker meet with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl a...
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  • Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in Moscow.
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  • Vice President Bush speaks to U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman at the U.S. Embassy, during his trip to Moscow for the Funeral of the Chairman the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in...
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  • Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman meet with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Chernenko, in Moscow following the funeral ...
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  • Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman meet with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Chernenko, in Moscow following the funeral ...
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  • Vice President Bush attends funeral of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in Moscow.  Lenin's Mausoleum is visible in the background
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  • While in Moscow for funeral of General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker meet with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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  • Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker arrive at the Italian Embassy to meet with Italian President Alessandro Pertini and Italian Foreign Minister Guilio Andreotti at the Italian Embassy while in Moscow for the funeral of General Secretary of Ce...
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  • Vice President Bush meets with Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
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  • Vice President Bush address the Young Republican Dinner
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  • Vice President Bush delivers the Texas A&M University Commencement Address in College Station, Texas
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  • George W. Bush with his wife Laura, twin daughters Barbara and Jenna, and mother Barbara Bush at a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas
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  • Vice President Bush addresses a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas accompanied by his wife Barbara, and his son, George W. Bush, with his wife, Laura, and their twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara
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  • Vice President Bush addresses a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas accompanied by his wife Barbara, and his son, George W. Bush, with his wife, Laura, and their twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara
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  • Vice President Bush plays in the Old Timers' Game, Denver, Colorado
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  • Vice President Bush and President Reagan working in the Oval Office
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  • Opening Ceremonies for Olympic Soccer, Boston, MA
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  • Vice President Bush visits with Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton at the Bass Anglers Tournament in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush with Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Ray Scott at the Bass Anglers Tournament in Pine Buff, Arkansas
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  • President Bush greets Vice President Bush and members of his family including his son, George W. Bush during a reception honoring President Ford at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush board the submarine USS Finback (SSN-670), during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima.  The submarine is the namesake of the USS FInbac...
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  • Vice President and Mrs. George Bush aboard the submarine USS Finback (SSN-670), during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on Septem...
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  • Vice President George Bush sits in the cockpit of a TBF Avenger during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on September 2, 1944.
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  • Vice President George Bush sits in the cockpit of a TBF Avenger during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on September 2, 1944.
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  • Vice President George Bush on the 40th Anniversary of the day he was shot down while flying a TBF Avenger in the Pacific during World War II.  Vice President Bush and fellow veterans of VT-51, crewmen of the USS San Jacinto, and fellow World War II vet...
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  • Vice President George Bush standing over the cockpit of an Avenger during an event at Naval Station Norfolk commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day his plane was shot down over the island of Chi Chi Jima
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in the Labor Day Parade in Lamont, Illinois.
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  • Vice President Bush participates in an "Ask George Bush" question and answer session in Little Rock, Arkansas during the 1984 campaign
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  • Vice President Bush and Mrs. Bush take part in the Columbus Day Parade in New York, New York.
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  • Vice President Bush greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Vice Presidential Debate with VP Bush and Geraldine Ferraro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Vice President Bush and New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro engage in the 1984 Vice Presidential Debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Vice President Bush participates in a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush watch the second presidential debate of 1984
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  • Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible during a private swearing in ceremony at the White House
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  • Vice President George Bush gives Mrs. Bush a kiss after having just taken the Vice Presidential Oath of Office at a  private swearing in ceremony at the White House.  Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart looks on
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  • Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible at the US Capitol
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  • Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible at the US Capitol
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  • Vice President Bush picking out Valentine's Day cards.
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  • While in Moscow for the funeral of Konstantin Chernenko, Vice President George Bush meets with the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, for the first time
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  • Vice President Bush addresses the audience aboard the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
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  • Vice President Bush addresses the audience aboard the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
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  • Vice President Bush looks on as a sailor and a marine as they prepare to throw a wreath from the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
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  • Vice President George Bush with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, at their home at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, ME
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  • Portrait of Vice President Bush from the Vice President's residence
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  • Family Portrait, Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine.  Back row:  Margaret Bush holding daughter Marshall, Marvin Bush, and Bill LeBlond.  Front row:  Neil Bush holding daughter Lauren, Sharon Bush, George W. Bush holding daughter Barbara, Laura Bush ...
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  • Vice President Bush goes boating off  Walker's Point with his daugter Doro, holding her son, Sam; son Jeb holding his son Jebby, and granddaughter Barbara
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  • VP George Bush quail hunting near Beeville, Texas
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  • Vice President George Bush chats with former President Richard Nixon at a party for former special counsel to President Nixon, Dick Moore, held at the Vice President's Residence
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  • Vice President Bush poses for a photo with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Former President Richard Nixon during a party for former special counsel to President Nixon, Dick Moore, held at the VP Residence
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  • Vice President Bush watches the Memorial Day parade with his family in Kennebunkport, Maine
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush at their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine with their family
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  • Vice President Bush drives his boat off the coast of his home on Walker's Point, Maine
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  • Vice President Bush drives his boat off the coast of his home on Walker's Point, Maine
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  • Vice President George Bush with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, at Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, ME
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  • Vice President Bush greets General Jaruzelski, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Vice President Bush with Lech Walesa in Warsaw, Poland
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush visit Aushwitz in Warsaw, Poland
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  • Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
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  • Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
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  • Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
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  • Vice President Bush visits with a young supporter during a campaign reception in Dallas, TX
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  • Vice President Bush meets with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudia Arabia in Washington,  DC
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  • Vice President Bush participates in the first GOP Primary Debate, held in Houston, Texas, and aired on "Firing Line."  Participants are (L to R) Pete DuPont, George Bush, Alexander Haig, William F. Buckley (host), Robert Strauss (co-host), Jack Kemp, B...
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Vice President George Bush participates in a primary debate, held in Washington, DC, which includes both Republican and Democratic Primary candidates.  Participants include (L to R) Vice President George Bush, Senator Bob Dole, Governor Pete DuPont, Se...
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  • Vice President George Bush participates in a primary debate held in Washington, DC. Seated (L to R) are Vice President George Bush, Reverend Pat Robertson, and Secretary Alexander Haig.  Tom Brokaw is the moderator
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  • Vice President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev stop on the streets of Washington, D.C
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  • Republican Presidential Primary candidates (L to R) Congressman Jack Kemp, Secretary Alexander Haig, Vice President George Bush, Senator Bob Dole, Reverend Pat Robertson, and Governor Pete DuPont pose for a photo before the debate in Des Moines, IA
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  • Vice President George H. Bush holds a press conference in Nashua, NH,
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  • Vice President Bush visits a McDonald's in Nashua, New Hampshire
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  • Vice President Bush at a polling place in New Hampshire
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  • Vice President George Bush meets with his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, and former Senator Barry Goldwater while campaigning in Miami, Florida
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  • Vice President George Bush meets with his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, while campaigning in Miami, Florida
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  • Vice President George Bush greets campaign volunteers during a stop in Miami, Florida
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  • Vice President Bush arrives Hartford, CT
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  • Vice President Bush meets with former President Richard Nixon at the VP Residence
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  • President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush, accompanied by wives Nancy and Barbara, join hands after the President endorses Bushes run for the Presidency during the President's Dinner, Washington, DC
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush smile on the porch of the Vice President's residence, Washington, D.C
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush attend the Memorial Day parade with members of their family including George W. Bush, Doro LeBlond, and their families
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  • Vice President Bush and Mrs. Bush attend the Memorial Day parade in Kennebunkport, Maine with their family, including their son, George W. Bush
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush attend the Fourth of July Parade in Wyandotte, Michigan
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  • Vice President Bush throws out the first pitch at the All Star Baseball Game,  Cincinnati, OH,
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  • Vice President Bush picnics on the lawn of his Kennebunkport home with his family
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush at Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine
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  • George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle at the Rupublican National Convention, New Orleans, LA,
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  • Vice President Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, New Orleans, LA
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  • Vice President George Bush throws out the first pitch at the Astrodome as Astro's pitcher Nolan Ryan looks on
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  • Vice President Bush arrives San Francisco, CA, for a campaign rally
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  • Vice President Bush meets with supporters, including singer Lee Greenwood, on a campaign stop in Redding, California
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  • Vice President Bush attends a campaign ralley in Medina, OH
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  • Vice President Bush campaigns for President in Seattle, Washington
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  • Vice President Bush and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis participate in a Presidential debate
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  • Vice President Bush campaigns in Omaha, Nebraska
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  • Vice President Bush's granddaughters, Barbara and Jenna, who are dressed in Halloween costumes, appear on stage with him at a campaign event in Kansas City, Missouri
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  • Vice President George Bush is joined by his daughter, Doro LeBlond, and Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Campaign Rally in Columbus, OH
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  • Watching election results in Houston, TX
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  • Vice President Bush and Barbara Bush watch the election
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  • Vice President Bush celebrating with his sons George Bush and Jeb Bush
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  • Vice President and Mrs. Bush at the Vice President's home at the Naval Observatory the day after the VP wins the election
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  • President-elect and Mrs. Bush and Vice President-elect and Mrs. Quayle visit President Reagan at the White House the day after the election
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  • President-elect and Mrs. Bush and Vice President-elect and Mrs. Quayle visit President and Mrs. Reagan at the White House the day after the election
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  • Vice President Bush fishes on the coast of Del Ray, Florida, 14 Nov 88
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  • President Elect and Mrs. Bush greet Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton at a Literacy dinner sponsored by ABC, PBS, and Prudential and hosted by Peter Jennings to honor seventeen "Learners of the Month."
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  • President-elect George Bush meets with Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis
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  • President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit in New York
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  • President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit.  The World Trade Center is visible in the background
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  • President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit in New York. The World Trade Center is visible in the background
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  • President-elect and Mrs. Bush with VP-elect and Mrs. Quayle wave from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Inaugural opening ceremony
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  • President-elect and Mrs. Bush have their picture taken by their granddaughter, Barbara Bush, at the Inaugural Gala on January 19, 1989 at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C
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  • George and Barbara at Kennebunkport
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    Vice President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara pose with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush and several of his siblings and their spouses on Inauguration Day
    Vice President-elect George Bush, Mrs. Bush, and his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, attend Inauguration Day services with Reverend Billy Graham at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C
    Vice President-Elect George Bush at an Inaugural Day coffee with Howard Baker, Jim Wright, and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neal
    Vice President has lunch with President Reagan in the Oval Office
    Vice President George Bush and President Ronald Reagan at a Press Club Dinner
    Vice President Bush on Air Force 2 headed back to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
    Vice President Bush on Air Force 2 heading back to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
    Vice President Bush aboard Air Force 2 returning to Washington, DC after the assassination attempt on President Reagan
    Residence of the Vice President of the United States on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C
    Vice President George Bush participates in a Memorial Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery
    Vice President Bush meets with former Vice President Walter Mondale in the Vice President's West Wing Office at the White House
    Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz hold meetings with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromkyo at the Kremlin Palace while in Moscow for the funeral of Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev
    Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz hold meetings with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromkyo at the Kremlin Palace while in Moscow for the funeral of Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev
    Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
    Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman, Barbara Bush and others are escorted down the stairs at the Kremlin Palace after paying their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leo...
    Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz, Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
    Vice President Bush visits NATO forces in Nuremburg, West Germany
    Vice President Bush and West German Minister of Defense Manfred Worner visit Moedlareuth, Germany, known as Little Berlin
    Vice President Bush, Mrs. Bush ad their traveling group meet with Pope John II in the Vatican, Rome, Italy
    Vice President Bush at the Daytona 500
    Vice President Bush meets with his National Security Advisor, Donald Gregg
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush tour Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia
    President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush walk along the West Wing Colonnade
    President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush walk along the West Wing Colonnade
    Vice President Bush in Red Square during his visit to Moscow for the funeral of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov.  St. Basil's Cathedral is visible in the background
    Vice President Bush walks with U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman at the Kremlin during his trip to Moscow for the funeral of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov.  Spasskaya Tower is...
    While in Moscow for the funeral of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker meet with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl a...
    Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman pay their respects at the funeral bier of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in Moscow.
    Vice President Bush speaks to U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman at the U.S. Embassy, during his trip to Moscow for the Funeral of the Chairman the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in...
    Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman meet with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Chernenko, in Moscow following the funeral ...
    Vice President Bush, Senator Howard Baker, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Arthur A. Hartman meet with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Chernenko, in Moscow following the funeral ...
    Vice President Bush attends funeral of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov in Moscow.  Lenin's Mausoleum is visible in the background
    While in Moscow for funeral of General Secretary of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker meet with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
    Vice President Bush and Senator Howard Baker arrive at the Italian Embassy to meet with Italian President Alessandro Pertini and Italian Foreign Minister Guilio Andreotti at the Italian Embassy while in Moscow for the funeral of General Secretary of Ce...
    Vice President Bush meets with Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
    Vice President Bush address the Young Republican Dinner
    Vice President Bush delivers the Texas A&M University Commencement Address in College Station, Texas
    George W. Bush with his wife Laura, twin daughters Barbara and Jenna, and mother Barbara Bush at a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas
    Vice President Bush addresses a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas accompanied by his wife Barbara, and his son, George W. Bush, with his wife, Laura, and their twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara
    Vice President Bush addresses a Reagan/Bush rally in Midland, Texas accompanied by his wife Barbara, and his son, George W. Bush, with his wife, Laura, and their twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara
    Vice President Bush plays in the Old Timers' Game, Denver, Colorado
    Vice President Bush and President Reagan working in the Oval Office
    Opening Ceremonies for Olympic Soccer, Boston, MA
    Vice President Bush visits with Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton at the Bass Anglers Tournament in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush with Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Ray Scott at the Bass Anglers Tournament in Pine Buff, Arkansas
    President Bush greets Vice President Bush and members of his family including his son, George W. Bush during a reception honoring President Ford at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush board the submarine USS Finback (SSN-670), during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima.  The submarine is the namesake of the USS FInbac...
    Vice President and Mrs. George Bush aboard the submarine USS Finback (SSN-670), during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on Septem...
    Vice President George Bush sits in the cockpit of a TBF Avenger during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on September 2, 1944.
    Vice President George Bush sits in the cockpit of a TBF Avenger during ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virgina commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day he was shot down over Chi Chi Jima and rescued by the USS Finback  on September 2, 1944.
    Vice President George Bush on the 40th Anniversary of the day he was shot down while flying a TBF Avenger in the Pacific during World War II.  Vice President Bush and fellow veterans of VT-51, crewmen of the USS San Jacinto, and fellow World War II vet...
    Vice President George Bush standing over the cockpit of an Avenger during an event at Naval Station Norfolk commemorating the 40th anniversary of the day his plane was shot down over the island of Chi Chi Jima
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in the Labor Day Parade in Lamont, Illinois.
    Vice President Bush participates in an "Ask George Bush" question and answer session in Little Rock, Arkansas during the 1984 campaign
    Vice President Bush and Mrs. Bush take part in the Columbus Day Parade in New York, New York.
    Vice President Bush greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Vice Presidential Debate with VP Bush and Geraldine Ferraro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Vice President Bush and New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro engage in the 1984 Vice Presidential Debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Vice President Bush participates in a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush watch the second presidential debate of 1984
    Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible during a private swearing in ceremony at the White House
    Vice President George Bush gives Mrs. Bush a kiss after having just taken the Vice Presidential Oath of Office at a  private swearing in ceremony at the White House.  Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart looks on
    Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible at the US Capitol
    Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart administers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to Vice President George Bush as Mrs. Bush holds the Bible at the US Capitol
    Vice President Bush picking out Valentine's Day cards.
    While in Moscow for the funeral of Konstantin Chernenko, Vice President George Bush meets with the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, for the first time
    Vice President Bush addresses the audience aboard the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
    Vice President Bush addresses the audience aboard the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
    Vice President Bush looks on as a sailor and a marine as they prepare to throw a wreath from the USS Enterprise in San Francisco Bay during the "Peace in the Pacific" ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of VJ Day
    Vice President George Bush with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, at their home at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, ME
    Portrait of Vice President Bush from the Vice President's residence
    Family Portrait, Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine.  Back row:  Margaret Bush holding daughter Marshall, Marvin Bush, and Bill LeBlond.  Front row:  Neil Bush holding daughter Lauren, Sharon Bush, George W. Bush holding daughter Barbara, Laura Bush ...
    Vice President Bush goes boating off  Walker's Point with his daugter Doro, holding her son, Sam; son Jeb holding his son Jebby, and granddaughter Barbara
    VP George Bush quail hunting near Beeville, Texas
    Vice President George Bush chats with former President Richard Nixon at a party for former special counsel to President Nixon, Dick Moore, held at the Vice President's Residence
    Vice President Bush poses for a photo with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Former President Richard Nixon during a party for former special counsel to President Nixon, Dick Moore, held at the VP Residence
    Vice President Bush watches the Memorial Day parade with his family in Kennebunkport, Maine
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush at their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine with their family
    Vice President Bush drives his boat off the coast of his home on Walker's Point, Maine
    Vice President Bush drives his boat off the coast of his home on Walker's Point, Maine
    Vice President George Bush with his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, at Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, ME
    Vice President Bush greets General Jaruzelski, Warsaw, Poland
    Vice President Bush with Lech Walesa in Warsaw, Poland
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush visit Aushwitz in Warsaw, Poland
    Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
    Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
    Vice President Bush visits the Leukemia ward in a Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland
    Vice President Bush visits with a young supporter during a campaign reception in Dallas, TX
    Vice President Bush meets with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudia Arabia in Washington,  DC
    Vice President Bush participates in the first GOP Primary Debate, held in Houston, Texas, and aired on "Firing Line."  Participants are (L to R) Pete DuPont, George Bush, Alexander Haig, William F. Buckley (host), Robert Strauss (co-host), Jack Kemp, B...
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, PA
    Vice President George Bush participates in a primary debate, held in Washington, DC, which includes both Republican and Democratic Primary candidates.  Participants include (L to R) Vice President George Bush, Senator Bob Dole, Governor Pete DuPont, Se...
    Vice President George Bush participates in a primary debate held in Washington, DC. Seated (L to R) are Vice President George Bush, Reverend Pat Robertson, and Secretary Alexander Haig.  Tom Brokaw is the moderator
    Vice President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev stop on the streets of Washington, D.C
    Republican Presidential Primary candidates (L to R) Congressman Jack Kemp, Secretary Alexander Haig, Vice President George Bush, Senator Bob Dole, Reverend Pat Robertson, and Governor Pete DuPont pose for a photo before the debate in Des Moines, IA
    Vice President George H. Bush holds a press conference in Nashua, NH,
    Vice President Bush visits a McDonald's in Nashua, New Hampshire
    Vice President Bush at a polling place in New Hampshire
    Vice President George Bush meets with his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, and former Senator Barry Goldwater while campaigning in Miami, Florida
    Vice President George Bush meets with his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Walker Bush, while campaigning in Miami, Florida
    Vice President George Bush greets campaign volunteers during a stop in Miami, Florida
    Vice President Bush arrives Hartford, CT
    Vice President Bush meets with former President Richard Nixon at the VP Residence
    President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush, accompanied by wives Nancy and Barbara, join hands after the President endorses Bushes run for the Presidency during the President's Dinner, Washington, DC
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush smile on the porch of the Vice President's residence, Washington, D.C
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush attend the Memorial Day parade with members of their family including George W. Bush, Doro LeBlond, and their families
    Vice President Bush and Mrs. Bush attend the Memorial Day parade in Kennebunkport, Maine with their family, including their son, George W. Bush
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush attend the Fourth of July Parade in Wyandotte, Michigan
    Vice President Bush throws out the first pitch at the All Star Baseball Game,  Cincinnati, OH,
    Vice President Bush picnics on the lawn of his Kennebunkport home with his family
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush at Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine
    George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle at the Rupublican National Convention, New Orleans, LA,
    Vice President Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, New Orleans, LA
    Vice President George Bush throws out the first pitch at the Astrodome as Astro's pitcher Nolan Ryan looks on
    Vice President Bush arrives San Francisco, CA, for a campaign rally
    Vice President Bush meets with supporters, including singer Lee Greenwood, on a campaign stop in Redding, California
    Vice President Bush attends a campaign ralley in Medina, OH
    Vice President Bush campaigns for President in Seattle, Washington
    Vice President Bush and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis participate in a Presidential debate
    Vice President Bush campaigns in Omaha, Nebraska
    Vice President Bush's granddaughters, Barbara and Jenna, who are dressed in Halloween costumes, appear on stage with him at a campaign event in Kansas City, Missouri
    Vice President George Bush is joined by his daughter, Doro LeBlond, and Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Campaign Rally in Columbus, OH
    Watching election results in Houston, TX
    Vice President Bush and Barbara Bush watch the election
    Vice President Bush celebrating with his sons George Bush and Jeb Bush
    Vice President and Mrs. Bush at the Vice President's home at the Naval Observatory the day after the VP wins the election
    President-elect and Mrs. Bush and Vice President-elect and Mrs. Quayle visit President Reagan at the White House the day after the election
    President-elect and Mrs. Bush and Vice President-elect and Mrs. Quayle visit President and Mrs. Reagan at the White House the day after the election
    Vice President Bush fishes on the coast of Del Ray, Florida, 14 Nov 88
    President Elect and Mrs. Bush greet Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton at a Literacy dinner sponsored by ABC, PBS, and Prudential and hosted by Peter Jennings to honor seventeen "Learners of the Month."
    President-elect George Bush meets with Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis
    President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit in New York
    President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit.  The World Trade Center is visible in the background
    President-Elect Bush, President Reagan, and President Gorbachev at the Governor's Island Summit in New York. The World Trade Center is visible in the background
    President-elect and Mrs. Bush with VP-elect and Mrs. Quayle wave from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Inaugural opening ceremony
    President-elect and Mrs. Bush have their picture taken by their granddaughter, Barbara Bush, at the Inaugural Gala on January 19, 1989 at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C
    George and Barbara at Kennebunkport
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