This White House photo of President Obama doing the"not impressed"look with Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney is zooming around the cyberspace this sunrise . This gives us a good excuse to partake some of our favored presidential pics from the White House and presidential libraries .
1. San-T Claus
In December of 1983 , Mr. T went to Washington to help the First Lady unveil the White House Christmas ribbon . Why Mr. T ? “ Nancy Reagan was campaigning to get kids to say no to drugs , ” Mr. T toldThe Independentin 2008 . “ They heard about me going round schools telling kids to stay put off from drug . "
The First Lady welcome a Mr. T doll , and Mr. T got a peck on the os frontale . “ Oh wow , man , ” San - T Claus joked . “ That ’ll start some scandal . ”
2. A Popcorn Shower
The 1986 Super Bowl champion New York Giants popularize the tradition of coldcock Gatorade on their coach after wins . When the team occur to the White House in 1987 , Harry Carson pay The Gipper a standardised discussion .
3. Hipster Lincoln
A newsman once described Lincoln ’s swab as “ Wild Republican haircloth . ” In this 1857 photograph , Abe look like he just got out of bed .
4. Hippie Clinton
Bill and Hillary in the early Day .
5. Tickling the Ivories
Two months before he became president , here ’s Harry Truman playing piano for Lauren Bacall .
6. The Gipper and The Gloved One
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For add “ outwit It ” to a safari against drunk driving , Michael Jackson was present a Presidential Special Achievement Award by Ronald Reagan in 1984 .
7. Angry Teddy
A young and threatening Teddy Roosevelt .
8. Older Teddy
TR on safari in Central Africa after leaving billet .
9. Pardon That Turkey
The one-year turkey pardoning has led to some uncomplimentary photos . See also : A abbreviated History of Presidential Turkey Pardoning .
10. Elephant Rides
The Bush family line on an elephant in 1964 . The Bush Library ’s caption says it ’s an elephant statue . We’renot so sure . Left to rightfield : Barbara , Doro , Marvin , Neil , Jeb , and George H.W. Bush ( George W. was away at shoal ) .
11. Harry Truman’s Summer Wardrobe
If you happened to be in Key West in 1951 , you could have run into President Truman in some really short boxershorts .
12. “A Nice Little Person”
President Reagan poses with Drew Barrymore at a ceremony launching the Young Astronauts program in 1984 . In his diary , Reagan wrote , " Little Drew Barrymore — the child inE.T.—was one of the children [ I meet ] . She ’s a dainty piffling mortal . "
13. Golden Girl in the White House
Betty White dropped by earlier this year .
14. Chef Ike
Here ’s Dwight Eisenhower cook up a storm at Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey ’s Georgia orchard in 1956 . One of our readers beam this to us a few class ago . As Rachael put it , “ Ike is likely pushing the head of a miniature woman into his frying basket . ”
15. The First Presidential Photo
This is the first known exposure of a president , although it was taken in 1843 , years after John Quincy Adams had left function .
16. Another President With Another Gymnast
If Twitter were around in 1984 , this Mary Lou Retton photo is what the political reporters would have been obsessively retweeting .
17. Nixon-Elvis
No presidential pic round - up would be complete without this classic . Concerned about increase drug enjoyment in the U.S. , Elvis Presley petitioned Nixon in a handwritten alphabetic character proposing he be named a “ Federal Agent at Large . ” Elvis wrote , “ I have done an in - profoundness study of drug abuse and Communist brainwash techniques and I am right in the eye of the whole thing , where I can and will do the most good . ”
Elvis then showed up at the White House unannounced , packing two handguns — one for protection , the other as a endowment for the chairman . After some mentation , officials let him inside with both guns in tote . At the extensively photograph meeting , Elvis show Nixon his family photo and a solicitation of law enforcement badge . Later , Nixon awarded him a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous drug badge , which listed Elvis ’ position as “ Special Assistant . ”
