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![[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZGMtd2FzaC13aGl0ZS1ob3VzZS1vZmZpY2VzLW1yLWZyZWQtY2FycGVudGVyLXNlYXRlZC1hdC1kZXNrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/250/jpg "[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk]")
![[White House? Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy0yOS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[White House? Washington, D.C.]")
![[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Telegraph operator at work]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZGMtd2FzaC13aGl0ZS1ob3VzZS1vZmZpY2VzLXRlbGVncmFwaC1vcGVyYXRvci1hdC13b3JrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Telegraph operator at work]")
![[President Gerald Ford sitting at his desk talking with speechwriter Bob Hartman, at the White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvcHJlc2lkZW50LWdlcmFsZC1mb3JkLXNpdHRpbmctYXQtaGlzLWRlc2stdGFsa2luZy13aXRoLXNwZWVjaHdyaXRlci1ib2ItaGFydG1hbi02MDkyNDYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[President Gerald Ford sitting at his desk talking with speechwriter Bob Hartman, at the White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![F.S. Crawford, executive clerk at White House, [11/30/25]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvZnMtY3Jhd2ZvcmQtZXhlY3V0aXZlLWNsZXJrLWF0LXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLTExMzAyNS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "F.S. Crawford, executive clerk at White House, [11/30/25]")
![[President Gerald Ford with staff in his office at the White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvcHJlc2lkZW50LWdlcmFsZC1mb3JkLXdpdGgtc3RhZmYtaW4taGlzLW9mZmljZS1hdC10aGUtd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi0xYjEwNmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[President Gerald Ford with staff in his office at the White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![[President Gerald Ford working at his desk, smoking a pipe, at the White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvcHJlc2lkZW50LWdlcmFsZC1mb3JkLXdvcmtpbmctYXQtaGlzLWRlc2stc21va2luZy1hLXBpcGUtYXQtdGhlLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLTgzY2JkMS02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[President Gerald Ford working at his desk, smoking a pipe, at the White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![[President Gerald Ford walking to his office at the White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvcHJlc2lkZW50LWdlcmFsZC1mb3JkLXdhbGtpbmctdG8taGlzLW9mZmljZS1hdC10aGUtd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy00NzFhM2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[President Gerald Ford walking to his office at the White House, Washington, D.C.]")
