Five Presidents and Six First Ladies Signed Photograph.

REAGAN, Ronald; Nancy Reagan; Lady Bird Johnson; Richard Nixon; Pat Nixon; Gerald Ford; Betty Ford; Jimmy Carter; Rosalynn Carter; George H. W. Bush; Barbara Bush.

Item Number: 141058

Rare color photograph taken upon the occasion of the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 4, 1991. Mounted with a gilt presidential seal, the mount is signed by Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Barbara Bush. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 16.5 inches.

Construction of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library began in 1988, and the center was dedicated on November 4, 1991. At the time of its dedication, it was the largest presidential library. The dedication ceremonies were the first time in United States history that five United States presidents gathered together in the same place: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan himself, and George H. W. Bush. Six First Ladies also attended: Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush. Only Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis did not attend; but, her children Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and John F. Kennedy Jr. were in attendance along with Luci Johnson Turpin, younger daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as descendants of Franklin D. Roosevelt.