White House in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 20 people and 41 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding and Woodrow Wilson.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1921
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Calvin Coolidge
from 1924 to 1927
6 moments here
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
Carlos Fuentes
in 1934
1 moment here
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
from 1927 to 1929
3 moments here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Eleanor Roosevelt
from 1933 to 1936
2 moments here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Fulgencio Batista
in 1938
2 moments here
Cuban army officer and politician who became a central power in Cuba after the 1933 Sergeants’ Revolt, served as president from 1940 to 1944,…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1938
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Harry S. Truman
in 1935
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Helen Keller
in 1925
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Herbert Hoover
in 1929
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Marie Curie
from 1921 to 1929
2 moments here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Niels Bohr
in 1939
1 moment here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1927
1 moment here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Prajadhipok
in 1931
2 moments here
Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Saint-John Perse
in 1921
1 moment here
Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Syngman Rhee
in 1939
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Walter Brattain
in 1928
1 moment here
American experimental physicist and co-inventor of the point-contact transistor. Brattain’s documented life moved from his birth in Amoy, China,…
Warren G. Harding
from 1921 to 1923
5 moments here
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…
William Howard Taft
from 1921 to 1930
4 moments here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Woodrow Wilson
from 1918 to 1924
4 moments here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1918 Fourteen Points address Woodrow Wilson
- 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
- 1921 Washington arms-control conference Saint-John Perse
- 1921 Retirement in Kalorama Woodrow Wilson
- 1921 Presidential inauguration Warren G. Harding
- 1921 Visit to Walter Reed Hospital Warren G. Harding
- 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
- 1921 Sworn in as chief justice William Howard Taft
- 1921 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Warren G. Harding
- 1922 Closing the Washington Naval Conference Warren G. Harding
- 1922 Dedicates Lincoln Memorial William Howard Taft
- 1923 Memorial Day at Arlington Warren G. Harding
- 1923 Last national address Woodrow Wilson
- 1924 First White House radio broadcast Calvin Coolidge
- 1924 Death in Washington Woodrow Wilson
- 1924 Phonofilm recording on White House lawn Calvin Coolidge
- 1925 AFB address in Washington Helen Keller
- 1925 Second presidential inauguration Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 American Battle Monuments Commission work Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1927 Meeting President Coolidge Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1927 Temporary residence at Patterson Mansion Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 Army War College studies Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1927 Return to the White House Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 George Gordon Meade Memorial dedication Calvin Coolidge
- 1928 National Bureau of Standards research Walter Brattain
- 1929 Presidential inauguration Herbert Hoover
- 1929 Appears with President Hoover on second U.S. tour Marie Curie
- 1929 Executive officer to the Assistant Secretary of War Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1930 Burial at Arlington National Cemetery William Howard Taft
- 1930 Dies in Washington William Howard Taft
- 1931 Honorary degree at Pan American Union Building Prajadhipok
- 1931 Meeting President Hoover in Washington Prajadhipok
- 1933 Bonus Army campsite visit Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1934 Childhood in Washington Carlos Fuentes
- 1935 Washington home during Senate years Harry S. Truman
- 1936 National Training School visit Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1938 Guest of the Pan American Union in Washington Gabriela Mistral
- 1938 Visit to Washington Fulgencio Batista
- 1938 Washington consultations Fulgencio Batista
- 1939 Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics Niels Bohr
- 1939 Move to Washington Syngman Rhee