White House in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 1921 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.
Notable people
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…
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.…
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…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1939
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
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.…
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,…
Moments
- 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
- 1921 Receives radium at the White House Marie Curie
- 1925 AFB address in Washington Helen Keller
- 1927 American Battle Monuments Commission work Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1927 Army War College studies Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1929 Appears with President Hoover on second U.S. tour Marie Curie
- 1929 Executive officer to the Assistant Secretary of War Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1935 Washington home during Senate years Harry S. Truman
- 1938 Guest of the Pan American Union in Washington Gabriela Mistral
- 1939 Sails to Mount Vernon with British monarchs Franklin Delano Roosevelt