American country music singer Merle Haggard performs at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. Merle Haggard sings 'Fightin' Side of Me'.
Singers perform at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated and applauding after the performance. Merle Haggard thanks the audience and reads out few words for Mrs. Nixon. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon walk up the stage to thank Merle Haggard and the Osborne Brothers for their performance. President Nixon speaks a few words into a microphone. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon shake hands with the performers before leaving the stage.
Ground and aerial views during construction of the Miller Highway on the west side of Manhattan Island in New York, United States. It was named after Julius Miller, the President of New York's Manhattan Borough from 1922 to 1930. It was also known as the West Side Elevated Highway or the West Side Highway. It was the first elevated highway in the United States. The elevated highway under construction. Men work on the highway. Sections also designated NY Routes 9A and NY 27A. The Miller Highway was shut down in 1973 and largely dismantled in 1989.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, the 28th Director of the Mint, and Employees at the United States Mint, Department of Treasury oversee the first shipment of government gold from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Clip shows casting and weighing of government gold, at the U.S. Mint facility in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Nellie Tayloe Ross seen speaking and seated at a desk with other officials nearby. Mint officials check the quality and dimensions of a cast gold bar to be transported to Fort Knox in Kentucky. Gold molded into bars by ram machines. Nellie Tayloe Ross signs papers. Molding machines and employees at work. Molten gold in a kiln. Man casts it into gold bars. Officials and armed guards keep an eye on the process. Gold bars are placed on one side of a large scale and weighed. Exterior view of the U.S. Mint department building in Philadelphia. View is of the third U.S. Mint building in Philadelphia, North facade, facing Spring Garden Street (building later owned by the Community College of Philadelphia, as of 1973). Late 1930's automobiles seen passing by the U.S. Mint on Spring Garden Street.
A Corvette Stingray drives through the entrance of the Iowa State Fair in 1973. Men, women and children at Iowa state fair. Children with colorful balloons and ice cream. People enjoy rides. View from ferris wheel. Ponies are displayed. Tractor pull. One tractor in tractor pull is dubbed the "Mighty Minnie Yellow Bird" A young woman twirls a flaming baton. African American drummers perform. Rope making is demonstrated. A child rides in a baby carriage. Farm products like apples, corn and pumpkin displayed. Livestock at display in the fair, including dairy cows. Close up of award ribbons at the 1973 Iowa State Fair.
Lines of vehicles wait at PX Service Station due to energy crisis and gas crisis in America. Vehicles line up at the entrance of fuel station and wait in long lines for gasoline / petrol during oil shortage and rationing in 1973 and 1974. Board reads 'Service Station'. Cars drive away after fueling. Long line of cars stands at the fueling station. Civilian directs traffic. Worker fuels up cars. Board reads 'Speed Limit 5 mph' 'Self Service gas only', 'Sorry 10 Gallons Limit'.
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