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While Pope Francis travels around the US this week, I was reminded of a previous visit from the papal office. In October of 1965, Pope Paul VI visited the U.S. to address the United Nations in New York City. While he was there, President Lyndon Johnson traveled to NYC to call upon the pope at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Shown in the photo, left to right: Mrs. Lyndon Johnson (Ladybird); Luci Johnson, daughter of the Johnsons; unknown official; Pope Paul VI; President Lyndon Johnson. Photograph courtesy LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, Texas. Before the visit, the White House Staff [...]

Between 1911 and 1916, Charles Russell’s first national exhibition “The West That Has Passed” was held in great cities like New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh and across the pond in London. The exhibition was a significant milestone in Russell’s career. Although it didn’t garner many sales, the exhibit did earn the respect of critics, who had begun to take the cowboy artist seriously. News of Russell’s success soon spread. Nancy and Charlie posing on board a ship headed to Savannah for a well-deserved vacation after the successful “West That Has Passed” exhibition in New York. Nancy handed her Kodak [...]

On this day in 1891, Sid Richardson was born. During his lifetime, Sid demonstrated two defining characteristics: an ability to make lasting friendships and the ability to make money. John Connally, Sid Richardson, Lyndon Johnson, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Dinner, 1957. Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas. Though he was friends with many famous people throughout his career, including at the time, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, and Texas Congressman Sam Rayburn and Senator Lyndon Johnson, Sid shied away from the public [...]