As his idea grew into a yearslong project, Adams paid visits to, and photographed presidential ephemera from, the Presidential Libraries operated by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The result is the upcoming POTUS: Icons, Artifacts, and History That Shaped the American Presidency (Abrams). The following pages contain just a few of the book’s most memorable images, from the sobering (the safety plug, kept by Truman, for the “Fat Man” atomic bomb) to the propagandistic (a Hoover campaign light bulb) to the touching (pleas for help written on pieces of lumber sent to the Carter White House during the runaway inflation of the late 1970s).
LYNDON B. JOHNSONTelevision Remote Control
JOHN F. KENNEDYMap of Soviet Missile Ranges From Cuba
WILLIAM J. CLINTONPainted Toilet Seat (Saddam Hussein)
HARRY S. TRUMANSafety Plug for “Fat Man” Atomic Bomb
GEORGE H.W. BUSHChemical Protective Mask
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERCampaign Women’s Gloves, “I Like Ike”
HERBERT HOOVERCampaign Light Bulb
RICHARD NIXONLockpicks
GERALD FORDGun Holster
RONALD REAGANJelly Bean Jar
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLucky Campaign Hat
GEORGE W. BUSHButterfly Ballot
BARACK OBAMADesk Plaque, “Hard Things Are Hard”
Excerpted from the new book POTUS: Icons, Artifacts, and History That Shaped the American Presidency by Peter Adams. Published by Abrams.© 2026 Peter Adams. Used by permission of Abrams Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York. All rights reserved.
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