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First Lady Betty Ford offers a prayer for Jewish National Fund president Rabbi Maurice Sage who collapsed onstage from a heart attack just before presenting her with a Bible at the Fund’s gala dinner to inaugurate the American Bicentennial National Park in Israel. Despite efforts of Secret Service officers to revive Dr. Sage, he died shortly afterward. Hilton Hotel, New York. June 22, 1976.

Image: B2843-09A

Event: Dancing on the table

Location: White House Cabinet Room

Description: First Lady Betty Ford dances on the Cabinet Room table on the day before departing the White House upon the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter.

Photographer: David Hume Kennerly

Date: January 19, 1977

Credit: Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library

Rights Information: Public Domain (No usage fees, no permission required).

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