2016年10月15日 · President Nixon made the longest-distance phone ever made from the Oval Office when he called astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they walked on the moon. President Nixon delivered 37 televised addresses to the American people from the Oval Office.

The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty ...

The desk in the Vice President's Room of the United States Capitol, colloquially known as the Wilson desk and previously called the McKinley-Barkley desk, is a large mahogany partner's desk used by U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in …

Nixon chose a bold combination of blue and gold for his Oval Office – perhaps anticipating that guests would include Elvis Presley. Nixon also brought the Wilson desk (currently used by President Biden) into the office, wrongly believing it to have belonged to his idol, Woodrow Wilson .

Richard Nixon's Oval Office tape recorder. Just prior to assuming office in January 1969, Nixon learned that his predecessor, Lyndon B. Johnson, had installed a system to record his meetings and telephone calls. [3]

Experience President Nixon’s Oval Office with an immersive exploration of the most famous office in the world, including an opportunity to take a photo behind the president’s desk! The Oval Office is designed in the original 1969 decor of California blue and gold, which was hand-selected by First Lady Pat Nixon.

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When Nixon came into office in 1969, he redecorated Room 180 as his second office. He also chose to use the Oval Office as his ceremonial office while Room 180 became his working office, where he would meet with staff and Administration officials.

Richard Nixon greeting Elvis Presley in the Oval Office in 1970 (Nixon Library - Ollie Atkins) Heritage Over the decades, Americans developed a sentimental attachment to the Oval Office through memorable images.

Executive Office Building: Audiotapes 348-448; Oval Office: Audiotapes 746-950; Tapes will be added as the National Archives continues its digitization project. For Tapes still pending online release, contact the Nixon Library to explore copies.