GERALD R. FORD Color publicity photograph of Gerald Ford with three present and past presidents in the White House. Photograph signed: "Gerald R. Ford". Color, 8x10 overall, image 5x7½ (one surface). In this photograph taken in the White House on October 8, 1981, former Presidents RICHARD NIXON, GERALD R. FORD and JIMMY CARTER posed for photographs with President RONALD REAGAN before the former Presidents left Washington for Egyptian President Sadat's funeral. It was the first time four U.S. Presidents were pictured together and the first time in history that three former U.S. Presidents were called together to officially meet with the current President and go on to formally represent the U.S. President. On August 9, 1974, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) was sworn in as the nation's 38th President following the resignation of Richard Nixon. Ford had previously served as Nixon's Vice President (December 6, 1973-August 9, 1974) following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, becoming the only man to have held both of the nation's highest offices without being elected to either. Ford, who was previously a U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1949-1973; Minority Leader, 1965-1973), lost his bid for election to a full four-year term partially as a result of his controversial pardon of his predecessor. Ford, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999, celebrated his 93rd birthday on July 14, 2006. Before his death on December 26, 2006, Ford had surpassed Ronald Reagan (who also lived to age 93) as the longest-lived former U.S. President. Fine condition.