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These photo and video galleries are a peek into the Barack Obama Presidential Library holdings. These materials are in the public domain and do not require permission and/or licensing for use. Please credit: Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library. To order copies of photos or videos, see the Ordering Photos & Videos page.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wear 3-D glasses while watching a TV commercial during Super Bowl 43, Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, in the family theater of the White House on February 1, 2009. Guests included family, fri

President Barack Obama speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office, February 2, 2009.

Close-up detail of President Obama's signature on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and a pen used for the signing, aboard Air Force One on a flight from Buckley Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona, February 17, 2009.

President Barack Obama attends a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, October 29, 2009, for the dignified transfer of 18 U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave from a balcony at the Grand Hotel as they greet the Torch Parade in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009.

President Barack Obama's signature on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House, March 23, 2010. The President signed the Act with 22 different pens.

President Barack Obama takes the stage carrying an umbrella amidst a downpour at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, on Memorial Day. He announced that the event was being canceled because of the severe weather, May 31, 2010.

President Barack Obama walks into the Oval Office with newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, August 6, 2010.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier Genera

President Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, and representatives of the Norman Rockwell Museum: Laurie Norton Moffatt, CEO, and Anne Morgan, President of the Board, view Rockwell's painting

President Barack Obama hugs a woman during a visit with First Lady Michelle Obama to Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, September 10, 2011. Section 60 is reserved for military personnel who have lost their lives while fighti

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, pause at the North Memorial Pool of the National September 11 Memorial in New York, New York, on the tenth anniversary of th

President Barack Obama greets National Security Staff (NSS) for departure photos in the Oval Office, February 1, 2012. Arianna Holmes, age 3, hugs President Obama before taking a departure photo with her family in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Michigan, April 18, 2012.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave goodbye to President Shimon Peres of Israel on the North Portico of the White House following the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony and dinner in his honor, June 13, 2012.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama look out at the Chicago, Illinois, skyline, June 15, 2012.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the rain at a grassroots campaign event at Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Virginia, July 14, 2012.

President Barack Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama after she introduces him at a grassroots campaign event at Lagomarcino's Confectionary in Davenport, Iowa, August 15, 2012.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and the Biden family wave to the crowd as confetti rains down following the President's election night remarks at McCormick Place in Ch

President Barack Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan walk on the Colonnade of the White House following their meeting in the Oval Office, January 11, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance at the Commander in Chief Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2013. The President and First Lady danced to

President Barack Obama visits a pre-kindergarten classroom at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia, February 14, 2013.

President Barack Obama wears a crown as he poses with Avery Dodson, Natalie Hurley, Miriam Schaffer, Claire Winton, and Lucy Claire Sharp, all 8-year-old members of Girl Scouts Troop 2612, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The girls exhibited a Lego flood proof bridg

President Barack Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, September 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama listens through a door in the Green Room of the White House as Lilly Jay relates her experience as a sexual assault survivor during the launch of the

President Barack Obama walks through the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House following the Christmas Holiday General Reception #4A, December 12, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they listen to Rep. John Lewis during an event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,

First Lady Michelle Obama snuggles against President Barack Obama before a videotaping for the 2015 World Expo, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 27, 2015.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with pastors who offer a birthday prayer during a call in the Oval Office, August 4, 2015.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, Marian Robinson, Vice President Joe Biden, and Dr. Jill Biden greet Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 22, 2015.

Vice President Joe Biden reviews his remarks with President Barack Obama before the Vice President announces that he will not be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign, in the Oval Office, October 21, 2015.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet 106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin during a photo line in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception celebrating African American History Month, February 18, 2016.

President Barack Obama signs a letter to Ileana Yarza, a 76-year-old letter writer in Cuba, in the Oval Office, March 14, 2016.

President Barack Obama greets His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the entrance of the Map Room of the White House, June 15, 2016.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama pulls out the chair for First Lady Michelle Obama at the Governors Ball in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are welcomed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace in London, England, April 1, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama poses with G-20 Summit Spouses at the Royal Opera House in London, England, April 2, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Dr. Jill Biden, and Maria Eitel, new CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, at the White House, April 21, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama attends a meeting with Communities In Schools board members at the Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama waves before heading home after addressing the first four-year graduating class at the University of California, Merced in Merced, California, May 16, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama looks over her speech before speaking at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, May 18, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama attends the commencement ceremony at George Washington University on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2010. Mrs. Obama delivered the commencement address after students made good on her challenge to do 100,000 hours

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in the Green Room before hosting a Diplomatic Corps Reception in the East Room of the White House, October 5, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama does an interview with radio show host Eddie

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama tour Gandhi's room at the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum in Mumbai, India, November 6, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Melody Barnes, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Council Director, third from right, meet with the Council on Community Solutions in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, February 4, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden joke together while taping a Joining Forces public service announcement in the East Room of the White House, April 4, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Marines following her remarks to 3,000 Marines, soldiers, sailors, and military family members at Memorial Field House in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 13, 2011. The event was part of the launch of Joining Forces, a

First Lady Michelle Obama and kids double-dutch jump rope during a taping for the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) challenge and Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play, on the South Lawn of the White House, July 15, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama and kids from Tubman Elementary School in Washington, D.C., pet Bo, the Obama family dog, on the South Lawn of the White House, September 14, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama talks with Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden during a tour of the Studio Museum in Harlem, in New York, New York, September 21, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama has lunch with students at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, January 25, 2012. The First Lady and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the school to sample a healthy meal that meets the United States Depart

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a potato sack race with Jimmy Fallon in the East Room of the White House during a “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” taping for the second anniversary of the

First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stand for the national anthem at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, February 15, 2012. During the event, a report was unveiled outlining opportuni

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a taping for the “Biggest Loser

First Lady Michelle Obama touches the Hokie Stone before walking onto the field at Lane Stadium to give the Virginia Tech commencement address in Blacksburg, Virginia, May 11, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama is picked up by U.S. Olympic wrestler Elena Pirozhkova during a greet with Team USA Olympic athletes competing in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility at the University of East London in London, En

First Lady Michelle Obama runs at an activity station during a

First Lady Michelle Obama watches the swimming finals and medal ceremonies at the Olympic Park Aquatics Center during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, July 28, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a “Let’s Move!” and

First Lady Michelle Obama and students from around the country participate in the White House Kitchen Garden spring planting on the South Lawn of the White House, April 4, 2013. Mrs. Obama was joined by students from Benjamin David Gullett Elementary Scho

First Lady Michelle Obama, Prince Harry of Wales, and Dr. Jill Biden help military children create Mother's Day cards and other crafts in the State Dining Room of the White House, May 9, 2013. The children presented the gifts to their moms during the Join

First Lady Michelle Obama and Kerry Washington walk with students at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, D.C., May 24, 2013. Savoy is one of eight schools selected for the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) Turnaround Arts Init

First Lady Michelle Obama talks with children at the USO Warrior and Family Center in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, September 11, 2013. The center supports wounded, ill, and injured troops, their families, and caregivers, as well as local active duty troops.

First Lady Michelle Obama tapes a

First Lady Michelle Obama joins FoodCorps leaders and local students for the spring planting in the White House Kitchen Garden, April 2, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins FoodCorps leaders and local students for the spring garden planting in the White House Kitchen Garden, April 2, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama and audience members show their appreciation for a performance during the White House Talent Show in the East Room of the White House, May 20, 2014. The event, hosted with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities,

While visiting Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, First Lady Michelle Obama wears a shawl presented to her by Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II and Mrs. Nicole Archambault during the Cannon Ball Flag Day Celebration, June

First Lady Michelle Obama joins the cast of Disney's

First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush participate in a symposium on advancement for women and girls in Africa, with U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit spouses at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., August 6

First Lady Michelle Obama and Chef Thomas Ciszak join school children in preparing the annual fall harvest meal in the East Room of the White House, October 14, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks to military children and families during a preview screening of a Veterans Day episode of Disney's

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Sting while President Barack Obama greets other honorees Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin, and Patricia McBride in the Blue Room during the Kennedy Center Honors reception at the White House, December 7, 2014. Honoree Al Green stand

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts local students for a special reading of Dr. Seuss's

First Lady Michelle Obama joins Taiko drummers at center drum prior to a tour of the Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, March 20, 2015.

First Lady Michelle Obama surprises David Letterman with a performance by the United States Marine Band for “The Late Show with David Letterman” in New York City, April 30, 2015.

First Lady Michelle Obama with daughters, Malia and Sasha, sled in the snow on the South Lawn of the White House, March 2, 2009.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Green Room of the White House, September 1, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Annie Leibovitz)

President Barack Obama greets First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha upon their arrival at a barbecue in celebration of his 49th birthday on the South Lawn of the White House, August 8, 2010

President Barack Obama, with mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia, and First Lady Michelle Obama, react as they push the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., December 9, 2010

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd from the South Portico of the White House during the annual Easter Egg Roll, April 25, 2011. Daughters Malia and Sasha, Marian Robinson, and Bo, the Obama family dog, joined the Presid

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia tour the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., October 14, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama embrace following the official swearing-in ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2013. Standing, from left, are daughters Malia and Sasha and Supreme Court Chief

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk with their daughters Sasha and Malia, right, to attend an Easter service at St. John's Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 31, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Sasha and Malia, stand in former South African President Nelson Mandela's cell as they listen to former prisoner Ahmed Kathrada during their tour of Robben Island Prison on Robben

President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha assemble burritos during a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event at DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2014

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs daughters Sasha, left, and Malia as they visit the Great Wall of China in Mutianyu, China, March 23, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia and family pets Bo and Sunny, receives the official White House Christmas tree at the North Portico of the White House, November 28, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama follow Marian Robinson and Malia Obama as they board Air Force One at Maxwell Air Force Base for departure from Montgomery, Alabama, following a trip to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversar

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha pose for a family portrait with Bo and Sunny in the Rose Garden of the White House on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015.

The Obamas welcome Bo, a six-month old Portuguese water dog and a gift from Senator and Mrs. Kennedy to Sasha and Malia, recently at the White House.

President Barack Obama runs down the East Colonnade with family dog, Bo, on the dog's initial visit to the White House, March 15, 2009. Bo came back to live at the White House in April.

Sen. Ted Kennedy and his wife Vicki greet Bo in the Outer Oval Office of the White House, April 21, 2009.

President Barack Obama pets the family dog, Bo, during a brief break from meetings on the South Lawn of the White House, May 12, 2009.

NBC video and sound crews capture footage of the

The Obama family dog, Bo, lies on a carpet in the White House on July 27, 2009.

President Barack Obama pets Bo in the Outer Oval Office, October 29, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, along with family dog, Bo, play in the snow on the South Lawn of the White House on December 19, 2009.

President Barack Obama throws a ball for Bo, the family dog, in the Rose Garden of the White House, September 9, 2010.

President Barack Obama and Bo, the Obama family dog, walk along the Colonnade of the White House, September 10, 2010.

Bo, the Obama family dog, peers into the Outer Oval Office from the White House Colonnade, October 26, 2010.

Bo, the Obama family dog, is greeted by several of the President’s Active Lifestyle Award achievers in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, November 29, 2010.

Bo, the Obama family dog, sits by a larger-than-life holiday decoration of himself in the East Garden Room of the White House, November 30, 2010. Some 80 volunteers helped create the 4 foot statue, which is made of 40,000 pipe cleaners.

White House pastry chefs decorate cookies shaped like Bo, the Obama family dog, for holiday receptions at the White House, December 8, 2010.

President Barack Obama is joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Bo, the Obama family dog, as he delivers remarks during a Christmas holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, December 15, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Bo, the Obama family dog, greet audience members at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., December 12, 2011. Mrs. Obama read

President Barack Obama and Bo, the Obama family dog, ride in the presidential limousine en route to PetSmart in Alexandria, Virginia, December 21, 2011.

President Barack Obama walks toward the Oval Office with Bo, the Obama family dog, after returning from a Christmas shopping trip, December 21, 2011.

President Barack Obama plays with Bo, the Obama family dog, aboard Air Force One during a flight to Hawaii, December 23, 2011.

President Barack Obama looks back as Bo, the Obama family dog, follows him into the Oval Office, January 27, 2012.

Bo, the Obama family dog is videotaped for the Easter Egg Roll in the East Colonnade of the White House, February 29, 2012.

Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, sits with Bo, the Obama family dog, in the Outer Oval Office, June 20, 2012.

President Barack Obama pets Bo, the Obama family dog, in the Oval Office, June 21, 2012.

Bo, the Obama family dog, poses for a photo on the North Lawn of the White House, September 28, 2012.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Bo, the Obama family dog, greet visitors during an inaugural open house in the Blue Room of the White House, January 22, 2013.

Bo, the Obama family dog, waits for First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn driveway before departing the White House, March 20, 2013. Bo accompanied Mrs. Obama during her visit to Maryland Fisher House IV at Walter Reed National Military Medical Cent

Sunny, left, and Bo, the Obama family dogs, play on the South Lawn of the White House, August 19, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, joined by family pets Sunny and Bo, wait to greet visitors in the Blue Room during a White House tour, November 5, 2013.

First Lady Michelle Obama, seated with Obama family pets Bo, left, and Sunny, tapes a video for Ellen DeGeneres' 56th birthday in the White House Library, January 28, 2014.

Obama family pets Bo, left, and Sunny sit at a table in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 10, 2014. The table settings will be used at the State Dinner for President François Hollande of France.

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs family pets Sunny and Bo, right, during a video taping in the Map Room of the White House, April 14, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama, with family pets Sunny and Bo, visit with children of military families during a craft project in the State Dining Room of the White House, December 3, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama introduces Jayla Raymond, 8, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Obama family pets Sunny and Bo in the Map Room of the White House, December 4, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama walks back to the White House with Obama family pet, Sunny, after joining students for the

Bo, the Obama family dog, lounges in the West Garden Room of the White House, September 15, 2011.

Bo Obama's official White House Baseball Card.