U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Rural Telephone Bank Bill. Clifford Hardin stands to Nixon's right, one of more than 12 unidentified men in the group who stand and watch.
Clifford Hardin stands next to a "recording raingage" during a cultivated watershed Inspection, left to right stands R.W. Trullinger, office of experiment stations, G.A. Crabb, Jr., kneels by raingage, Hardin, and assistant director Gardner, MAES.
Original caption: "May 25, 1970 -- 1970 cystic fibrosis national poster child, Willie Frenzel WUTG Secretary Hardin." Hardin shakes Frenzel hand in a USDA office.
Original caption: "April 20, 1970 -- National 4-H Center groundbreaking ceremony -- Secretary Hardin, Mr. J.C. Penney and Janice Glover" Clifford Hardin holds a shovel as Penney and Glover use a shovel in groundbreaking ceremony for 4-H Center.
Original caption: "December 2, 1970 - Bucharest, Romania - Ag. Minister Angelo Miculescu, Secy. Hardin and American Amb. Leonard C. Meeker." Clifford Hardin walks between Miculescu and Meeker from a plane in an airport in Bucharest.
Original caption: "Bogota, Colombia - February 24, 1969 Mrs. Hardin and Secretary Hardin greeting Col. Min. of Dev'l Hernando Gomez Otalera. Ambassador's reception." Martha Hardin shakes the hand of Columbia Minister of Development Hernando Gomez Otalera as Hardin stands between them.
Original caption: "Reception honoring P.M. of Japan and Mrs. Sato - Japanese Embassy November 20, 1969." Clifford Hardin reaches to shake the hand of the Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato, whose wife stands to his right. An unidentified man stands to the left of the Minister.
Original caption: "The White House - September 26, 1969 Secretary Hardin." Hardin stands with his hands on a giant watermelon, probably in a White House garden.
Original caption: "February 16, 1969 - Secretary Hardin @ University of Nebraska Centennial 1869-1969 - Lincoln, Nebraska." Hardin stands in academic robes at a podium for speech on the university centennial, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Original caption: "January 22, 1969 - USDA - swearing in of under secretary J. Phil Campbell by Secretary Hardin w/ Cong. G. Elliott Hagan." Clifford Hardin holds a bible while J. Phil Campbell places his hand on it for swearing in. George Elliott Hagan, a congressman from Georgia, is one of the men in the group, which includes six unidentified men.