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Taken in the yard of the Beehive House in 1868. The negative was found in a collection belonging to the Ottinger family. From left to right: Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Ezra T. Benson, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Sno Utah State Historical Archives
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Wilford Woodruff, shown here with other Utahns at the Hotel Coronado del Mar in San Diego, California, served as the fourth president of the LDS Church from 1889-1898. Utah State Historical Archives
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David O. McKay, shown here with his sister Jeanette at their University of Utah graduation in 1897 Utah State Historical Archives
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President Woodruff dedicating Pioneer Park on July 24, 1898 just before his death. Ron Fox
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Horace S. Ensign, Apostle Heber J. Grant, Alma O. Taylor, and Louis A. Kelch when they were sent to set up the Japanese Mission, ca. Aug. 1901 Utah State Historical Archives
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The First Presidency of the LDS Church before general conference in 1901. Left to right are John R. Winder, Anthon Lund and Joseph F. Smith. Deseret News Archives
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Church President Heber J. Grant and Utah Senator Reed Smoot outside the Senate Office Building in about 1907. Library of Congress, Deseret News Archives
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Out of the past of the largest Church-owned school in the country, is this photo of President Joseph F. Smith laying the cornerstone of the Maeser Building at BYU, in 1909 Deseret News Archives
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At Pea Ridge, Mo., Elder Spencer W. Kimball, as a missionary, washes his feet. He served in the Central States Mission from October 1914-January 1916. Courtesy Church Archives
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Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918), shown here with his wife, was the son of early LDS Church leader Hyrum Smith, president of the LDS Church from 1901-1918, and the father of future LDS Church president Joseph Fielding Smith. Utah State Historical Archives
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LDS Church President Joseph F. Smith speaks at a funeral in the Brigham City Tabernacle Utah State Historical Society
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Joseph F. Smith, Charles W. Nibley and A. William Lund pose in front of a train Utah State Historical Archives
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Image shows the dedication ceremony laying the cornerstone for the LDS Church Administration building. Joseph R. Merrill is leading the dedication. (Heber J. Grant can also be seen in the photograph.) Utah State Historical Archives
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A group of church leaders pose at the sacred grove in New York. Left to right: John H. Taylor, Joseph F. Smith Jr., Rudger Clawson, President and Sister Heber J. Grant, James E. Talmage, B.H. Roberts, LeRoi C. Snow and Nicholas G. Morgan, donor. Utah State Historical Archives
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President of the LDS Church, Heber J. Grant, speaks the first words broadcast over KZN radio on May 6, 1922. Individuals present at first broadcast of KZN were, left to right: Nathan O. Fullmer, George Albert Smith, Mrs. Heber J. Grant, President Grant, C Utah State Historical Society
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Members of the BYU Board of Trustees on commencement day 1933. From (L to R) BYU President, Dr. Franklin S. Harris, Church President, Heber J. Grant, Church counselor Anthony W. Ivins, Senator and Member of the Council of Twelve, Reed Smoot, David O. McK Deseret News Archives
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George Albert Smith, President of the LDS Church addressing a radio audience and crowd gathered on a Salt Lake City street, May 10, 1937. He was speaking on the nearly completed Golden Gate Bridge in California. Utah State Historical Society
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Three generations of George Albert Smiths. In 1945, the oldest, as church president, prophesied in General Conference of the particular receptivity of the territory including Ukraine to the restored gospel, when eventually missionary work there would be p Courtesy John Smith
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Elder Richard L. Evans, left, President George Albert Smith, Venerable W. F. Bulkley, Rev. John LaBranche and John D. Giiles planned services that were held in the Tabernacle September 4, 1945, to give Thanksgiving for peace. Deseret News Archives
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In this 1946 photo, George Albert Smith, an American Indian scout named Quentin Quay, and Wallace Sinclair, interpreter, stand near the graves of Sacajawea and her son Bazil Utah State Historical Archives
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George Albert Smith visits the graves of Sacajawea and her son Bazil Utah State Historical Archives
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George Albert Smith at dedication of a new monument at Mountain Meadows Utah State Historical Archives
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A. Ray Olpin is shown here being aided by LDS Church President George Albert Smith in donning his academic robe. Olpin was president of the University of Utah from 1946-1964. Utah State Historical Archives
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"The cornerstone for the "This Is the Place" monument was laid April 5, 1947, at public ceremonies. President George Albert Smith acted as master of ceremonies. April 5 is the centennial anniversary of the first wagons moving out of Winter Quarters for th Utah State Historical Archives
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Actress Lizabeth Scott presents LDS Church President George Albert Smith a rose tree from the governor of California and Paramount Pictures in commemorating the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley, July Deseret News Archives
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From left, Mrs Truman, Gov. Herbert B. Maw, President Harry S. Truman, LDS president George Albert Smith, Mrs. Maw and Margaret Truman, Sept. 22, 1948. Deseret News Archives
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The full Tabernacle during an LDS Church conference in the 1950s. President David O. McKay is presiding. Utah State Historical Archives
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David O. McKay sits at his boyhood home in Huntsville, Utah Utah State Historical Archives
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Joseph Fielding Smith in a National Guard jet in 1954. Deseret News Archives
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Church President and Sister (Emma Ray) David O. McKay with famed movie director Cecil B. DeMille, left center on the set of the "Ten Commandments" with movie star Charlton Heston, who played Moses, center right. August 6, 1955 Deseret News Archives
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, responding to a question about whether he can milk a cow, samples milk directly from a Holstein while visiting Pennsylvania State University's farm in State College, Pa., in June of 1954. Paul Vathis, Associated Press
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Secretary of Agriculture Benson is riding horseback at the Priest River Experimental Forest. Benson served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower and later became president of the LDS Church. Utah State Historical Archives
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Secretary of Agriculture Benson and Reed Bailey are fishing the South Fork of the Flathead River in Montana. Benson served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower and later became president of the LDS Church. Utah State Historical Archives
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President Dwight Eisenhower, left, listens as Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, right, gestures and talks about the Agriculture message to Congress on which they are working at the president’s office in Key West, Florida, on Jan. 6, 1956. In cent Henry Griffin, Associated Press
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Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson bows as he meets Queen Elizabeth II in receiving line at British Embassy reception in Washington on Oct. 18, 1957. Associated Press
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David O. McKay, left, 87-year-old President of the Church of Latter Day Saints, shakes hands with Sen. John F. Kennedy who spoke to an overflow crowd at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 23, 1960. McKay said “And if you win in November, Associated Press
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Vice President Richard Nixon visits with LDS Church President David O. McKay, right and Elder Ezra Taft Benson, left, at the Church Administration Building on October 10, 1960. O. Wallace Kastler, Deseret News Archives
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President John F. Kennedy visits Utah in 1963. At left are President David O. McKay of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and President John F. Kennedy. Deseret News Archives
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Gov. George D. Clyde, Pres. Hugh B. Brown and Pres. David O. McKay of the LDS Church presidency place their hands over their hearts during the dedication of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City, 1963. Utah State Historical Archives
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New York Senator and 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy visits with LDS Church President, David O. McKay in his Hotel Utah apartment. During the March 27, 1968, visit, President McKay shared his scrapbook of the many visits of the senator's bro W. Claudell Johnson, Deseret News Archives
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Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve visits the Polynesian Cultural Center on its 10th anniversary, in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, October 20,1973 Deseret News Archives
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President Howard W. Hunter poses with others during his travels Michael Urban, Associated Press
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President Spencer W. Kimball tells of new addition to Hotel Utah at groundbreaking ceremonies attended by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton, left, Mayor Jake Garn, Stuart G. Cross, hotel manager, other dignitaries. March 12, 1974. Deseret News Archives
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President Ronald Reagan visits the Ogden cannery, accompanied by Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley and Thomas S. Monson, September 9, 1982. O. Wallace Kasteler, Deseret News Archives
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President Gordon B. Hinckley shows dating on cans made at the Ogden Cannery to President Ronald Reagan. September 10, 1982. O. Wallace Kasteler, Deseret News Archives
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President Ronald Reagan and President Gordon B. Hinckley visit with other church leaders at the LDS Church's Board Room on September 9, 1984. Eldon Linscheten, Deseret News Archives
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President Clinton and Vice President Gore meet with top Mormon church officials, Monday Nov. 13, 1995 in the Oval Office of the White House. From left are, Elder Neal A. Maxwell, the vice president, the president, Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley, and White House
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Gordon B. Hinckley, president and prophet of The Church of Latter-day Saints, speaks the only word of Russian he knows to Irina Bogdan, left, and Tamara Vizier as he accepts a handcart built in Siberia Wednesday, July 23, 1997. The cart was pulled throug Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press
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President Bush presents Gordon B. Hinckley with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 23, 2004. Hinckley is president of The Church of Jesus Christ of La Susan Walsh, Associated Press
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President Barack Obama meets with (from left) Senator Harry Reid, Joshua DuBois, Director of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson and Elder Dallin H. Oaks in the Oval Office, July 20, Pete Souza
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From meeting with presidents of the United States to flying planes, helping to build historic Utah landmarks, fishing, or milking a cow for the press, here's a photographic look back at some of the leaders of the LDS Church, at home, work and play.

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