Two 5.5 x 3 ticket stubs for President Eisenhower's inaugural ceremonies on January 20, 1953, and January 21, 1957, both depicting the White House on the reverse, with oval portraits of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. In overall fine condition. Consignor notes that these originate from the estate of Donald T. Birdzell, one of three White House police officers shot by Puerto Rican nationalists at Blair House in 1950 during an attempt on the life of President Harry S. Truman. Birdzell worked as a guard at the White House from 1939 to 1959.
