User:JamJamSvn/Lectern investigation/Blue Goose gallery

This is a part of my investigation of Presidential lecterns. This page is a gallery of identified Blue Goose lecterns. I have given each one a nickname, generally based on what I think the wood grain resembles, or any other identifying features.

First seen in the 1970s

Breather

This is the earliest lectern I have found thus far, looking like it has a pair of lungs on the right of the front panel and featuring an extra plank of wood seemingly stuck on just above the base. It seems to have followed Gerald Ford largely in 1975 to various states.

23 Apr 1975
3 May 1975
5 Jun 1975
13 Jun 1975
29 Nov 1975
24 Oct 1976

Drippy

I have found only one photo of this lectern thus far; this one.

28 Aug 1976

Angel

With some angel-like wings in the wood grain, this lectern took a trip with Carter around Europe and likely Asia in 1977, and was likely with him on Air Force One for trips to Egypt and various US states. Under Reagan, it attended CPAC 1982, and was used in the "tear down this wall" speech. Under H.W. Bush, there are a few photos of its use in November 1992 by Dan Quayle at Marshall Space Flight Center.

8 May 1977
18 Oct 1977
6 Jan 1978
3 Feb 1978
15 Jun 1978
9 Aug 1978
14 Dec 1978
26 Feb 1982
30 May 1984
21 Jan 1985
11 Jun 1987
24 Nov 1987
31 Aug 1992

Tears

I called this one Tears because it appears to have 'eyes' in the top corners that appear to be crying. It's also recognisable by the triangular shape in the middle which becomes wider toward the base. This one in particular could be seen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Ventura County in 2021.^[1]

31 Mar 1978
7 Nov 1978
17 Nov 1982
8 Mar 1983
18 Sep 1987

Slab

This lectern had its first use seemingly under Carter in 1978; I couldn't find any more photos of it until Reagan's administration under which it had extensive use. Between June 1984 and November 1985, a clasp was added, similarly to the lectern I've named Claspy, though a little lower.

21 May 1978
5 Jun 1984
7 Nov 1985
23 Dec 1985
11 Mar 1987
29 Apr 1987
1 Jul 1987
29 Oct 1987
9 Nov 1988
16 Nov 1988

Frowny

23 May 1978
12 Jun 1978
28 Jun 1978
19 Jul 1978
20 Jan 1981
7 May 1985
7 Jan 1986
10 Jun 1986

River

20 Feb 1979
20 Aug 1981

Streaky

1 Nov 1979
20 Jan 1981
8 Mar 1983
19 Jul 1984
4 September 1984
5 Oct 1984
17 May 1988

First seen in the 1980s

Sandy

3 Oct 1978
8 Oct 1981
17 May 1982
22 May 1984
5 Oct 1984
30 Sep 1986
28 Oct 1987

Frappuccino

16 May 1981
7 Oct 1984
21 Oct 1984

Searchlight

9 Jun 1980
7 Jun 1982
3 Jun 1984

Niagara

3 Jul 1982
22 Aug 1984
7 Oct 1984
21 Oct 1984
3 Jul 1986
17 May 1988

Claspy

This very visibly features some sort of clasp directly below the top section, which is also present on the Slab lectern but lower. As far as I can tell, it was used exclusively in the East Room from 1982 to 1983.