Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Ronald Reagan with John McCain

The Texas Trail Museum, formed in 1986 in a building that was formerly the power plant and firehouse for the town of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

Then President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office of the White House during his last term, Washington, D.C

U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a driving force behind the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue, speaks at the 1986 reopening of the restored Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C

Willard Hotel bull's eye

Aerial view of the 1987 dedication of the U.S. Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Dedication of the U.S. Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1987. Washington, D.C

Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., in 1987 celebrating the Washington Redskins' victory in football's Super Bowl

The 1987 dedication of the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C

The 1987 Colorado Welcome Center, designed by Dean Brookie in Cortez, Colorado. The building's round tower and oddly angled rooms suggest the ruins in Mesa Verde National Park, not far away

Untitled neon sculpture with stainless steel ceiling, located at exterior of U.S. Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin

World Trade Center Towers and New York skyline, pre-9/11, New York, New York

World Trade Center (Carol M. Highsmith)

World Trade Center with the Brooklyn Bridge in view, New York, New York

A man looks at the time capsule holding some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s possessions that was lowered into the ground at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. in 1988

Actor dressed up as one of the Union Station statues

Actor dressed up as one of the Union Station statues poses in Union Station on the day before it opened to the public in 1988. Washington, D.C

Bistro on the corner, Warehouse District, New Orleans, Louisiana.: Shown is "L'Economie" restaurant at 325 Girod Street, downtown lake corner with Commerce Street, in business from 1988 through 1994.

Coretta Scott King, the King children and other dignitaries bury the Martin Luther King time capsule in the ground on Pennsylvania Avenue near the historic Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1988 event in which a time capsule holding some of Dr. King's possessions is lowered into the ground at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

The Homer Building, a downtown office building, Washington, D.C.

Time capsule holding some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s possessions that was lowered into the ground in 1988 at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Workers lower a time capsule containing some of the belongings of Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked on his "I Have a Dream" speech in the nearby Willard Hotel. Freedom Plaza on Pennsylavania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Aerial view showing construction of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, which opened in 1998, Washington, D.C

Auditorium at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Black-and-white image of the auditorium at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Black-and-white image of the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Central staircase leading to the performance hall at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Downtown San Antonio, Texas, with the prominent Weston Centre office building, which opened in 1989, as its most prominent tower

Eagle float in the inaugural parade, Washington, D.C

Inaugural parade for President George H.W. Bush on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

Lobby of the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Lobby staircase leading to the auditorium at the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Modernist lobby of the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

New president George H.W. Bush in presidential automobile, waving to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

Presidential reviewing stand at the Inaugural Parade for President George H.W. Bush on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with President George H.W. Bush during the 1989 opening ceremony of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C

Soldiers march in the parade that followed the inauguration of President George H.W. Bush on Pennsylvania Avenue on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C

The construction of the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

The Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

The Willard Hotel dressed up for the inaugural of President George H.W. Bush on January 20, 1989