Vice President Walter Mondale meets with President Jimmy Carter and White House staff in the Oval Office. Photograph by Robert McNeely, February 3, 1977. From the vice presidential papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Hubert H. Humphrey (left) with Walter Mondale at a surprise party celebrating Mondale's thirty-ninth birthday, January 5, 1967. From the senatorial papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Vice President Walter Mondale, 1977. Photograph by Robert McNeely. From the vice presidential papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, ca. 1984.

Minnesota State Attorney General Walter Mondale and Minnesota governor Karl Rolvaag display their catch on opening day of the 1963 fishing season. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

President John F. Kennedy with Minnesota State Attorney General Walter Mondale, ca. 1963. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Walter Mondale (left) talks with Vice President George H. W. Bush, 1981. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Walter and Joan Mondale with their children William, Eleanor, and Ted. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Walter Mondale in his army uniform with his mother, Claribel, ca. 1952. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Theodore S. Mondale (center left) poses with his family, including his son Walter Mondale (far left), 1946. From the personal papers of Walter F. Mondale, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.