Title from caption on object: “Greet President with Protests”

May 22, 1965

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

United Press International

Publisher

This is a photograph of a protest with signs. The scene captures a group of individuals holding various signs with anti-war messages, most notably "Hands off Sto. Domingo and Vietnam." A large balloon with a similar message is floated above them. The protest takes place in an urban setting, with tall buildings in the background. The atmosphere highlights public dissent and activism, as the individuals appear to be demonstrating on a street, with cars visible behind a railing. The black and white color of the photograph emphasizes the historical context of the protest.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 16.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 23 × 17.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.564

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center UPI copyright stamp in black ink inverted; upper center stamped in purple ink inverted and crossed out in green ink: FINANCIAL REVIEW; by unknown hand, center in graphite crossed out in green ink: Fin. Review / Page 3 / Students; center in graphite: Students / 3 col x 3 1/4 / For [illegible], Wed.; center in blue ink crossed out in green ink: x396; center stamped in purple ink: USE / PM [perpendicular] 9 OCT 1969 / HERALD; center right stamped in red ink: USED / HERALD [crossed out in blue ink] [by unknown hand in blue ink: FIN. REV] / 5 MAY 1966; lower left printed in black ink on applied newspaper: New York, 1965 . . . one of the many anti-Johnson, / anti-war protests that helped break the President. / Americans are already asking: "Will the same happen / to Nixon?"; lower left stamped in purple ink on applied paper inverted: HERALD; lower center stamped in purple ink: 1 MAY 1965; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: U.S. students are to the fore in any political demonstration but behind this active / involvement is the deep desire for a "quiet" political life.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite circled: P2 Herald / 3 5/8" x 6" / Protest; lower right stamped in purple ink: 10 OCT 1969; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite crossed out: 84% / 83%; lower right in black ink: 100; lower right in green ink on applied paper: 976; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: NXP 1473216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / GREET PRESIDENT WITH PROTESTS / [by unknown hand in black ink: Demonstration] / NEW YORK: [circled in black ink] An inflated balloon hovering overhead, placard-carrying / demonstrators stage protest rally outside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel / where President Lyndon B. Johnson is scheduled to speak May 22nd. / The group, comprised of several pacifist groups, chanted protests / against U.S. policies in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. / RU / CREDIT (UPI PHOTO) 5/22/65 hgr

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