Title from caption on object: “Nixon Explains”
September 23, 1952
Artist
Publisher, American, founded 1929
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 16.6 × 21.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 18.2 × 22.8 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.638
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, center printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: 9160 F / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / (ONE OF A YEAREND SERIES OF 24 PICTURES / ILLUSTRATING HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952) / NIXON EXPLAINS / THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN REACHED AN EMOTIONAL / PEAK WHEN GOP VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICHARD / NIXON, TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIS CONTROVERSIAL / $18,000 EXPENSE FUND, ADDRESSED MILLIONS OF / VIEWERS IN A NATIONAL TELECAST FROM LOS ANGELES / SEP. 23RD. HIS INTIMATE SCREEN APPROACH TURNED / THE TIDE OF A THREATENED POLITICAL DISASTER AND / RESULTED IN A TEARFUL REUNION WITH GEN. EISENHOWER / IN WEST VIRGINIA A FEW DAYS LATER. THIS PICTURE / WAS MADE FROM A TV SCREEN IN NBC'S NEW YORK / STUDIOS, 3,000 MILES FROM THE SHOW'S WEST COAST / ORIGINATING POINT. / JDC/JS 12/2/52 140 P STF 175 / WABC NYW [illegible] BING MON TMC NWSWK WW LON ROME / PAR GERMAN