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Associated Press Victory Rally

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.15 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 7 November 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated November 7, 1956. Shows a crowd of people with President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon standing on a stage. Eisenhower and Nixon are waving to the crowd. The press release in the photo reports that it is a view of the victory party at Republican election headquarters after Eisenhower's re-election as President. The photo is stamped on the back with Associated Press information.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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