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Wide World Photos [Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and a dog.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2016 Author/Creator: Wide World Photos Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1970 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph featuring Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and a dog dated circa 1970. Features Nixon and Ford on a stage with a crowd behind them and open space in front of them. Both men are standing with their hands over their hearts. In the open space a dog is walking through. The photo conveys a moment of mirth as many are smiling or look like they are laughing at the dog walking through the event.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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