Dick Nixon Express
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard W. Riker
Date1970
Mediumphotograph, gelatin-silver print
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 5in. (8.9 × 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Richard W. Riker
Object number2017.29.2
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a bus parked by a curb with a group of people on the sidewalk waiting to board or having just disembarked the bus. The bus is painted with phrases supporting Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign. The destination sign at the front above the windshield reads, “DESTINATION / WASHINGTON D.C.”. The front of the bus, below the windshield, is painted with the phrase, “Dick NIXON EXPRESS.” The side of the bus is also painted with a pro-Nixon phrase. The entire bus is not in the photograph, cutting off the end of the phrase.
Status
Not on view
Daniel Boucher
2008 March 8
