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
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.
Object number2017.29.2
MarkingsPrinted on reverse: "A KODAK PAPER"InscribedPrinted on front, lower margin: "DEC 70"Destination sign, front of bus: "DESTINATION / WASHINGTON D.C."
Painted on front of bus: "Dick NIXON EXPRESS"
Painted on side of bus, partially obscurred: "DON'T F[cut off] / DICK NI[cut off] / REPUBLIC[cut off]"
On View
Not on view
1960-1970
Unknown
