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Meade Alcorn and Christopher Del Sesto at GOP New England Conference, 1957
Image Not Available for Meade Alcorn and Christopher Del Sesto at GOP New England Conference, 1957

Meade Alcorn and Christopher Del Sesto at GOP New England Conference, 1957

PhotographerPhotographed by Frank Lorenzo American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by United Press International American, founded 1907
SubjectPortrait of Meade Alcorn American, 1907 - 1992
Date1957 April 26
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.

Caption: PR 042601 4/26/57 PROVIDENCE, R.I.: GOP Nat'l Chairman, Meade Alcorn, Suffield, Conn., (R) assumes fighting pose with Christopher De Sesto, Providence, R.I. during New England GOP Conference here today. Del Sesto's apparent election as Rhode Island governor was overturned on January 1st by the R.I. Supreme Court in an action which Alcorn termed today a "shabby, cheap practice." UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO crw
Object number2023.82.164.5
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