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Image Not Available for President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Republican Senators at White House, 1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Republican Senators at White House, 1953
Image Not Available for President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Republican Senators at White House, 1953

President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Republican Senators at White House, 1953

SubjectPortrait of William A. Purtell American, 1897 - 1978
SubjectPortrait of Dwight David Eisenhower American, 1890 - 1969
SubjectPortrait of Prescott Bush American, 1895 - 1972
PhotographerPhotographed by Associated Press American, founded 1846
Date1953 February 18
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (.21 overall height x width of photo): 8 1/4 × 10in. (21 × 25.4cm)
Primary Dimensions (.22-.23 overall height x width): 7 1/8 × 9in. (18.1 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Purtell Bell
DescriptionThree black and white photographs of President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Republican Senators at the White House on February 18, 1953.

(.21b) Caption text: "729 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM WASHINGTON / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / PRESIDENT POSES WITH LUNCHEON GUESTS / PRESIDENT EISENHOWER POSES WITH A GROUP OF / REPUBLICAN SENATORS WITH WHOM HE HAD LUNCH AT / THE WHITE HOUSE, FEB. 18. LEFT TO RIGHT, FIRST / ROW: WALLACE F. BENNETT (UTAH), WILLIAM A. / PURTELL (CONN.), EISENHOWER, HOMER FERGUSON / (MICH), AND RALPH E. FLANDERS (VT.). SECOND ROW: / JOHN SHERMAN COOPER (KY), HENRY C. DWORSHAK / (IDAHO), CHARLES E. POTTER (MICH), DWIGHT / GRISWOLD (NEB), BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER (IOWA) / AND PRESCOTT BUSH (CONN). THIRD ROW: / SHERMAN ADAMS, PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT; J. / GLENN BEALL (MD), IRVING M. IVES (NY), EDWARD / J. THYE (MINN), THOMAS KUCHEL (CALIF) AND / WILTON B. PERSONS, PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / WX RM GBR NY NEG / RMB 2/18/53 STF-CPG (wx7)"
Object number2025.83.21-.23
Inscribed(.22) Handwritten in blue ink on back: "White House / 2-17-53"
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