Photograph of Vice President Nixon greeting supporters from car

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of then Vice President Nixon and Pat Nixon seated in the back seat of a car decorated with tri-colored ribbons and Nixon-themed posters. To the left of the frame are three visible members of the crowd, two young boys and an older man. One of the individuals is Harold Irwin. Nixon's proper right hand is outside the window and shakes the hand of the older man. Another unidentified man is partially visible in the front seat of the car. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [1508], [1508.01], and a photographer's stamp.

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