Associated Press Historic Scene

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GLC#
GLC09677.85-View header record
Type
Images
Date
13 August 1958
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Historic Scene
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 40.2 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One wirephoto released by Associated Press, dated August 13, 1958. Shows President Eisenhower addressing the United Nations. Taken from the floor, the photo has delegates in the foreground, with President Eisenhower at the podium in the center. According to the embedded press release Eisenhower was speaking at the opening of an emergency session concerning the Middle East. Behind him on the dais is Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, Assembly President Sir Leslie Munro, and Andrew Cordier assistant to the secretary. The back is stamped with Associated Press information.

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