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Unknown Ike Arrives

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.82 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 13 August 1958 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 25.7 x 30.5 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken August 13, 1958. Shows a car driving down a road surrounded by police motorcyclists. President Eisenhower stands in the back of the car and waves to a crowd nearby. The attached press release states, "Pres. Ike waving from car as the official party arrives at the UN. Pres. Ike addressed the UN General Assembly." The back of the photo is stamped with the date. Similar to GLC09677.81.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)., 1890-1969
1945 to the Present
United Nations
President
The Fifties

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