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NIXON'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE. Album containing 45 color and black-and-white photographs, 10 x 8 inches, August 9, 1974, image 1
NIXON'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE. Album containing 45 color and black-and-white photographs, 10 x 8 inches, August 9, 1974, image 2
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NIXON'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE.
Album containing 45 color and black-and-white photographs, 10 x 8 inches, August 9, 1974,

4 June 2014, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$5,000 - US$7,000

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NIXON'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE.

Album containing 45 color and black-and-white photographs, 10 x 8 inches, August 9, 1974, stamped "OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / THE WHITE HOUSE / WASHINGTON" with date on verso, most photos laid to leaves with three loosely inserted, blue leatherette album stamped in silver with the Presidential Seal and facsimile signature.
Provenance: Estate of John Shannon, Director of the White House Photo Laboratory.

The official photo record commissioned by Richard Milhous Nixon—the first and only American President to resign while in office—to record his final day in the White House. The album includes generally upbeat images of the disgraced politician as he and his family bid farewell to staff and colleagues and welcome Gerald Ford to the White House as the only non-elected President of the United States. The album offers a rare look at the private life of the President including his final meal in office: pineapple chuncks topped with cottage cheese and a glass of milk. According to Mr. Shannon's estate, only three of these albums were compiled: one for President Nixon; one for his future library; and one for Mr. Shannon to keep on hand in case the White House requested to see it.

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