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Kennedy-Nixon Debate
Kennedy-Nixon Debate

Kennedy-Nixon Debate

Artist Joe Scherschel (American, 1921 - 2004)
Date1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (33.34 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.30.8
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "074 / 3C-4 / 23"; On sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "3000"; On sheet verso, bottom, blue stamp: "LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / JOE SCHERSCHEL / Property of Life Magazine / Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / TAKE No. / 3rd / DATE: / 10-21-60 / SET NO. / 61074 / STORY & LOCATION / NIXON / REPORTER / DEPT. / NO. OF PRINTS / BLACK & WHITE FILM / COLOR FILM / 35 mm 17 / 120 / PACK / CUT / 35 mm / 120 / CUT"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, red stamp: "REPRODUCTION FORBIDDEN / This photograph is owned / by LIFE. / Republication or / re-use for advertising, / publicity or promotion is / not permitted."
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DescriptionImage of presidential debate being filmed in studio; Kennedy appears on a television screen while a camera man films Nixon standing at podium on stage.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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