Nixon after His Tour of Central America
Two Typed Letters, Signed (“Dick Nixon”), to LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, concerning Nixon’s Central American tour.
Washington, D.C: 6 April and 16 June 1955.
Price: $750.00
About the item
Each one page on letterhead of Office of the Vice President, signed in ink. With mailing envelopes. 4to. Nixon after His Tour of Central America. Fine.
Item #263222
Vice President Dick Nixon writes to Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt about the recent goodwill tour of Mexico, Cuba, El Salvador, and Honduras. Eisenstaedt accompanied the party as photographer. The issue of LIFE for 28 February 1955 carried a feature on ‘The Muy Simpatico Mr. Nixon’ with his photographs.
Two letters: the first, dated 6 April, reads “Mrs. Noxon and I greatly enjoyed having you with us and we both thought that the picture story in Life was outstanding in every way. I don’t know when another trip will be scheduled but you can be sure that we would be delighted to have you with us again …”
The second, dated 16 June, reading in part “… thoughtful of you to send us so many of the colored slides you took on the Central American tour. … You have been traveling since we last saw you! … I’d like to hear about your latest trip. …”
With the carbon copy of Eisenstaedt’s letter to Nixon dated 12 May 1955, headlined Addis Ababa in ballpoint pen, giving a brief summary of Eisie’s travels “since I left you in Honduras”
With an invitation from Vice President and Mrs. Nixon to a reception at Blair House on Wednesday 2 February 1955.
With a typed letter, signed, from Nixon to Eisenstaedt 23 January 1958, thanking him for pictures of the visit of the King of Morocco.
