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On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.
There are many pictures of the event online. The hard part is finding them where they haven't been cropped. This is the best known of all:
President Nixon and Elvis Presley meet at The White House, December 21, 1970.MPI/Getty Images
Source: The Story Behind That Famous Photo of Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon
Here are the ones at Wikifiles:
Description: Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon. On December 21, 1970, at his own request, Presley met then-President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of The White House.
Date: 21 December 1970
Source: White House photograph by Ollie Atkins via https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nixon-met-elvis/
Author: Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. See ARC
Date: 21 December 1970
Source: White House photograph by Ollie Atkins via https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nixon-met-elvis/
Author: Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. See ARC
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting.jpg
The man at the right is special assistant Egil “Bud” Krogh. He died on January 18, 2020.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting2.jpg
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting3.jpg
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting4.jpg
Who are those two men in Elvis's entourage? Wikifiles says later on that they are Delbert Sonny West and Jerry Schilling.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting5.jpg
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting6.jpg
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis-Nixon_Meeting7.jpg
Elvis/Nixon photo
51 years ago this month, December 21, 1970.
President Nixon inspects Elvis Presley’s cufflinks during Presley’s famous Oval Office visit.
The man at right is special assistant Egil “Bud” Krogh, who would later serve 4 1/2 months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal
President Nixon inspects Elvis Presley’s cufflinks during Presley’s famous Oval Office visit.
The man at right is special assistant Egil “Bud” Krogh, who would later serve 4 1/2 months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal
Link to tweet
Wed Dec 21, 2022: Here's the letter Elvis wrote that led to their meeting.
Tue Dec 22, 2020: On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley gave a letter to the postman, who put it in his sack.
Elvis’s handwritten letter to President Nixon that led to their meeting fifty years ago today:
Link to tweet
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender [Video]
44,205,753 views • Dec 22, 2008
Reigh Phillip Clayton channel
29.5K subscribers
My favorite Elvis song.
44,205,753 views • Dec 22, 2008
Reigh Phillip Clayton channel
29.5K subscribers
My favorite Elvis song.
Thu Dec 21, 2023: On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.
Wed Dec 21, 2022: On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.
Tue Dec 21, 2021: On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House.
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