As part of former Alabama Governor George Wallace’s bid for the U.S. Presidency in 1968, he attempted to get on the California ballot as the candidate of the recently formed American Independent Party. His campaign included an appearance in Modesto on November 22, 1967. With this blog I will add George Wallace to my PhotoShelter […]
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Senator Sam Ervin (D- North Carolina) 1975
Famous Faces is a new gallery I just started on PhotoShelter. I needed a place to organize the images of famous and infamous people I have photographed during my career: George McGovern, George Wallace, OJ Simpson, Joe Louis, and Ronald Reagan to mention a few. In 1975, recently retired US Senator Sam Ervin was on […]
Muhammad Ali visits Modesto, California 1971
When I heard that Muhammad Ali was going to speak in Modesto, I immediately started asking Darell Phillips, the Modesto Bee’s Sports Editor, to give me the assignment. It wasn’t until the next day that I checked the photo schedule and saw I was on nights that week, so the assignment would be mine […]
John V. Tunney California Senatorial Campaign 1970
Last week I blogged my 1968 experience with national politics and campaign trains in my blog “Robert F. Kennedy 1968.â€Â A little more than two years later, I got the opportunity to put into action what I had learned when I was given the assignment to cover 1970 U.S. Senatorial candidate John V. Tunney.  […]
Robert F. Kennedy 1968
In March of 1968 I had been on the Modesto Bee photo staff just under two years and had long since earned my stripes with the editors and photographers, so I was given my first big assignment of national importance: to photograph Robert F. Kennedy at the Senate Hearings in Stockton, California. As a lifelong […]