Campaign postcard showing Richard Nixon confronting Nikita Khrushchev
Object number2016.006.0001
Date1960
ClassificationsDocuments
ObjectPostcard
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.7 × 13.8 cm)
Collections
DescriptionPostcard with a black and white image of Richard Nixon confronting Nikita Khrushchev above the slogan, "DICK NIXON - The One Man to Deal with Khrushchev." Issued by the Oregon for Nixon Committee, the back of the card lists four points in support of Nixon including his "long experience," his ability to face "the Communist challenge," his track record of dealing with Khrushchev and his vision for the future of the United States.
Printed at the bottom is a union logo, and publisher information:
"Oregon for Nixon Committee
414 S.W. Morrison Street
Portland, Oregon - CA 8-8391"
Curatorial CommentaryThis image of Vice President Richard Nixon confronting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was taken during their "Kitchen Debate" on July 24, 1959. The kitchen reference is due to the fact that the videotaped debate took place in the model kitchen of a fully constructed American model home at the American National Exhibition in Moscow. As part of a handshake agreement, the debate was broadcast in both the United States and the Soviet Union (although the Soviet broadcast only partially translated Nixon's comments.) At the debate, Vice President Nixon strengthened his credentials as a Cold Warrior, immediately increasing his popularity in the U.S. This was an image which lingered in the American consciousness one year later as he entered the general election against Senator John F. Kennedy. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
