A Legendary American Photograph

Donald Trump raises a fist. Blood streaks his face. The sky is high, blue, and empty except for an American flag caught in a hard wind. A Secret Service agent has her arms around his waist. The former president’s mouth is open, in the middle of a snarled shout. We know from video footage that he is yelling “Fight!,” that the crowd is chanting “USA!” The photograph, by the Associated Press’s Evan Vucci, became immediately legendary. However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of…

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Oldest Surviving Photograph of a U.S. President Has Surfaced … – Smithsonian

Smithsonian Oldest Surviving Photograph of a U.S. President Has Surfaced …SmithsonianThe 1843 daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams was discovered by a descendant of Vermont Representative Horace Everett.This Oldest Surviving Photo of a U.S. President May Sell for $ 250,000+PetaPixel (blog) all 3 news articles » us president – Google News

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