Richard and Patricia Nixon
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair
Here President Nixon makes his exit with his wife Patricia and Governor Dan Evans after his opening day speech. What cannot be seen in this photograph are the demonstrators gathered on the bridge protesting in the midst of the Watergate Scandal.
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair
When Nixon Came to the Fair
In May of 1974, an embattled President Richard Nixon visited Spokane to dedicate the 1974 World's Fair against a backdrop of lies, cover-ups, and political drama. By this time, the president was in his second year of the public scandal that…
