Adlai Stevenson's Shoe, September 1, 1952

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Medium

gelatin silver print with applied color

Dimensions

image: 21.5 × 18.5 cm (8 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

sheet: 21.5 × 20.6 cm (8 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.619

Artists / Makers

William M. Gallagher (artist) American, 1923 - 1975

Associated Press (publisher)

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Inscription

retouching across recto in black, grey, and white paint; by unknown hand, center left in graphite perpendicular: 22; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in black ink: 83; upper left in graphite: latest / 3 col; upper left stamped in purple ink: DEAD; by unknown hand, upper center illegible and obscured printing notes in graphite circled; center left printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: This famous prize winning picture of Adlai Stevenson / was made in Flint, Mich., in 1952. It bared a worn shoe / sole at a Labor day [sic] rally. Stevenson was the Democratic / candidate for president in 1952. / --AP Wirephoto; center left stamped in red ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: TH JUL 15 1965 / SENTINEL; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Here are the winners of Pulitzer prizes for the best newspaper cartoon and [crossed out in graphite] / news picture of 1952. Edward D. Kuekes of the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer [crossed out in graphite] / won the cartoon award for "Aftermath," showing two soldiers carrying a buddy [crossed out in graphite] / in a litter across a snowy battlefield. [crossed out in graphite] The news photography prize was won by / William M. Gallagher of the Flint (Mich.) Journal. His picture shows former / Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson [circled in graphite] campaigning for the presidency with a hole in his shoe.; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: MAY 5 1953; center Associated Press copyright stamp in red ink perpendicular; center right printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: --AP Wirephoto / Probably the most famous photograph of Stevenson was this 1952 cam- / paign picture of him with a hole in his shoe. It won a Pulitzer prize for / William Gallagher, photographer for the Flint (Mich.) Journal.; center right stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: WE JUL 14 1985 LAT 2; center right stamped in purple ink: DEAD; lower right: 1965 JUL 14 PM 12:28 / RECEIVING; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: 15066

Provenance

Catherine Ryan; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary