Contributed by Margaret Chase Smith Library
Description
Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Skowhegan began her 1964 presidential campaign at the 45th Parallel, the half-way point between the North Pole and the Equator, in Pittsburg, New Hampshire.
She stands with Elsie Carper, reporter for the Washington Post; David Broder, and other members of the news media.
The temperature at the time was 25 degrees below zero.
About This Item
- Title: Margaret Chase Smith at 45th Parallel, 1964
- Creator: Margaret Chase Smith Library
- Creation Date: 1964-02-10
- Subject Date: 1964-02-10
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Locations:
- Pittsburg, Coos County, NH
- Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17.75 cm x 21.84 cm
- Local Code: 1916
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Presidents--Elections
- Press
- Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995--Photographs
- Journalists
- legislators
- Political campaigns
- Political elections
- women
People
Other Keywords
- campaign
- elections
- journalists
- Margaret Chase Smith
- New Hampshirepolitical elections
- political campaigns
- Presidential campaign
- presidential elections
- press
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Margaret Chase Smith Library56 Norridgewock Avenue, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-7133
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