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Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon. Public Domain (NARA).

December 1970, at his own request, Presley met then-President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of The White House. Elvis is on the right. See: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nixon-met-elvis/
Waggishly, this picture is said to be 'of the two greatest recording artists of the 20th century'.

Photo is by Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. See ARC record.

Order

From left to right:

  1. Richard Nixon
  2. Elvis Presley

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This image is available from the Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration under the ARC Identifier 1634221.
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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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Date/Time Dimensions User Comment
current 00:25, 1 April 2007 3,070×2,400 (2.88 MB) FranksValli (higher detail, from http://www.weta.org/images/press/peoplespresident/peoplespresident_nixonandelvis.jpg)
13:56, 8 January 2005 640×437 (71 KB) Ausir (Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon. Public Domain (NARA). {{PD-USGov-POTUS}})
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