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Gen-Xers Greet President Nixon, 1971 {Daily Photo}

Here are some wonderful 35 mm slide images of President Richard Nixon’s 1971 visit to Walla Walla, Washington. The photos first appeared on Bygone Walla Walla. They were taken by Howard B. Ludwigs.

Three young children witness the arrival of President Richard Nixon and Air Force One, September 21, 1971, Walla Walla, Washington
Three young children witness the arrival of President Richard Nixon and Air Force One, September 21, 1971, Walla Walla, Washington

Here is a brief excerpt from the speech he gave that day.

“…I would like to tell you a little about what I think the future holds for young Americans. Sometimes you may be rather discouraged about the future. We have been passing through a difficult time in this country, the longest and most difficult war in any nation’s history, a war that, however, is being brought to an end in a way that we can win a lasting peace.”

President Richard Nixon, 1971
A crowd in Walla Walla, Washington awaits the arrival of Air Force One, September 1971
A crowd in Walla Walla, Washington awaits the arrival of Air Force One, September 1971
Privately Owned Vehicles parked on the tarmac at an airport in Walla Walla, Washington during the arrival of President Richard Nixon, 1971
Privately Owned Vehicles parked on the tarmac at an airport in Walla Walla, Washington during the arrival of President Richard Nixon, 1971

Winter in Mt. Upton, New York (Daily Gen X Photo)

This picture of two first-wave Gen-Xers was taken in 1969 in Mt. Upton, New York. I chose it for the Daily Gen X Photo because high quality winter photos from this era are hard to come by and I can almost guarantee you that one featuring a snow mobile is extremely rare.

Mount Upton is a hamlet on the Unadilla River in the town of Guilford in Chenango County, New York. The photo comes from a the Mt. Upton WordPress blog. The site was developed as an “informational site to impact all viewers by giving them a dynamic and interactive vivid picture of Mt. Upton’s history.”

The site chronicles the town’s history and features dozens of scanned images of yearbooks from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Here are a few more special photos from the site.

Vintage Snowman in Mt. Upton, New York - Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – Late 1960s
Kids on vintage snow mobiles - Mt. Upton, New York - Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – 1973
Mt. Upton, New York – Early 1980s
Kids skating on an ice pond - Mt. Upton, New York - 1970s
Mt. Upton, New York – 1970s
Ice Pond Skating - Mt. Upton, New York - Early 1980s
Mt. Upton, New York – Early 1980s

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