Oct. 29, 1964: Photographers from the Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh Press covered Barry Goldwater’s visit to Pittsburgh. This proof sheet shows photographs taken of Sen. Goldwater leaving the Penn-Sheraton Hotel and speaking at a Civic Arena rally, where the photographer was on stage, behind the candidate.
The photo in the third row (from above) of the proof sheet, which is marked with the red grease pencil (often used to mark the best images), appeared on the front page of The Pittsburgh Press with the caption, “Goldwater ‘watches’ 19-minute ovation.”
Security inside and outside the Civic Arena was tight, with what the The Pittsburgh Press, described as “minor” disruptions. ”Police said two anonymous — and apparently tipsy — callers made phone threats to the Arena switchboard. One claimed there was a bomb planted in the auditorium. The other threatened harm to singer Barbara McNair if she took part in the Goldwater festivities. Miss McNair said before her act that she accepted the engagement here unaware it was a GOP rally.”
(Pittsburgh Press photo)
