Television News Trucks Outside the Gates of the White House

This photograph of ABC Color Television trucks outside the gates of the White House was taken in June 1971 by Oliver F. Atkins during the wedding festivities of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox. The wedding of Nixon to Cox garnered much attention from the media. Press members outnumbered the 400 guests by approximately two to one. The White House had to issue around 700 press credentials and even had a yellow and white striped tent erected at the tennis pavilion to serve as an outdoor press room.