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Beatles AP Wire Photo Invasion of US Begins LA Airport Arrival August 1964 8x10

$ 25.87

Availability: 58 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reprint: Original Print
  • Genre: Rock & Pop
  • Year of Production: 1964
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Features: Press Photograph
  • Material: Paper
  • Type: Photograph
  • Featured Person/Artist: The Beatles
  • Format: PRESS PHOTO
  • Image Color: Black & White
  • Photographer: UNKNOWN
  • Subject: Musical Bands & Groups
  • Artist/Band: Beatles
  • Number of Photographs: 1
  • Theme: Celebrities
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Industry: Music
  • Size: 8 x 10
  • Style: Photojournalism
  • Condition: See high resolution scans

    Description

    Original AP Wire photo from a newspaper photo archive with editing markup on the front and a rubber stamp date impression (Aug 21 1964) for filing purposes on the reverse.
    Front text reads :
    "(LAX2) LOS ANGELES. Aug. 18--BEATLES' INVASION OF U.S. BEGINS-- Britain's Beatles wave a greeting as they arrivve in Los Angeles from London today for a succession of appearances, the first in San Francisco's Cow Palace tomorrow night. Airport officials kept several thousand screaming teen-agers away from the quartet. Left to right: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney. (AP Wirephoto) (rha31710stf) 1964"
    Reverse has the edition date stamped Aug 21 1964 and the test "Beatles, The.... Arrive LA (with Las Vegas crossed out)."
    Photo measures standard 8 x 10.