President Jimmy Carter Postcard Walter Mondale Iranian Hostage Crisis 1981

Description: President Jimmy Carter Postcard Walter Mondale Iranian Hostage Crisis 1981 Fifty-two Americans, after 444 days (14 1/2 months) as hostages, became free men and women on President Reagan's first day in office. The Iran Hostage Crisis was an international issue that had tormented Jimmy Carter since it arose on Nov. 4, 1979, with the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran, and even tormented Carter until the last instant of his presidency. He had doggedly and patiently negotiated the terms for the hostages' release. A "complete" and final agreement was reached at dawn 1/20/1981. But, in what appeared to be a calculated insult to Carter, the Iranians held on to the American prisoners until after Reagan was sworn into office. The Algerian 727 jetliner that carried them to freedom was not allowed to leave the Tehran airport until after Reagan's inaugural address. Jimmy Carter, whose presidency ended before the hostage crisis did, flew into the US air force base in Wiesbaden, West Germany to greet the hostages at the hospital on behalf of a rejoicing nation as President Reagan’s representative. President Carter, joined by Vice President Walter Mondale, and Secretary Edmund Muskie welcomed the hostages, and met with reporters on January 21, 1981. Mike Roberts (1905-1989) is famously known as America's Postcard King due to his impressive career in color photography and printing that spanned more than 50 years. He began working in a photo studio in San Bernardino when he was young and had the opportunity to photograph figures like Albert Einstein and Amelia Earhart. He also photographed scenes from the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco to be published in The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, and Life and was later commissioned to take color photographs for a Standard Oil marketing campaign after WWII with the idea that color photos would be given to people who were filling their cars up with gas so they would want to take trips to the places in the photos, using more gas. Mike's son, Bob Roberts, said that his father had a bunch of photographs left over from the commission and decided to turn them into postcards. Arthur Grace began his photography career in 1972 as a freelance photographer for United Press International in Boston. Moving to Washington, DC in 1977, he became a contract photographer for Time assigned to the Carter White House. Arthur Grace's work has spanned fifty years in photography and is noted for its in-depth focus on Americana. Please review the photos carefully for condition and detail. Normal wear associated with an old postcard have creases, corner bumps, scratches, ink on the front etc.

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