Keywords: Arrival of Air Force One in Peking, 02-21-1972.jpeg Title Arrival of Air Force One in Peking 02/21/1972 Production Date February 21 1972 Arrival of Air Force One in Peking 02/21/1972 ARC ID 194412 ; Collection NS-WHPO White House Photo Office Collection 01/20/1969 - 08/09/1974; Nixon Presidential Materials Staff NLNS National Archives and Records Administration Persistent URL http //arcweb archives gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch id 194412 arcweb archives gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch id 194412 Access Restrictions Unrestricted Use Restrictions Unrestricted http //www flickr com/photos/usnationalarchives/5389845869/ Arrival of Air Force One in Peking 02/21/1972 NARA 194412 2011-01-26 09 48 Byron E Schumaker; White House Photographer 1935 - Biographical information from the National Archives Byron E Schumaker began his professional career in 1952 at the age of 17 taking news photographs of then Senator Richard Nixon's campaign for the Vice Presidency running with Dwight D Eisenhower He graduated from Ohio University in 1957 with a degree in photojournalism then worked for Life Magazine as an assistant He served in the U S Army for two years as a combat photographer then spent a year sailing as a photographer on a research schooner in the South Pacific He worked as a news photographer for the Cincinnati Post Times Star newspaper for five years then moved to Washington and worked for the Washington Evening Star newspaper from May 1965 to August 1970 In August 1970 he took a job at the Department of the Interior but was soon detailed to the White House He traveled extensively taking photographs of President Richard Nixon including his trip to China in 1972 He left the White House in 1973 to take a position with the Department of Agriculture as Director of Photography He retired from the federal government in 1994 <br> http //www flickr com/photos/35740357 N03 The U S National Archives PD-USGov Flickr-no known copyright restrictions The U S National Archives http //flickr com/photos/35740357 N03/5389845869 08 15 31 March 2011 UTC No known copyright restrictions February 1972 Government aircraft at Beijing Capital International Airport 1972 in Beijing Boeing VC-137C Boeing 707 at Beijing Capital International Airport 1972 in aviation in China |