In 1957, George Tames photographed Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (left) as he pressured Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Rhode Island Senator Theodore Green (right), into accepting President Eisenhower’s Mideast plan. The resulting seven photographs resemble stills on a cinematic reel. Tames captured a towering Johnson encroaching on Green’s space and Green’s reaction as he pulled away from Johnson, and leaned back on the edge of the desk. Johnson was known to cajole, threaten, and intimidate, both through his words and the physicality of his speech. Through his “Johnson Treatment,” he was able to push through legislation as Senate Majority Leader and, later, as President.

Lot #0012: In 1957, George Tames photographed Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (left) as he pressured Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Rhode Island Senator Theodore Green (right), into accepting President Eisenhower’s Mideast plan. The resulting seven photographs resemble stills on a cinematic reel. Tames captured a towering Johnson encroaching on Green’s space and Green’s reaction as he pulled away from Johnson, and leaned back on the edge of the desk. Johnson was known to cajole, threaten, and intimidate, both through his words and the physicality of his speech. Through his “Johnson Treatment,” he was able to push through legislation as Senate Majority Leader and, later, as President.

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