Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

The newspaper career of Texas photojournalist Blair Pittman spanned two decades of exciting and turbulent times in America. From the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, moon shots and space walks, and from Elvis to LBJ, Blair’s eye for the moment is displayed here, an iconic record of an astonishing era. His current exhibit at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library features an array of memorable personalities including Bob Hope and Billy Graham, John Wayne and Waylon Jennings, Richard Nixon and Tiny Tim, Bo Diddly and Barry Goldwater, Neil Armstrong and Roy Rogers. For descriptions of the individual photos, click here.