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REAGAN AND THE COMMUNITY:
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During the time he was president, all these and other facets of his fascinating character were captured in vivid images by the splendid eye and camera of News-Press photographer Steve Malone. In the three decades he has worked at the paper, Mr. Malone's photos have graced and enriched our pages thousands of times, none more impressively than in his work documenting the Reagans' love affair with their ranch west of Santa Barbara. On this historic day, we are honored to bring you a collection of Mr. Malone's images of the Reagans' Rancho del Cielo years, many of them never published before, in a tribute to the president as he is laid to rest. BUSINESS & PLEASURE:
WESTERN WHITE HOUSE:
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Some photographers take snapshots of famous people while others create entire stories with a single frame. During Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House in the 1980s, the News-Press turned to such a storytelling photographer, Steve Malone. A humble man who has a reputation for making it to a crime scene often well before the authorities show up ― and bringing back the photos to prove it ― he also has amassed a collection of images chronicling the nearly 365 days the late president and his wife, Nancy, spent at Rancho del Cielo, west of Santa Barbara. With the nation set to inter its 40th president today, Mr. Malone, 54, shared his memories of what it was like to be on news photography's front line whenever Rawhide and Rainbow, Secret Service code names for the president and first lady, came to town. "It was a childhood desire to meet or photograph a president, so when the opportunity came up I wasn't so much tapped to do it," said Mr. Malone. "I took advantage of it fully." story continues » |
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s Ronald Wilson Reagan
is buried on a California hillside today, our nation not only mourns
his passing but also celebrates his extraordinary life, his boundless
optimism and his decency of spirit.
