A life in brief
Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented history for AP from Vietnam to the White House, has died
Compiled Sep 15

Photographer Chick Harrity died at age 87.
- 1956Harrity starts his career at a newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania.
- during his AP tenureHe covers Vietnam War, including the famous photo of a baby girl in a box in Saigon.
- Aug. 9, 1974Harrity photographs a teary-eyed Nixon bidding farewell to White House staff during his resignation.
- over 26 years at AP, then laterHe becomes chief photographer at U.S. News and World Report after his AP career.
- April Fool's Day 2001Harrity retires from U.S. News and World Report.
- after retirementHe moves to northern California and contributes to the Calistoga Tribune and local arts organizations.
“I had the chance to run around the world taking pictures of a group of pretty interesting people. I was getting to witness history.”

