1972 Press Photo Former Senator McCarthy at Chicago news conference - now21687

Former Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, a Democratic candidate for the presidency, turns on the charm at a news conference Monday in Chicago. He declared he will campaign "completely and intensely" for the Illinois primary election March 21. "The odds are that I can't win the nomination," McCarthy quipped. "But I have the best chance of beating Nixon of anybody."

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.