by Artist (3)
Unknown Photographer
A crowd mills about on a country road near a grove where a concert by Paul Robeson was scheduled. Rioting broke out as marching veterans and concert-goers clashed, Peekskill, NY., August 27, 1949
Vintage wire photograph on paper
6 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (16.99 x 22.54 cm)
Creation Place:
North America
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg in honor of Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Accession Number:
P2021.13.1178
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: manuscript title, date stamp and newspaper stamp.
Materials
Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Civil Rights Movements,
Concerts,
Crowds,
Fighting,
Injustice,
Paul Robeson,
Peekskill,
Racial Discrimination,
Riots,
Roads,
Veterans
- Civil Rights Movements
- Concerts
- Crowds
- Fighting
- Injustice
- Paul Robeson
- Peekskill
- Racial Discrimination
- Riots
- Roads
- Veterans
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (16.99 x 22.54 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
- Sheet Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in. (20.64 x 25.24 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
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