United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, center, is flanked by Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, left, and Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. at the grave of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta. Kissinger took time off from his duties at the Organization of American States meeting to visit the grave.

On verso: newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

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)

This object has the following keywords:

• Atlanta
• Cemeteries
• Civil Rights Movements
• Graves
• Henry Kissinger
• Injustice
• Martin Luther King Family
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Martin Luther King, Sr.
• Maynard Jackson
• Racial Discrimination
• Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Tombstones

• Image Dimensions: 7 x 8 5/8 in. (17.78 x 21.91 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 x 8 7/8 in. (20.32 x 22.54 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen