Mississippi National Guardsman on standby duty push a stalled jeep in Natchez, Mississippi. Some 600 guardsmen awaiting the outcome of racial tension in this historic city. Armed guardsmen patrol the city around the clock, hoping to head off any serious racial clashes.

On recto: typewritten title and date and typewritten label with title and date affixed.
On verso: manuscript title, manuscript date, date stamp and newspaper stamp.

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:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Guardsmen
• Injustice
• Jeeps
• Mississippi National Guard
• Natchez
• Racial Discrimination

• Image Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (16.19 x 22.38 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 7/16 x 8 13/16 in. (18.89 x 22.38 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack