The Venetian Gothic Hotel Albert in the center of Selma was built by slave labor a century ago. This week it opened its doors to black people for the first time.
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Bill Hudson
(United States, August 20, 1932 - June 24, 2010, Jacksonville Beach, FL)The Venetian Gothic Hotel Albert in the center of Selma was built by slave labor a century ago. This week it opened its doors to black people for the first time., January 22, 1965
Vintage wire photograph on paper
6 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (16.19 x 21.11 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:
P2021.13.287
Commentary
Selma, The Old And the New--Symbol of the Old: the Venetian Gothic Hotel Albert in the center of town in Selma, Alabama. The hotel, built by slave labor a century ago, opened its doors to black people this week for the first time.
Bibliography
Variant Illustrated: Associated Press ID #650122014
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: manuscript title, Associated Press stamp and date 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:
Broken barriers,
Civil Rights Movements,
Desegregation,
Hotel Albert,
Injustice,
Racial Discrimination,
Selma,
Slavery,
Street Scenes
- Broken barriers
- Civil Rights Movements
- Desegregation
- Hotel Albert
- Injustice
- Racial Discrimination
- Selma
- Slavery
- Street Scenes
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (16.19 x 21.11 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
- Sheet Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.64 x 25.4 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
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