Mrs. Mercedes M. Robert poses with her children, Debra Ann, 7, and Dana John, 6, at home. The black children have attended Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic School for the past three days.
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Fred Waters
Mrs. Mercedes M. Robert poses with her children, Debra Ann, 7, and Dana John, 6, at home. The black children have attended Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic School for the past three days., September 1962
Vintage wire photograph on paper
9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.02 x 16.51 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:
P2021.13.494
Commentary
Attend Integrated School: Mrs. Mercedes M. Robert, 25, poses with her children, Debra Ann, 7, and Dana John, 6, in their home today. The black children have been attending Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic School for the past three days. Mrs. Robert has braved the jeers of white women while delivering and pick uping her children at school each day since it was integrated, Westwego, Louisiana.
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)
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.02 x 16.51 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
- Sheet Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 7/8 in. (24.29 x 17.46 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
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