Prepare for March on Washington: National guardsman Burton Johnson sets up a cot while a first aid station is established on the Washington Monument grounds. Preparations are under way for August 28, when a crowd of 150,000 Civil Rights marchers from many parts of the country is expected.

Associated Press ID #6308271474

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: manuscript date.

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
• Injustice
• Racial Discrimination

• Overall Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 13/16 in. (19.05 x 14.76 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin