National Guard Rings Mississippi Capitol: Two black girls stroll past a long line of Mississippi National Guardsmen, who were called out to ring the state capitol prior to the arrival of the Mississippi Marchers in Jackson. A large force of highway patrolmen and units of the state Game and Fish Commission have also been placed on the capitol grounds.

Associated Press ID #6606261193

On recto: typewritten title and 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
• Guardsmen
• Injustice
• Jackson
• Marches
• Marches
• Mississippi Capitol
• Mississippi National Guard
• Protesters
• Racial Discrimination

• Image Dimensions: 7 x 9 9/16 in. (17.78 x 24.29 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 10 15/16 in. (20.64 x 27.78 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen