Georgia Governor Testifies on Civil Rights: Governor Carl E. Sanders of Georgia testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee regarding a Civil Rights bill to desegregate stores, hotels and other businesses serving the public. He is the fifth Southern governor to appear before the committee on this part of the Kennedy Civil Rights Program, Washington DC.

Associated Press ID #630730083

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

• Carl Sanders
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Civil Rights Movements
• Georgia
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Public Accomodations
• Racial Discrimination
• Senate Commerce Committee
• Testimonies
• Washington DC

• Image Dimensions: 9 3/16 x 6 9/16 in. (23.34 x 16.67 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 10 x 8 1/16 in. (25.4 x 20.48 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin