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Unknown Photographer
The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia predicted in Montgomery, Alabama that recent desegregation orders from federal courts could create educational chaos, April 18, 1967
Vintage wire photograph on paper
7 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (17.94 x 24.45 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:
P2021.13.1318
Commentary
Prophets of Possible Chaos: Four Southern governors chatting in Montgomery, Alabama predicted yesterday that recent desegregation orders from federal courts could create educational chaos. From left: Louisiana's John McKeithen, Mississippi's Paul Johnson Alabama's Lurleen Wallace and Georgia's Lester Maddox, Montgomery, Alabama.
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: 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:
Civil Rights Movements,
Court Orders,
Desegregation,
Education,
Georgia,
Injustice,
John McKeithen,
Lester Maddox,
Lester Maddox,
Louisiana,
Lurleen Wallace,
Lurleen Wallace,
Meetings,
Mississippi,
Montgomery,
Paul Johnson,
Racial Discrimination
- Civil Rights Movements
- Court Orders
- Desegregation
- Education
- Georgia
- Injustice
- John McKeithen
- Lester Maddox
- Lester Maddox
- Louisiana
- Lurleen Wallace
- Lurleen Wallace
- Meetings
- Mississippi
- Montgomery
- Paul Johnson
- Racial Discrimination
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (17.94 x 24.45 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
- Sheet Dimensions: 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.32 x 25.08 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
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