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Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower visits Major and Mrs. Raymond Schrump (left) and Major William Hardy at U.S. Army General Hospital at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The officers were some of the first prisoners released in South Vietnam., March 5, 1973
Vintage wire photograph on paper
6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.19 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:
P2021.13.1529
Commentary
A Visit from Mamie: Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, widow of President Dwight David Eisenhower, visits with Major and Mrs. Raymond Schrump (left) and Major William Hardy, both of Fayetteville, North Carolina, during their stay at the U.S. Army General Hospital at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The officers were in the first group of prisoners released in South Vietnam last month.
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: manuscript date and typewritten title.
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,
Fort Gordon,
Georgia,
Injustice,
Mamie Eisenhower,
Racial Discrimination,
Raymond Schrump,
Spouses,
U.S. Army General Hospital at Fort Gordon,
United States Army,
Vietnam War,
William Hardy
- Civil Rights Movements
- Fort Gordon
- Georgia
- Injustice
- Mamie Eisenhower
- Racial Discrimination
- Raymond Schrump
- Spouses
- U.S. Army General Hospital at Fort Gordon
- United States Army
- Vietnam War
- William Hardy
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.19 x 24.45 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack
- Sheet Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 10 in. (18.1 x 25.4 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack
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