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Henry Griffin
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Democrat-TX) poses in his office off the Senate floor, as the Southern filibuster on Civil Rights legislation drones on, March 3, 1960
Vintage wire photograph on paper
9 9/16 x 6 13/16 in. (24.29 x 17.3 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:
P2021.13.1420
Commentary
A Moment Alone: Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Democrat-TX) poses in his office off the Senate floor today as the Southern filibuster on Civil Rights legislation drones on. Johnson is reportedly pressing for a compromise to bring an end to the non-stop Senate session, now in its fourth day, Washington DC.
Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: Associated Press stamp and 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 Act of 1960,
Civil Rights Movements,
Filibusters,
Injustice,
Lyndon Johnson,
Lyndon Johnson,
Offices,
Racial Discrimination,
Texas,
Washington DC
- Civil Rights Act of 1960
- Civil Rights Movements
- Filibusters
- Injustice
- Lyndon Johnson
- Lyndon Johnson
- Offices
- Racial Discrimination
- Texas
- Washington DC
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 13/16 in. (24.29 x 17.3 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
- Sheet Dimensions: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.64 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
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