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Image of A lull in the battle between police and rioting blacks left this street scene after firemen used hoses to scatter the group

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A lull in the battle between police and rioting blacks left this street scene after firemen used hoses to scatter the group, July 1964
Vintage wire photograph on paper
7 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (18.73 x 16.03 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: P2021.13.695

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On verso: newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

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)

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Civil Rights Movements, Firefighters, Injustice, Police, Racial Discrimination, Riots, Rochester, Street Scenes

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Dimensions
  • Image Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (18.73 x 16.03 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
  • Sheet Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in. (19.05 x 16.35 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin

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