President-elect Dwight Eisenhower flanked by William H. Jernagin (left) and Thomas S. Harten, Pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church of Brooklyn, after he met with a group of black clergymen. Jernagin is Chairman of the group, organized as the National Fraternal Council of Churches. They discussed racial discrimination and segregation with Eisenhower.

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: date 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:

• Brooklyn
• Civil Rights Movements
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Holy Trinity Baptist Church
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Meetings
• National Council of Churches
• Racial Discrimination
• Reverend Thomas Harten
• Segregation
• William Jernagin

• Image Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 8 3/8 in. (16.67 x 21.27 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.46 x 21.27 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin