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William P. Straeter
Little Rock citizens watch as some of the 101st Airborne Division from Camp Campbell Kentucky, begin their watch at Central High School, September 24, 1957
Vintage wire photograph on paper
4 3/4 x 7 7/16 in. (12.07 x 18.89 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:
P2021.13.1570
Commentary
Little Rock citizens watch as some of the 101st Airborne Division from Camp Campbell Kentucky, begin their watch at Central High School. President Eisenhower ordered the federal troops in. They were flown from Kentucky this afternoon.
Bibliography
Associated Press ID #570924032
Marks
On verso: newspaper caption with date stamps 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)
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
101st Airborne,
Broken barriers,
Camp Campbell,
Civil Rights Movements,
Crowds,
Desegregation,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Education,
Injustice,
Kentucky,
Little Rock,
Little Rock Central High School,
Night,
Racial Discrimination,
Soldiers
- 101st Airborne
- Broken barriers
- Camp Campbell
- Civil Rights Movements
- Crowds
- Desegregation
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Education
- Injustice
- Kentucky
- Little Rock
- Little Rock Central High School
- Night
- Racial Discrimination
- Soldiers
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Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 7/16 in. (12.07 x 18.89 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
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