Questioned: W. Wilson White, President Eisenhower's choice to be Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's new Civil Rights Division, answers a senator's questions at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination in Washington DC. White is from Philadelphia.

On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: newspaper caption with date stamp affixed.

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:

• Civil Rights Division
• Civil Rights Movements
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Hearings
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Nominations
• Racial Discrimination
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• W. Wilson White
• Washington DC

• Image Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 3 11/16 in. (19.69 x 9.37 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in. (21.43 x 16.67 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen