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General Dwight Eisenhower lays a wreath on the grave of Franklin Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt looks on, Hyde Park, New York., July 10, 1945
Vintage wire photograph on paper
Creation Place:
North America
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2020.1.128
Commentary
Ike Visits Grave of F.D.R.: Supreme Allied Commander, Army Geneneral Dwight Eisenhower, lays a wreath on the grave of his late Commander-in-Chief, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The late president's widow, Eleanor Roosevelt, looks on, Hyde Park, New York, July 10, 1945.
Bibliography
Illustrated: Associated Press ID # 450710044.
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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Death,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Eleanor Roosevelt,
Eleanor Roosevelt,
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Graves,
Hyde Park,
Mourning,
United States,
World War II
- Death
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Graves
- Hyde Park
- Mourning
- United States
- World War II
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