Protest March: An estimated 1,000 singing Civil Rights demonstrators march three abreast through downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. The streets are lined by battle-dressed National Guardsmen and police. A two-hour rally protesting alleged police brutality in recent arrests of black people followed the parade. The marchers dispersed without incident.

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:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Guardsmen
• Injustice
• Marches
• Marches
• Massachusetts National Guard
• Police
• Police Brutality
• Protesters
• Racial Discrimination
• Springfield
• Street Scenes

• Image Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in. (23.97 x 17.46 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 10 x 8 1/16 in. (25.4 x 20.48 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin