Almond Hopes to Reopen Schools: Governor Almond in Richmond in front of the Virginia flag during a press conference. He said hopes to announce a plan to reopen integration-closed schools within a few days. Almond lashed out again at the U.S. Supreme Court, which he said has reduced the states to "mere puppets."

On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: manuscript title, date and newspaper 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
• Desegregation
• Education
• Injustice
• James Lindsay Almond
• Male Portraits
• Press Conferences
• Racial Discrimination
• School closures
• Virginia

• Image Dimensions: 9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.34 x 16.51 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in. (25.24 x 20.64 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin