Robenson with Stalin Peace Prize: Paul Robeson displays the bound citation and wears the gold medal that comprise the International Stalin Peace Prize that he was awarded in New York City today. The prize also includes $25,000. The award was announced last December on the late Soviet premier's 73rd birth anniversary. Among those attending the ceremony were at least five convicted Communist Party leaders. In accepting award, Robeson said, "I have been and always will be a firm friend of the Soviet nations".

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: typewritten title and 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
• Communist Party
• Injustice
• International Stalin Peace Prize
• Joseph Stalin
• Joseph Stalin
• Medals
• New York City
• Paul Robeson
• Racial Discrimination

• Image Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 6 13/16 in. (23.65 x 17.3 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin
• Sheet Dimensions: 9 11/16 x 7 13/16 in. (24.61 x 19.84 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin