Fair housing demonstrators march on the statehouse in Springfield, Illinois in support of fair housing bills now in the legislature. Some 600-700 demonstrators converged on the capitol to urge support of the bills. They demonstrated for about two hours, cheering speakers, and singing Civil Rights songs.

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: United Press International Stamp 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
• Fair housing laws
• Housing
• Illinois Capitol
• Injustice
• Marches
• Marches
• Protesters
• Racial Discrimination
• Springfield
• United Auto Workers

• Image Dimensions: 6 7/16 x 8 3/16 in. (16.35 x 20.8 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 x 9 1/16 in. (17.78 x 23.02 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen