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Representative Chester Bowles of Connecticut at his Capitol Hill office after being named platform chairman for the Democratic National Convention, April 21, 1960
Vintage wire photograph on paper
9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (23.18 x 17.62 cm)

Creation Place: North America
Technique: Photography
Credit Line: Restricted gift of Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg in honor of Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Accession Number: P2021.13.1367

Commentary
Democratic Platform Chairman: Representative Chester Bowles of Connecticut poses today at his Capitol Hill office in Washington after being named platform chairman for the Democratic National Convention next July. Bowles is an advocate of a strong Civil Rights Program.

Marks
On recto: typewritten title and date. On verso: typewritten title and date stamp.

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)

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Dimensions
  • Image Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (23.18 x 17.62 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
  • Sheet Dimensions: 10 x 8 1/16 in. (25.4 x 20.48 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen


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