Addressing Poor People Marchers: Governor Ronald Reagan addresses members of California's Poor People's March on the steps of the capitol in Sacramento today. Reagan met with the group after they demanded to see him. Earlier he evaded the group, who were waiting at the front door during his news conference, by leaving through a rear exit.

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

Donated to the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College by Eric Alterman on December 16, 2021.

Sheet: 9 7/8 x 8

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:

• California Capitol
• Civil Rights Movements
• Injustice
• Poor People's Campaign
• Poor People's Campaign
• Poverty
• Racial Discrimination
• Ronald Reagan
• Sacramento
• Speeches

• Image Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (22.23 x 15.56 cm)