Governor Wallace Picketed: Students from colleges in the area picket in front of John Greene Hall at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Others wait in rain to gain entrance to hear Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Governor Wallace winds up his tour of New England colleges with his visit to Brown University in Providence, Rhode, Island.

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: manuscript title and Associated Press 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
• George Wallace
• Injustice
• John Greene Hall
• Northampton
• Picketing
• Protesters
• Racial Discrimination
• Speeches
• Students

• Overall Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 9 1/16 in. (16.03 x 23.02 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin