Provenance

Catherine Ryan; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue ink: A408; upper right stamped in purple ink: REFERENCE / OCT 27 '69 / N. E. A.; center printed in black ink on applied paper: NBC [NBC peacock logo in black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple ink] COLOR TELEVISION / READ ALL ABOUT IT! (1915)--Contemporary Washington, / D. C., serves as the living backdrop for the re- / creation of some of the most stirring and / unforgettable moments in the nation's history in / "Mirror of America," the "Project 20" color special / to be encored on the NBC Television Network Tuesday, / Sept. 9 (7:30-8:30 p.m. NYT; repeat of May 11, 1969). / Historic photographs and drawings -- treated with / the still-pictures-in-motion technique -- and choice / archive motion picture film of past events are / interwoven with new color footage in the program. / This photograph (circa 1915) shows a newsboy in / the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue with the Capitol / in the distance. / (C) / PR-58C