Title from caption on object: “The Civil Rights Bill Was Signed by President Johnson...”

July 2, 1964

American 20th Century

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.2 × 22.8 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.459

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 60 [illegible]; upper center stamped in green ink on applied newspaper: JUL 3 1964; upper center stamped in green ink: TIMES; by unknown hand, center left in graphite inverted: 3-col / RIGHTS BI[cut off] / 1st 60 / FRI T[cut off]; center left stamped in black ink inverted: JUL 2 1964; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL [underlined in red ink] was signed by President Johnson yesterday at / the White House after it had been passed by the House. Looking on are (left to / right) Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.), Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), Rep. / Charles Halleck (R-Ind.), Rep. William McCulloch (R-O.) and Rep. Emanuel / Celler (D-N. Y.)--(Wirephoto).

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