Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in white paint; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in blue ink circled: 56; top right in graphite: 37%; top right in graphite circled and crossed out: 55 1/2; upper left in blue ink: April 5; upper center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: DEC 31 1968; upper center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 2 col x 3 ¼ [in blue ink] / [illegible and crossed out in black ink] / [illegible and crossed out in black ink]; center left in blue crayon perpendicular: 2478; center printed in black ink on applied paper: Date May 27th 63 / 1820 S. Michigan / Vendetta Plate Number / GENERAL CAPTION / Personalities Left to Right / REV. Martin Luther King, at [circled in blue crayon] press conference / Johnson Publishing Co. at 1820 S. Michigan; center right stamped in purple ink perpendicular: 1969 MAY 2 PM 2 05; center right printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ACQ-486-CT; lower center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: APR 3 - 1968; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink circled: KING PG; lower right stamped in red ink: MAY 28 1963; by unknown hand, bottom left in blue ink inverted: Vendetta; bottom left stamped in red ink inverted: MAY 27 [cut off]