Title from caption on object: “Principals in Controversy”

April 22, 1954

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a group of men sitting at a table with microphones and glasses of water. The image shows a group assembly. On the table in front of the men are microphones. The men are dressed in suits. One man appears to be speaking into the microphone while others listen or engage in conversation. The background is slightly blurred, highlighting the central focus on the gathering at the table. The photograph has a vintage quality due to its monochromatic color scheme.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16 × 24.1 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 25.4 cm (7 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.421

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in black ink and white paint; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 835; lower right Associated Press logo in black ink on applied label; on verso, top center printed in black ink on applied barcode label inverted: BBJ-231-NS; top center stamped in black ink inverted: OTHER; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite circled: 5"; center printed in applied photo paper inverted: (NY12) WASHINGTON, April 23--PRINCIPALS IN CONTROVERSY-- Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens, left, / and Sen. Joseph McCarthy, right, principals in the controversy being aired before a Senate / Investigating Subcommittee, look toward committee counsel at center of long table during / yesterday's session of the hearing. Between them are Maj. Gen. Robert Young, second from left, / and Roy Cohn, chief of McCarthy's staff. (AP Wirephoto) (see wire story) (kh60700wx-stf) 1954; by unknown hand, center printing notes in blue ink; lower left printed in black ink perpendicular: McCARTHY: ARMY HEARING / NO CUT FILED / 546 - 147 [by unknown hand in graphite: -26] [crossed out in red crayon]; lower left stamped in red ink perpendicular: APR 24 1954 E; lower center stamped in blue ink inverted: 1954 APR 24 AM 8:51

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