Title from caption on object: “The Civil Rights Bill Was Signed by President Johnson...”
July 2, 1964
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 18.2 × 22.8 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.)
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Accession
2018.177.459
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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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).