Title from caption on object: “President Johnson Shakes Hands with the Reverend Martin Luther King...”

July 2, 1964

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 18.8 cm (6 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.1 × 20.8 cm (6 3/4 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.460

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: WAP070217-7/2/64-WASHINGTON: President Johnson [circled in blue ink] shakes hands with The Rev. / Martin Luther King after handing him a pen during the signing of the / Civil Rights bill into law during a White House ceremony 7/2. UPI TELE; on verso, upper left stamped in red ink inverted: AUG 19 1964; center left stamped in red ink inverted: JUL 3 1964; center UPI copyright stamp in black ink inverted

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