Mrs. Laura Pringle, New Orleans Voter Registration, 1971

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 19.1 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.165

Artists / Makers

R. J. Romaguera (artist) American, active c. 1970s

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Inscription

retouching across recto in gray paint; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF110B; upper left Historic Images barcode sticker; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: 3 3/4; center in graphite: 3 col / w/ Voter; center stamped in red ink: PHOTO BY / R. J. ROMAGUERA; center: STATES / COMET; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --States-Item photo. / MRS. LAURA PRINGLE, 86, registers to vote for the first time in her life, / just five hours before the books closed of the Nov. 6 primaries. Looking on / as she signs her name are ANTONIO E. PAPALE, [circled in black ink] standing, Orleans Parish / Registrar of Voters, and LOUIS P. NIKLAUS, [circled in black ink] chief deputy in the registrar's / office.; lower right stamped in red ink: OCT 7 1971

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.