Title from caption on object: “Marchers Pass Sign Attacking King”, March 24, 1965

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.9 × 23.3 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

sheet: 20.5 × 25.4 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.169

Artists / Makers

American 20th Century (artist)

Associated Press (publisher)

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Inscription

by unknown hand, top center in blue ink underlined: Alabama march; along top edge printed in image: (MXR-6) MONTGOMERY, ALA., MAR. 24--MARCHERS PASS SIGN ATTACKING KING--Civil / rights marchers pass billboard along highway attacking their leader, Dr. / Martin Luther King, which purports to show him "at Communist Training / School." Reports have it that the signs were erected by a / segregationist group. (APWirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (wfa 4 1215 stf) 1965; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 39.1.RKUx / AF115A; upper left Historic Images barcode sticker perpendicular; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink perpendicular: Selma, Alabama / March; center stamped in red ink perpendicular: RETURN to: / CHRONICLE FILES / APR 1 1965

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.