Title from caption on object: “Newest Justice”, September 1, 1967

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 24 × 18 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

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

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.187

Artists / Makers

American 20th Century (artist)

Associated Press (publisher)

Image Use

This image is unavailable for download.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .
Contact us about image usage .

Inscription

along bottom edge printed in image: (WX1) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2--NEWEST JUSTICE--Thurgood Marshall stands in / front of Supreme Court Building yesterday following ceremony in which / he was sworn in as Justice of the Supreme Court. Marshall, first Negro / on the High Court, was given the Constitutional oath by Justice Hugo L. / Black, a one-time member of the Ku Klux Klan. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP / Wire Story) (rh70600stf-wjs) 1967; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF207; upper center printed in blue ink perpendicular: DFPD 16191; upper center stamped in black ink: SEP 11 1967; lower center stamped in black ink on applied newspaper: MAY 12 1974

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.