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DimensionsSheet: 8 × 10 9/16 in. (20.3 × 26.8 cm)
Image (overall): 7 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (18.1 × 26 cm)
Image (each): 5 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (15.1 × 13 cm)
Accession Number 2021.120
Classificationsphotograph
Inscriptions(EDS: SUGGESTED FOR USE WITH AP BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FORMER U.S. REP. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR.) (NY19- March 16) DEFEAT AND COMEBACK--Former U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., D-Harlem, is framed between clinched fists of supporters on House steps (left photo), after he was excluded from his seat in 1967. Powell, who won reinstatement by the Supreme Court and was re-elected twice, sits on the Captiol steps during a Vietnam war potest in 1969, (right photo). (AP Wirephoto) (chc51745fls) 1972 (EDS: Left photo, 1967; right photo, 1969)[ recto u,c typewritten in black ink, printed on sheet] CVL-LDR-824 1200 (verso l,l graphite)
MarksMAR 20 1972 (verso u,c red ink stamp)
ProvenanceJeff Perry, New York [acquired by 2019]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2021]

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines