DimensionsSheet: 7 × 9 1/8 in. (17.8 × 23.2 cm)
Image: 6 3/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.2 × 21.7 cm)
Image: 6 3/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.2 × 21.7 cm)
Accession Number 2021.121
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsCVL-POL-352 1500 (verso c,l graphite)
3376 (verso u,c graphite)
WA-234- 8/29/57 - INP SOUNDPHOTO - WASHINGTON, D.C. - SENATOR ALLEN J. ELLENDER (D) LOUISIANA IS SHOWN AS HE PREPARED TO TAKE THE SENATE FLOOR FOR A SPEECH ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AS SOON AS SENATOR THURMOND OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETES HIS ONE-MANFILIBUSTER AGAINST THE BILL. SEN ELLENDER PLANS A REASONABLY SHORT SPEECHALTHOUGH HE HAS A 50-HOUR TALK PREPARED.. PHOTO BY AL MUTO..
[verso l,c typewritten in black ink, printed on paper attached with scotch tape]
MarksInternational News Photos red ink stamp on verso, l
CENTRAL PRESS
ASSOCIATION
SEP 3- 1957
REFERENCE DEPT. (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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