United Press International
Integration of Central High School

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PublisherPublished by United Press International(founded 1907)founded 1907

CultureAmerican

Titles

Integration of Central High School

DateSeptember 5, 1957

Place depictedLittle Rock, Arkansas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 5 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (13.7 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 in. (17.9 × 22.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker

Object number2024.1566

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped on verso top: "DEC 21 1957"
Copyright stamp in verso center: "PLEASE CREDIT / United Press Photo / ..."
Clip glued verso: "CKP1140944 (STOCK) ........NEW YORK BUREAU / SECOND BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR / NEW YORK: SECOND ON THE UNITED PRESS LIST OF / THE "TEN BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR" WAS / THE LITTLE ROCK, ARK., INTEGRATION CRISIS. / FOCAL POINT OF THE DISTURBANCES WAS CENTRAL / HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOWED / THE ADMISSION OF THE FIRST NEGRO STUDENTS. / IN THE SEPTEMBER 25 (5 sic), 1957 PHOTO FROM THE / FILES, PARATROOPERS ARE SHOWN ESCORTING / NEGRO STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL AT THE HEIGHT / OF THE CRISIS. / NX A SS HX MSM EUR-1 / CRETID (UNITED PRESS PHOTO FROM FILES) / FOR PMIS MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. FOR USE WITH / "TEN BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR.") 12/20/57"

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