Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, from the portfolio "Passing Torches: The Diverse Sources of Documentary"

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, from the portfolio "Passing Torches: The Diverse Sources of Documentary"
Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, from the portfolio "Passing Torches: The Diverse Sources of Documentary"
Artist/Maker (American, 1919 - 1959)
Date1956, published 1998
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Sheet: 14 in. × 11 1/8 in. (35.6 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Williams in memory of the deceased members of the Hamilton-Kirkland Class of 1973
Object number2001.6
Not on view
DescriptionFrom the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography's New York II Portfolio: Passing torches: the diverse sources of documentary: Mother Jones 1998 fine print portfolio.
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Exhibition History 2006
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 16- April 6, 2006 (no catalog).
Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William E. Williams;
? - 2001: William E. Williams, by purchase from Mother Jones.
Inscribed Inscribed, entitled, and dated in black ink on verso at upper left [by Sandra Weiner]: Dan Weiner / Martin Luther King / Montgomery, Ala. 1956
16977 Darktown Euchre Party
16977 Darktown Euchre Party
Griffith & Griffith
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardboard
Object number: S2023.1.36
Shakespear's Pound: Illuminated Cantos
Shakespear's Pound: Illuminated Cantos
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1999
Medium: Printed book
Object number: 2002.31
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Unknown artist
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
Unknown artist
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.278
Photograph by John Bentham.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted back to jail in Albany
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.32
© Lorna Simpson. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY. Photog…
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Lorna Simpson
Date: 1996
Medium: Portfolio of 21 photogravures with text
Object number: 2016.11
Photography by David Revette.
Untitled, Philadelphia, from the portfolio “Party Pictures”
William E. Williams
Date: 1981 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.2
© Renée Stout. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, C…
Wall of the Forlorn
Renée Stout
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil and acrylic on wood panel
Object number: 2023.3
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King
Ben Shahn
Date: 1966
Medium: Wood-engraving on Japan paper
Object number: 1984.328
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
Date: March 8, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.275
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Unknown artist
Date: March 24, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.279
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years, this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors have worked closely together, first to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health; then to prevent the town from being invaded by diseases of the bush and forest. Immigrants' health are checked systematically on the roads in order to discover possible sources of dangerous disease.
Paul Almasy
Date: 1960-1969
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.169