UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
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UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Optical Illusion (Senator Henry Jackson), 1969

Closed14 October 2020

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UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
Optical Illusion (Senator Henry Jackson), 1969
ferrotyped gelatin silver press print
stamped with date, with affixed typed caption (verso)
image: 7 5/8 x 9 ½ in. (19.4 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm.)

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The caption reads:

'Appearances can be deceiving. Such was the case when a photographer snapped this picture of Senator Henry M. Jackson, who was speaking at a christening for a new ship in California. Two microphones which he was using made him look as if he were wired to an optical devise.'