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National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base
National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base
National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base
© Withers Family Trust

National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 18 in. (45.4 x 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 1/16 in. (60.6 x 51 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.28
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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