Hardcover
1955 · Washington, D.C.
by MOSS, Annie Lee
Washington, D.C.: AP Wirephoto, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Vintage wire service photograph. Gelatin silver print measuring 8" x 10" including caption. A few moderate creases at the extremities, a very good example. Annie Lee Moss, an African-American, served as a clerk with the U.S. Army Signal Corps was suspended from the Army after Senator Joseph McCarthy accused her of being a member of the American Communist Party. The image depicts Mrs. Annie Lee Moss, dressed in a fur coat and wide-brimmed hat, smiling, facing the camera, shown from the waist up. The press release caption states:states: "Washington, Jan. 19- Reinstated - Mrs. Annie Lee (truncated)
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