1947 AP Wire Photo dated October 22 in Washington, showing actor Robert Taylor conferring with J. Parnell Thomas, Republican of New Jersey and chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Taylor is seated at the witness table as he takes the stand during the committee's investigation of communism in Hollywood. Thomas leans toward him across a cluster of microphones, while press photographers with large cameras and flash reflectors crowd the background. Measures 7¾ x 7¼ inches overall. The photo and separate caption are mounted on the same piece of black archival paper. Yellowed tape remains on the photo corners and caption edges. Scattered scratches and small white areas of emulsion loss include a mark across Taylor's chin. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
