Official matte-finish 13.25 x 10.25 Bachrach portrait of the Vinson Court affixed to the original 15.25 x 13.25 studio mount, which is signed in ink and fountain pen by all nine pictured Supreme Court justices: Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Harold H. Burton, Tom C. Clark, Sherman Minton, Robert H. Jackson, and Fred M. Vinson. Archivally double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 19. In fine condition.
The Vinson Court served from 1946 to 1953, a relatively short period of time. Its term coincided with the House Un-American Activities investigation of the movie industry and the subsequent blacklisting of many notable writers, the witch hunts of Senator Joe McCarthy, and a nationwide fear of Communists. The court wrestled with labor unions (United States v. United Mine Workers), communism (dealing with the conviction of the Rosenbergs), loyalty oaths, and racial segregation.
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