Mute Evidence of Destruction - Dummies Along Springfield Ave
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a smashed department store window along Springfield Avenue in Newark, NJ. Broken mannequin body parts and other debris are scattered on the sidewalk. The image shows an example of the destruction caused during the 1967 Newark riots.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- July 1967
- Object number
- 2011.57.10.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Title
- Photograph of mannequins in the street during the Newark Riots
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Race riots
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.57.10.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51c960cca-d152-487e-bfc0-3a950acbcd16
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