Photograph of soldiers entering a store during the Newark Riots
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Randy Abbott
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph depicting a group of three soliders standing in a store entryway during the Newark riots. The soldiers' backs are to the viewer, and one soldier's gun is raised. A young man dressed in a white shirt and trousers is standing outside the store, and in the foreground a boy is sitting on a tire on the sidewalk, both observing the scene.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- July 1967
- Object number
- 2011.57.10.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Military
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Race riots
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.57.10.10
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef9ced75-2e35-49f1-9a29-340586a7e9ac
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