Object Details
- Created by
- Harry Benson, Scottish, born 1929
- Published by
- London Express, British
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two armed men in U.S. Army uniforms sitting on the ground in a store entryway. The man on the left is slouched on the ground, and the lower half of a mannequin lies face-down on the ground to his right. The other man has his left hand holding up his rifle and he is looking directly at the photographer. In the window of the store there are four large photographs of women exhibiting different hairstyles. "Soul Sisters" is handwritten on the door behind the soldiers, intending to discourage looting during the 1967 Newark riots by indicating that this store is operated by African Americans.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- July 1967
- Object number
- 2011.57.10.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Harry Benson/Getty Images
- Permission required for use. 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 and Image): 7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.7 × 24 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
- Title
- Photograph of soldiers sitting in a store entryway during the Newark Riots
- 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_2011.57.10.7
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b64c845e-24fc-4cc9-a261-28f78456ab4c
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