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
Date
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
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Data Source
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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.57.10.1