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

Date

July 1967

Object number

2011.57.10.10

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): 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

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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

Military

Photography

Race discrimination

Race relations

Race riots

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Urban life

Violence

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef9ced75-2e35-49f1-9a29-340586a7e9ac

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.57.10.10