Wait at the gate in City Hall
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Wait at the gate in City Hall

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Associated Press

Maker
American

Wait at the gate in City Hall

ca. 1965
Gelatin silver print
Image: 14.2 x 21.7 cm (5 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Paper: 17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0346.0001
Inscriptions recto (in image): [illeg.] WAGNER: / JOBS IN / CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL [UNDERLINED] / NOW! / INTEGRATE the BUILDING TRADE / WE are watin / FOR / EQUALITY / in the / BUILDING / TRADES

recto (typed on attached sheet): L14413 (NY43) / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / WAIT AT THE GATE IN CITY HALL / A WOMAN VISITOR TO THE OFFICE OF NEW / YORK'S MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER IS FORCED TO / STEP OVER CORE DEMONSTRATORS SITTING ON / THE FLOOR OF THE OUTER OFFICE AT CITY / HALL TO GET THROUGH GATE ON JULY 9. / THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) / DEMONSTRATORS SOUGHT TO DRAMATIZE THEIR / DEMANDS FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITI8ES. / THE MAYOR AVOIDED THEM BY ENTERING THE / CITY HALL THROUGH A BASEMENT DOOR. / HJC 315P 7/9/63 STF-JR 31 / NYWS NYST WTEL NR HT MEX PR TMC NSWK WW

verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / This picture is the property of the [illeg.] / Press and may be used only for the [illeg.] / reproduction when authorized by the owner. [illeg.] / not by syndicated, rented or loaned, or us [illeg.] / advertising purposes or for the purpose of [illeg.] / The following credit must be printed [illeg.] / each reproduction of this picture: ASSOCIATED PRESS / PHOTO

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