Rest in riot town
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Rest in riot town

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Rest in riot town

July 17, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.9 x 21.3 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Paper: 18 x 22.8 cm (7 1/16 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0351.0071
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): D 7372 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / REST IN RIOT TOWN / A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN SITS WITH WEAPON / IN HAND JULY 17 AS CITIZENS OF NEWARK / N.J. CLEAN DEBRIS FROM STREET. THE / NATIONAL GUARD WAS ORDERED TO LEAVE / THE RIOT-WRACKED CITY BY THE NEW / JERSEY GOVERNOR, JOHN HUGHES. / A / THM 545PED JULY 17, 1967 STF-HH / NYT NYW NR SIA HUD TM NEWSW WW 25

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