Lady in Distress
Photograph
Lady in Distress
December 27, 1971
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (24.5 × 17.2 cm)
Paper: 10 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (25.7 × 17.9 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0362.0027
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on applied label on verso folded over recto, TR: Protest
Printed on applied label on verso folded over recto, BC: B6434 (NY13) \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK \ CAUTION: USE CREDIT \ LADY IN DISTRESS \ AN AMERICAN FLAG FLIES UPSIDE DOWN, \ AN INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL OF DISTRESS, \ FROM THE TIARA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY \ IN NEW YORK HARBOR DEC. 27. A GROUP OF \ ANTIWAR VETERANS BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE \ THE STATUE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND VOWED \ THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL PRESIDENT \ NIXON SET A DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL \ AMERICAN FORCES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA. \ [on object verso] CRB/RCB 300p 12/27/71 STF 48 \ NYSW NSL SIA ELT FOR TIME NSWK WW
Printed on applied label on verso folded over recto, BC: B6434 (NY13) \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK \ CAUTION: USE CREDIT \ LADY IN DISTRESS \ AN AMERICAN FLAG FLIES UPSIDE DOWN, \ AN INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL OF DISTRESS, \ FROM THE TIARA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY \ IN NEW YORK HARBOR DEC. 27. A GROUP OF \ ANTIWAR VETERANS BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE \ THE STATUE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND VOWED \ THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL PRESIDENT \ NIXON SET A DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL \ AMERICAN FORCES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA. \ [on object verso] CRB/RCB 300p 12/27/71 STF 48 \ NYSW NSL SIA ELT FOR TIME NSWK WW
