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DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)
Accession Number 2025.246
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
The Nation's Capitol, 1978: Ten Years after it was reduced to rubble in a four-day frenzy of fire-bombing and looting, triggered by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Washington's 7th Street NW is an ash-can existence for winos. For black ghetto dwellers in Washington, the weed-filled lots and fire-scarred buildings silently mock the post-riot talk of rebuilding, April, 1978
Image Not Available for The Nation's Capitol, 1978: Ten Years after it was reduced to rubble in a four-day frenzy of fire-bombing and looting, triggered by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Washington's 7th Street NW is an ash-can existence for winos. For black ghetto dwellers in Washington, the weed-filled lots and fire-scarred buildings silently mock the post-riot talk of rebuilding, April, 1978
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Larry Fink
1978, printed 1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Winslow Homer
December 21, 1861
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anonymous
17th Century
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Peter Halley
1993