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This image was taken by a photojournalist working under the employ of the Associated Press, a US news agency founded in 1846 and still in operation today. These photographers endeavored to take in-focus, direct, and straightforward illustrations that would clearly communicate important events with the American public. Documentary photography of social protest movements (and particularly police violence) played a major role in shaping public opinion in these years. 

 


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: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On Guard at Fire: A District of Columbia policeman stands guard as firemen fight a blaze in auto parts store in Negro section of Northwest Washington late last night, the area still scarred by last April's riots. Rock-throwing, arson and looting broke out following the shooting of a Negro man by a white policeman, Washington D.C., October 8, 1967
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1967
Image Not Available for Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1949
Image Not Available for Flames in Resurrection City: One of the plywood and plastic shacks in Resurrection City goes up in flames today while the encampment of the Poor People's Campaign was being evacuated. Two of the huts were destroyed by fires of unknown origin. Washington, DC, June 24, 1968
Flames in Resurrection City: One of the plywood and plastic shacks in Resurrection City goes up in flames today while the encampment of the Poor People's Campaign was being evacuated. Two of the huts were destroyed by fires of unknown origin. Washington, DC, June 24, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Operation Smack Reaches a Climax for One Man: Medical corpsmen carry a wounded combat man to an aid station on the Korean front after he was wounded in “Operation Smack”—Sunday’s unsuccessful assault on Spud Hill positions held by Chinese Reds. Other medics stand by to give assistance when needed. The attack, watched by high army officers supplied with gay-colored programs, now is under fire in Washington and in London, January 29, 1953
1953
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Untitled (Terminal Series)
Larry Bell
1968
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Wedding, Count Oslin, October 1978
Larry Fink
1978, printed 1983
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
William Miller and Family, twentieth-Anniversary Party, October 1978
Larry Fink
1978, printed 1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Hungarian Debutante Ball, New York City, February 1978 (Hotel Pierre)
Larry Fink
1978, printed 1983
Image Not Available for Run and Fire Attack: a Vietnamese infantryman jumps from the protection of a rice paddy dike for another short charge during a run and fire assault on Viet Cong Guerrillas entrenched in Riceland’s in an area 15 miles west of Saigon. When field and surrounding brush line was finally taken, Vietnamese had suffered a loss of 12 men dead or wounded, Straw stack fire at center was set by Guerrillas as a distraction, April 4, 1965
Run and Fire Attack: a Vietnamese infantryman jumps from the protection of a rice paddy dike for another short charge during a run and fire assault on Viet Cong Guerrillas entrenched in Riceland’s in an area 15 miles west of Saigon. When field and surrounding brush line was finally taken, Vietnamese had suffered a loss of 12 men dead or wounded, Straw stack fire at center was set by Guerrillas as a distraction, April 4, 1965
1965
Image Not Available for Poster for March on Washington: Official poster for the Aug. 28 Civil Rights March on Washington, Washington, D.C. The design prepared by artist Louis LoMonaco of New York City, will also be used as the cover for a portfolio to be sold in Washington on the day of the march, August 18, 1963
Poster for March on Washington: Official poster for the Aug. 28 Civil Rights March on Washington, Washington, D.C. The design prepared by artist Louis LoMonaco of New York City, will also be used as the cover for a portfolio to be sold in Washington on the day of the march, August 18, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Fire-works of the Night of the Fourth of July
Winslow Homer
July 11, 1868
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac
Winslow Homer
December 21, 1861