[View through simulated rifle scope aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

United Press International [View through simulated rifle scope aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

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GLC#
GLC09739.008-View header record
Type
Images
Date
6 April 1968
Author/Creator
United Press International
Title
[View through simulated rifle scope aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]
Place Written
Memphis, Tennessee
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 26.3 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Sixties

One wirephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts the view through a simulated rifle scope aimed at the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel. The shot was taken from an adjacent motel bathroom window.

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