United Press International [View of mop handle aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

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GLC#
GLC09739.009-View header record
Type
Images
Date
5 April 1968
Author/Creator
United Press International
Title
[View of mop handle 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 telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 5, 1968. Depicts the length of a mop handle pointed at room 306 of the Lorraine Hotel, meant to simulate the view of a rifle's barrel. Picture taken from the inside of an adjacent motel bathroom.

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