Associated Press Hitting the Deck

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GLC#
GLC09740.043-View header record
Type
Images
Date
7 April 1968
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Hitting the Deck
Place Written
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 telephoto photograph Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement

One telephoto entitled, "Hitting the Deck" dated April 7, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Depicts armed National Guardsmen stationed at different points on an unnamed street in Pittsburgh. A guardsman is pictured ducking at the center of the photograph. Wire transfer information states that the guardsman had been struck by a rock in Pittsburgh's Hill District at the time of the photograph.

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