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Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) [Officers with bayonets and Ohio State University students]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09650.005 Author/Creator: Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Photograph Date: April 1970 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 9 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph dated April 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Main focus of image are three guards holding bayonets in the direction of a scattering of students on Ohio State University campus admist protests.

Columbus Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol and National Guard had been called in during the protests by Governor Jim Rhodes. Due to the inability to clarify which enforcement group are in the photographs, the catalog will refer to them as "officers," unless otherwise noted.

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