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Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) [Police officer wearing a gas mask]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09650.102 Author/Creator: Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Photograph Date: May 1970 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 12.7 x 9 cm. Order a Copy

One color photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Image is a portrait of an officer wearing a gas mask leaning on a baton. Behind him, a car passes by students loitering.

Protests at Ohio State University began with three groups demonstrating; a black student protest group, a women's equality advocacy group, and anti-Vietnam war group.

Bleicher, Kevin, fl. 1970

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