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Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) [Ohio State Highway patrol car near tear gas]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09650.201 Author/Creator: Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970) Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Photograph Date: May 1970 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 9 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks standing by a bus. One officer is captured tossing a tear gas cannister in the direction of students.

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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