Associated Press Hurt in Los Angeles Riots

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GLC#
GLC09717.06-View header record
Type
Images
Date
14 August 1965
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Hurt in Los Angeles Riots
Place Written
Los Angeles, California
Pagination
1 photograph : b&w Height: 15.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement

One wirephoto entitled, "Hurt in Los Angeles Riots," taken by the Associated Press dated August 15, 1965. Image is of two fire fighters holding up a Black man in front of a store. Wire transfer information states the man was in a burning store before the fire department arrived. A can of paint exploding caused the fire. Also states that the National Guard had been deployed to "help police control arson and looting."

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