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United Press International New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09733.17 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 19 July 1964 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 26.4 cm Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer looking at a brocken store front window of a furniture store, damaged during the Harlem riots. Wire transfer information claims that people smashed windows with "missiles," and that 30 people were arrested.

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