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United Press International A looter flees with a table lamp.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.05 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 25 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 22.4 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of a man in a crowded street carrying a lamp. Markings on image indicate where to crop. Reverse side includes several stampings, "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Michigan," "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 25, 1967." Also pasted on the reverse is a newspaper clipping entitled, "A looter flees with a table lamp." Stamped with the date July 24, 1967.

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