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United Press International This Was Their Home Sweet Home--Before the Riots.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.23 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, MI Type: Photograph Date: 28 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 19.3 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

One press photo of armed National Guardsmen hiding by tanks. Markings on image indicate where to crop the image. On reverse side is a newsclipping pasted with the tag "In Detroit, a National Guardsman lies in streets, another crouches between trucks as rooftop snipers continue fire." Stamped, "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 28, 1967."

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