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United Press International [View through simulated rifle scope aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.008 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 6 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 26.3 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts the view through a simulated rifle scope aimed at the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel. The shot was taken from an adjacent motel bathroom window.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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