United Press International [View of mop handle aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.009 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 5 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 26.3 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy
One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 5, 1968. Depicts the length of a mop handle pointed at room 306 of the Lorraine Hotel, meant to simulate the view of a rifle's barrel. Picture taken from the inside of an adjacent motel bathroom.
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