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Associated Press Wait to View King

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09739.018 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 5 April 1968 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 21.4 x 26.2 cm. Order a Copy

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 5, 1968. Depicts crowds gathered outside of an Atlanta funeral home waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pictured in the crowd is Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, identified in the accompanying text description of the wirephoto.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003

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