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Title
May Day march melee, 1980
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Gulker, Chris
Date Created and/or Issued
1980
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated March 2, 1980 reads, "The LAPD is reviewing reports that some officers overreacted when yesterday's May Day march through downtown by members of the Revolutionary Communist Party developed into a violent confrontation. Above left, a marcher is clubbed by an officer, another, center shows vividly signs of the struggle while two spectators wear their feelings on their chests."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;35 x 24 cm. on sheet 36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00091898
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b087_f4_i26
CARL0004989656
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28266
Subject
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
May Day (Labor holiday)
Protest movements--California--Los Angeles
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Arrest--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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