Title from caption on object: “Police Broke up a Near-Riot Today...”, June 16, 1953

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.7 × 20.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

sheet: 18.1 × 22.8 cm (7 1/8 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.414

Artists / Makers

Howard Borvig (artist) American, 1902 - 1980

International News Photos, Inc. (publisher)

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Inscription

across bottom printed in image: CG-33-INP SOUNDPHOTO-CHICAGO-6-16-53...POLICE BROKE UP A NEAR-RIOT TODAY AS NEARLY / 400-PERSONS THREATENED TO ATTACK PARADING ROSENBERG SYMPATHIZERS. THE INCIDENT TOOK / PLACE OUTSIDE THE U.S. COURTHOUSE WHERE 35 PLACARD CARRYING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN / HAD TAKEN UP A THREE DAY CLEMECY [sic] VIGIL. POLICE ARRIVED IN TIME TO STOP A LIVELY / FIGHT TAKING PLACE BETWEEN A SYMPATHIZER AND A YOUTH AS A HUGE LUNCHEON CROWD JEERED / and MADE THREATS. THE PICKETS CALLED OFF THEIR MARCH BUT WARNED “WE’LL BE BACK” .... / CHICAGO AMERICAN PHOTO...HOWARD BORVIG..SENT..; on verso, center International News Photos copyright stamp in green ink inverted; center stamped in purple ink perpendicular: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / JUN 17 1953; center right printed in black ink perpendicular: JULIUS ROSENBERG [underlined in red crayon] / DEMONSTRATION AGAINST / DEATH

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary