Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Photograph of a solider guarding a looted store in the Newark Riots
July 1967
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of an armed soldier standing guard with his gun raised in front of a looted store, Belmont Prescription Pharmacy, during the 1967 Newark riots.
- Catalog date
- July 1967
- Recorded places
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; Race riots; U.S. History, 1961-1969
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.57.10.8
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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