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Associated Press The Calm After the Storm in Harlem

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09733.29 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 21 July 1964 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto entitled, "The Calm After the Storm in Harlem," taken by Associated Press dated July 21, 1964. Image is of two Harlem residents standing in front of a butcher and pawnshop. The windows of these shops have been boarded up. Wire transfer information states that damage was incurred from riots.

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