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United Press International Detroit.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.19 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 26 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 27.7 cm Order a Copy

One press photo of a man pushing a shopping cart of items, described as a "looter." Wire information relays that Governor George Romney has sent 11,000 National Guardsmen to the area. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial/Detroit," and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 26, 1967."

Romney, George W., 1907-1995

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