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United Press International Detroit.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09735.37 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 31 July 1967 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 27.7 cm Order a Copy

One press photo of policeman in a room of appliances and other items. Wire transfer describes that Lieutenant Alfred McGhee writes on a tag attached to a TV set. His location in the image is a gymnasium of restored stolen items from the Detroit riots. Attributed to United Press International Telephoto. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 31, 1967."

McGhee, Alfred, fl. 1967

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