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Associated Press Demonstrator Downed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.061 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Kansas City, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Demonstrator Downed" dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of two Episcopilean priest; Reverend Edward L. Warner (on the ground) and Reverend David Fly (on the right). They are being apprehended by police who wearing tear gas masks. They are surrounded by tear gas.

Warner, Edward L., fl. 1968
Fly, David, fl. 1968

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