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Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09740.069 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 9 April 1968 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, Pa." dated April 9, 1968 taken by Associated Press. Image is of two Black children running up to a National Guardsman. Wire transfer information states that the children were playing on a day when civil unrest had quelled in the afternoon.

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