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Rush on to Buy Guns in Riot-Torn City
Rush on to Buy Guns in Riot-Torn City

Rush on to Buy Guns in Riot-Torn City

Alternate Titles
  • Riots + Demonstrations, California
  • Rush on to Buy Guns in Riot-Torn City: A gun shop in Los Angeles is crowded with men seeking to buy guns to protect themselves in the riot-ridden city. Gun shop owners said they had never seen anything like it. One commented: "They don't even know which shoulder to put a gun to, but they want a gun to protect themselves."
Publisher (American, founded 1846)
DateAugust 15, 1965
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print with applied pigment
DimensionsImage area: 6 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.8 x 21 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 x 8 5/8 in. (20.5 x 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jonathan Ungar
Object number2025.312
Copyright© Associated Press (AP)
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