Title from caption on object: “A Chicago Hippie Hangs onto a Power Pole...”

August 28, 1968

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 24.1 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.566

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top printed in image: HXP082803-8/28/68-CHICAGO: A Chicago hippie hangs onto a power pole early 8/28 as / Illinois National Guardsmen close in during a confrontation in front of the Conrad / Hilton Hotel. Demonstrators on the left are giving their “V” identification sign / used to identify each other. UPI TELEPHOTO jb/; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in blue ink highlighted in blue ink: 108-76; top right printed in black ink highlighted in blue ink: EDITORIAL PHOTOCOLOR ARCHIVE / 342 Madison Avenue / New York, N.Y. 10017/967-11136; upper left UPI copyright stamp in black ink inverted; lower right stamped in black ink: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY / NOT FOR PUBLICATION [underlined]

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