Race riots, Watts, Los Angeles, 1965 - Lot 162

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Race riots, Watts, Los Angeles, 1965 - Lot 162
Race riots, Watts, Los Angeles, 1965 Vintage silver press print Typescript annotations on back Dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm Note: Iconic press photograph of the 1965 Watts race riots in Los Angeles, showing the deployment of the National Guard in the city streets. The striking contrast between the armed soldiers and the dog in the foreground lends the image a strong symbolic charge. Vintage UPI agency silver print, with typescript annotations on verso, constituting a major historical document of American social history in the XXᵉ century.
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