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Photograph of a solider guarding a looted store in the Newark Riots

July 1967

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of an armed soldier standing guard with his gun raised in front of a looted store, Belmont Prescription Pharmacy, during the 1967 Newark riots.

Catalog date
July 1967
Recorded places
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Civil Rights; Military; Photography; Race discrimination; Race relations; Race riots; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2011.57.10.8

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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