Untitled (Pro-war Protestor Climbing Flagpole to Remove Strike Flag)
Artist
Unknown Maker
Date1970
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Support: 8 x 9 15/16 in. (20.3 x 25.2 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Support: 8 x 9 15/16 in. (20.3 x 25.2 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Paige Pinnell, 2011
Object number2011.14.9
DescriptionAn athlete climbing the flag pole to remove the strike flag.eMuseum Notes
No title (Pro-war Climber Removes the Strike Flag) shows an athlete climbing the flag pole to remove the strike flag. From a series of gelatin silver photographs by unidentified photography students documenting the May, 1970, strike at the University of New Mexico. The strike occurred after four antiwar students at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen while protesting the invasion of Cambodia by the United States military during the Viet Nam War. The photographs culminate with the bayonetting of thirteen individuals, however, none were killed.
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