Untitled (Line of New Mexico Army National Guards with Rifles Raised)
Artist
Unknown Maker
Date1970
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (16.2 × 23.8 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Paige Pinnell, 2011
Object number2011.14.20
DescriptionNew Mexico Army National Guards holding raised rifles with fixed bayonets at the University of New Mexico campus protest.eMuseum Notes
No title (Frightened Guardsman) presents a portrait of New Mexico National Guardsman reflecting the uncertainty of the moment. 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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