Untitled (Striker with Raised Crutch)
Artist
Unknown Maker
Date1970
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Paige Pinnell, 2011
Object number2011.14.24
DescriptionA portrait of a man pointing a crutch at New Mexico Army National Guards on the University of New Mexico campus, as if it were a weapon.eMuseum Notes
No title (Striker with Crutches) presents a portrait of a man pointing a crutch at the guardsmen as if it were a weapon. 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 was killed.
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