City Police Equipped with Gas Masks Ready for Demonstrations, Washington, D.C.
Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
1970
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.3 cm)
Image: 6 1/16 × 9 in. (15.4 × 22.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ellen and Scott Osman, Class of 1980, Jake Osman, Class of 2015, and Lily Osman
2013.83.8
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: Leonard Freed; numbered, on reverse, in graphite, upper left: LFVNM-03; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, center left: UNIQUE; numbered, on reverse, in graphite, center left: 70-23-12-6; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, upper right facing left: 6000; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, center left: VINTAGE PRINT; stamped, on reverse, in black ink, lower left: c [encircled] Leonard Freed-Magnum; label, on reverse, upper right: Law Enforcement / POLICE WEAPONS & HOLDS; label, on reverse, printed, center right: MAGNUM [logo] / 72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036 / c [encircled] Leonard Freed-Magnum [stamped, in purple ink] USA / 1970 [in graphite] / City police of Washington D.C. equipped with gas masks and pistols for tear gas ready for action at a demonstration in Washington D.C. / 020 [stroke through]-23-12-6; several other labels and numbers
Course History
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
ANTH 73.01, Main Currents in Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Winter 2022
SOCY 2.01, Social Problems, Kristin Smith, Winter 2022
Sociology 2.01, Social Problems, Kristin Smith, Winter 2023
Provenance
Ellen and Scott Osman and thier children Jake and Lily Osman, New York; given to the present collection, 2013.
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