Attorney William Kunstler , who led the defense of the "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning February 25 was a "picayunish matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden, Los Angeles.

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Attorney William Kunstler , who led the defense of the "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning February 25 was a "picayunish matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden, Los Angeles.
Attorney William Kunstler , who led the defense of the "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning February 25 was a "picayunish matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden, Los Angeles.
Artist/Maker
DateMarch 1, 1970
MediumVintage United Press International telephoto
DimensionsSheet: 8 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (21.3 × 26.8 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20.6 × 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.254
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Markings Recto, top margin (transferred typed adhesive label): "HCP030102-3/1/70-LOS ANGELES: Attorney William Kunstler, who led the defense of the / "Chicago Seven" speaks to an estimated 5,000 persons in nearby Sepulveda during which / he stated that the Santa Barbara college town bank burning 2/25 was a "picayunish / matter" compared to Vietnam. Kunstler was accompanied by his associate defense attorney, / Leonard Weinglass and one of the seven, Thomas Hayden. UPI TELEPHOTO ch/gw"
Verso, upper center (red stamp): "MAR 2 1970"
Verso, lower left quadrant (blue printed stamp): "RSK 29857"
Inscribed Verso, lower left, sideways (pencil): "anti-chi-024"
Chilly Recess From Conspiracy Trial: Four of the "Chicago Seven," charged with conspiracay to incite riots at time of 1968 Democratic Convention, emerge for lunch today bundled against near-zero cold. Earlier they had heard Mayor Richard J. Daley questioned by the defense attorney. Left to right: Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin, TOm Hayden, and John Froines, Chicago.
Chilly Recess From Conspiracy Trial: Four of the "Chicago Seven," charged with conspiracay to incite riots at time of 1968 Democratic Convention, emerge for lunch today bundled against near-zero cold. Earlier they had heard Mayor Richard J. Daley questioned by the defense attorney. Left to right: Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin, TOm Hayden, and John Froines, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: January 6, 1970
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.242
Home Defense Specialist is this member of South Vietnams Popular Forces, a group that fights only in defense of their hamlet or village. Earthen works is five feet high and five feet thick and ringed by seven mined moats and thick barbed wire, 1965
Home Defense Specialist is this member of South Vietnams Popular Forces, a group that fights only in defense of their hamlet or village. Earthen works is five feet high and five feet thick and ringed by seven mined moats and thick barbed wire, 1965
Unknown artist
Date: August 20, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.292
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
Burn Summons: Tom Hayden, left, and Jerry Rubin reduce to ashes subpoenas to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in what they termed gestures of contempt. The two, who figured prominantely in the recent Chicago street demonstrations, said that in spite of the burning of the summons they will appear as requested before the committee in Washington October 1. Hayden is founder of the Students for a Democratic Society; Rubin a self-styled Yippie revolutionist.
Burn Summons: Tom Hayden, left, and Jerry Rubin reduce to ashes subpoenas to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in what they termed gestures of contempt. The two, who figured prominantely in the recent Chicago street demonstrations, said that in spite of the burning of the summons they will appear as requested before the committee in Washington October 1. Hayden is founder of the Students for a Democratic Society; Rubin a self-styled Yippie revolutionist.
Edward Kitch
Date: September 23, 1968
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.104
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Mulgrew's Motion (Mulgrew Miller), Los Angeles
Gerald Cyrus
Date: 1986
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.5.1
© Walter Iooss. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton…
Swimmers, Los Angeles Olympics
Walter Iooss
Date: 1984
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2017.23.8
Portrait #3, Los Angeles, 1989
Portrait #3, Los Angeles, 1989
Jonathan Reff
Date: 1989
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1991.188
Portrait #10, Los Angeles
Portrait #10, Los Angeles
Jonathan Reff
Date: 1989
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1991.189
Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan looking through telescope while visiting the Suez Canal with General Dan Laner
Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan looking through telescope while visiting the Suez Canal with General Dan Laner
Micha Bar-Am
Date: 1971
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.20
Israeli soldier looking for mines in what used to be the former defense line, Sinai
Israeli soldier looking for mines in what used to be the former defense line, Sinai
Micha Bar-Am
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.23
Defense Against Tank Attack
Defense Against Tank Attack
William C. Palmer
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Gouache and crayon on tracing paper
Object number: WCP.619.5
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.97