Flames of Anger: street scene of a two fire men fighting a fire with hoses during a Riot in Chicago, Illinois

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Flames of Anger: street scene of a two fire men fighting a fire with hoses during a Riot in Chicago, Illinois
Flames of Anger: street scene of a two fire men fighting a fire with hoses during a Riot in Chicago, Illinois
Artist/Maker
DateApril 7, 1968
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.6 × 25.7 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.273
Not on view
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Additional Details

Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center: "Flames / Of Anger" (newspaper pasted)
Verso, center: "[SUN-TIMES / APR 7 1968]"

Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-RT-559 1200"
Verso, center: "Hall" and "Madison about 20th"
Verso, top center: "Riots Chicago - April - 1968" and "[LXB 89 - 081]"
Verso, top right: "4 1/2" wide 6 3/4" (illegible) / #3 ChiSun Pages"
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Unknown artist
Date: August 18, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.270
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Unknown artist
Date: July 17, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.269
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Unknown artist
Date: July 15, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.274
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage United Press International Telephoto with airbrushing
Object number: 2022.15.117
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Unknown artist
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Denise Bellon
Date: December 1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.50
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Unknown artist
Date: August 15, 1963
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.260
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
Unknown artist
Date: September 6, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.288
Pool hall, Illinois
Pool hall, Illinois
Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1940 (printed later)
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.120
View of blast furnaces at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
View of blast furnaces at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Fred Korth
Date: c. 1940
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.73
Street scene reflected in bank window, Chicago
Street scene reflected in bank window, Chicago
Jean Mohr
Date: c. 1960s
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.224
The War Excitement in New York: Scene in Front of a Fire-Engine House, from the "London Illustrated News"
The War Excitement in New York: Scene in Front of a Fire-Engine House, from the "London Illustrated News"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 25, 1861
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.12