At a news conference in the Federal Building in Chicago. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the desk. He appeared at the conference with six other defendants, charged with conspiracy to incite mob action at the Democratic Convention, who are standing behind him. They are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth defendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy Kurshan, Rubin's wife.

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At a news conference in the Federal Building in Chicago. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the desk. He appeared at the conference with six other defendants, charged with conspiracy to incite mob action at the Democratic Convention, who are standing behind him. They are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth defendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy Kurshan, Rubin's wife.
At a news conference in the Federal Building in Chicago. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the desk. He appeared at the conference with six other defendants, charged with conspiracy to incite mob action at the Democratic Convention, who are standing behind him. They are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoffman, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth defendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy Kurshan, Rubin's wife.
Artist/Maker (American)
DateOctober 8, 1969
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 8 7/8 in. (20.3 × 22.5 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (17.5 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.132
Not on view

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Markings Verso, lower center (affixed newspaper caption): "OCT 9 1969 / AT A NEWS CONFERENCE in the Federal / Building in Chicago Wednesday, Yippie leader / Jerry Rubin makes a point by pounding the / desk. He appeared at the conference with six / other defendants, charged with conspiracy to / incite mob action at the Democratic Con- / vention, who are standing behind him. They / are (from left) John Froines, Abbie Hoff- / man, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger, Thomas / Hayden and Rennard Davis. The eighth de- fendant, Bobby Seale, is in jail. The girl / seated with Rubin was introduced as Nancy / Kurshan, Rubin's wife.
Inscribed Recto, top margin (black crayon): "3 C F.S. 64"
Recto, bottom margin (blue ink): "3 cols PS Rubin"
Verso, bottom left, sideways (pencil): "ANTI-CHI-134"
Verso, center right (blue ink): "4 1/2"
Yippie leader Jerry Rubin rips off his jurist's robe in front of a University of Utah crowd in Salt Lake City, Utah as part of his defiance of the nation's legal system.
Unknown artist, American
Date: February 8, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.255
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Jim Dine
Date: 1984
Medium: Etching, aquatint, sugar-lift aquatint, and drypoint with power-tool abrasion
Object number: 1989.12
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b