<I>Alabama Fire Department Aims High-Pressure Water Hoses at Civil Rights Demonstrators</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 1963; printed 2007
name: label: Created by
content: Charles Moore, American, 1931 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of two African American men and an African American woman being sprayed with high-pressure fire hoses. They are leaning against the glass windows of a brick building. The man on the far right is being hit directly in the lower back with the stream of water from the hose. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.49.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Charles Moore
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 13/16 x 19 3/16 in. (32.5 x 48.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)