<I>Soldiers Wait</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 1967
name: label: Created by
content: Harry Benson, Scottish, born 1929
label: Published by
content: London Express, British
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of two armed men in U.S. Army uniforms sitting on the ground in a store entryway. The man on the left is slouched on the ground, and the lower half of a mannequin lies face-down on the ground to his right. The other man has his left hand holding up his rifle and he is looking directly at the photographer. In the window of the store there are four large photographs of women exhibiting different hairstyles. "Soul Sisters" is handwritten on the door behind the soldiers, intending to discourage looting during the 1967 Newark riots by indicating that this store is operated by African Americans.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of soldiers sitting in a store entryway during the Newark Riots
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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: 2011.57.10.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Harry Benson/Getty Images
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet and Image): 7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.7 × 24 cm)