Photograph of a man carrying a contrabass in Detroit
date: label: Date
content: July 1967
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ira Rosenberg
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a man carrying a contrabass after the rebellion in Detroit, commonly known as the Detroit Riots. The image depicts a man walking down a sidewalk, with his back to the camera. He is carrying a contrabass under his right arm, and a hurricane lamp and a stick in his left hand. The street is residential, with trees on the left side of the street. There is a white car in the street on his left, and a black car on his right in a yard. There are police barricades and crowds of people on the sidewalks.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Music
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: 2011.57.11.14
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ira Rosenberg
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): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 7/8 × 9 5/8 in. (20 × 24.4 cm)