<I>Birmingham Police Armored Car</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Birmingham Police Department, founded 1871
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of an armored riot car used by the Birmingham Police Department, by Platon. The white car is depicted from the front. The hood of the car and the front tire wells are covered in white, sloped plated armor. The windshield is small, narrow, rectangular, and dark. Centered above the windshield is a smaller, rectangular window that is also dark. The roof of the car is covered in white armor. The headlights are protected with a thick metal mesh. The edges of two additional window are visible on the passenger and driver sides of the car. Emblazoned on the front of the car is a dark painted device of an eagle with its wings spread over a banner and shield with black text that reads [BIRMINGHAM / POLICE]. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.21
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 14 9/16 × 21 7/16 in. (37 × 54.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)