Window display photographs on the Symbionese Liberation Army shootout, 1974 June

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Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet 13 photographs housed in 1 pamphlet binder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Window display photographs on the Symbionese Liberation Army shootout, Collection no. 7163, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 13 color photographs showing people gathered in front of an unknown storefront where photographs of the May 1974 shootout between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) are offered for sale. The people gathered in front of the store, which is almost certainly in Los Angeles, includes law enforcement officers in uniform and civilians looking at the photographs for sale. Signs on the storefront's window read "SLA­-LAPD photo story as it happened" and "Authentic photo souvenir key chain." The photographs were offered at 50 cents each. The 1974 shootout on East 54th Street in Los Angeles is one of the most notorious in Los Angeles history. After the shooting stopped and a fire caused by police tear gas was extinguished, police recovered 19 firearms from the SLA members involved. The 13 snapshots in the collection are color prints on Kodak branded paper with printed margins and a "Jun 74" date. The United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army was a far-left militant organization active between 1973 and 1975. The SLA was best known for the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books Archives, May 8, 2024.
Physical description:
A group of 13 original snapshots in color, each measuring 3.5 by 5 inches, printed on Kodak branded paper with margins and a "Jun 74" date.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Window display photographs on the Symbionese Liberation Army shootout, Collection no. 7163, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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