2010.54.1890

untitled (Kent State protest image)
c. 1970
9.25 in HIGH x 14.00 in WIDE
(23.49 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.1890


Poster is an image of a woman kneeling down and lamenting over a dead body. Image is from Kent State massacre. Without credit, publication data, or source documentation it is virtually impossible to properly assign a precise date for this poster. This is the iconic photograph of the shooting at Kent State University, with 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio leaning over the body of one of the dead students. The photograph won a Pulitzer Prize. An altered version, with the pole behind Vecchio's head airbrushed out, was also distributed by news media. [LMC]
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