Normally peaceful Harvard Square late 4/15 as it looked like a battle ground

Normally peaceful Harvard Square late 4/15 as it looked like a battle ground

Item Information

Title:
Normally peaceful Harvard Square late 4/15 as it looked like a battle ground
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
United Press International Telephoto
Date:
April 15, 1970
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Night photographs
Location:
Cambridge Historical Commission
Collection (local):
Cambridge Photo Morgue Collection
Series:
Politics, Riots, etc.
Subjects:
Demonstrations
Plazas
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Cambridge > Harvard Square (park)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 22 x 28 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53k2906
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Additional text on item: Cambridge, Mass: Normally peaceful Harvard Square late 4/15 as it looked like a battle ground as some 6,000 antiwar demonstrators raced through the area setting fires and smashing windows. Helmeted police using tear gas and riot sticks to finally quiet the area. At least 86 persons were treated at local hospitals.
Preferred Citation:
Courtesy of the Cambridge Historical Commission, Cambridge Photo Morgue Collection.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
PERR_P016_062