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At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968

At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968

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Date4/6/1968
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.260
Status
Not on view
Villagers from a hamlet near Nathrang, central Vietnam, swam for their lives toward a rescue boat as new floods hit the area. Some of the villagers towed their belongings. The new floods caused some 500 deaths and left thousands homeless in Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen, December 1964
Villagers from a hamlet near Nathrang, central Vietnam, swam for their lives toward a rescue boat as new floods hit the area. Some of the villagers towed their belongings. The new floods caused some 500 deaths and left thousands homeless in Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen, December 1964
Unknown Artist
12/1/1964
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Mark Godfrey
4/1/1970
The Rotary Club has 752,000 members in 150 countries. It was started in 1905 by a group of businessmen for their mutual benefit. The name derives from the original plan to "rotate" the location of each meeting. Today Rotary is a club devoted to four types of service: Club, Community, Vocational and International. We are still growing and add at least one new club to our worldwide membership every day. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
The Rotary Club has 752,000 members in 150 countries. It was started in 1905 by a group of businessmen for their mutual benefit. The name derives from the original plan to "rotate" the location of each meeting. Today Rotary is a club devoted to four types of service: Club, Community, Vocational and International. We are still growing and add at least one new club to our worldwide membership every day. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
1969 - 1975
I take nude modeling seriously. It's hard to get jobs because so many people are ready to fling off their clothes. At first, I felt awkward, but now moving comes naturally and my body falls into line. I'm not into parading nude at beaches. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
I take nude modeling seriously. It's hard to get jobs because so many people are ready to fling off their clothes. At first, I felt awkward, but now moving comes naturally and my body falls into line. I'm not into parading nude at beaches. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
1976, printed 1998
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Fred Waters
1/1/1961
A line of South Vietnamese armored personnel carriers move troops down a highway during a search operation in the Takeo area, 45 miles South of Phnom Penh on November 16, 1970
A line of South Vietnamese armored personnel carriers move troops down a highway during a search operation in the Takeo area, 45 miles South of Phnom Penh on November 16, 1970
Ghislain Bellorget
11/16/1970
A South Vietnamese soldier walks down the main street of Tonle Bet, Cambodia, June 1st, 1970, shortly after the area was heavily damaged during fighting between Cambodian troops and Viet Cong/North Vietnamese forces
A South Vietnamese soldier walks down the main street of Tonle Bet, Cambodia, June 1st, 1970, shortly after the area was heavily damaged during fighting between Cambodian troops and Viet Cong/North Vietnamese forces
Henri Huet
6/1/1970
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
John T. Wheeler
5/29/1971
Checking Credentials: Lawyer William Kunstler, center, and Dr. Frankel Kenneth, right, get their credentials checked by a police officer in effort to visit H. Rap Brown in New York's Roosevelt Hospital Saturday. Brown was wounded during a gun battle earlier Saturday when he and accomplices attempted to holdup a Manhattan bar. Both Kunstler and Kenneth were denied permission to visit Brown, October 16, 1971
Checking Credentials: Lawyer William Kunstler, center, and Dr. Frankel Kenneth, right, get their credentials checked by a police officer in effort to visit H. Rap Brown in New York's Roosevelt Hospital Saturday. Brown was wounded during a gun battle earlier Saturday when he and accomplices attempted to holdup a Manhattan bar. Both Kunstler and Kenneth were denied permission to visit Brown, October 16, 1971
Unknown Artist
10/16/1971
Phoenix Rising from the Flames
Phoenix Rising from the Flames
early 16th century
They Escape through the Flames (Escapan entre las llamas), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
They Escape through the Flames (Escapan entre las llamas), from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra)
Francisco de Goya
1810 - 1820 (plates, published 1863)
(Older worker with flames) Atlas Steel Casting, Buffalo, NY
(Older worker with flames) Atlas Steel Casting, Buffalo, NY
Milton Rogovin
1978