Mute Evidence of Destruction - Dummies Along Springfield Ave
Photograph of mannequins in the street during the Newark Riots
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Date
- July 1967
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a smashed department store window along Springfield Avenue in Newark, NJ. Broken mannequin body parts and other debris are scattered on the sidewalk. The image shows an example of the destruction caused during the 1967 Newark riots.
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Race riots
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.10.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




