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Image Not Available for State Troopers entering State Prison cell block, 1960
State Troopers entering State Prison cell block, 1960
Image Not Available for State Troopers entering State Prison cell block, 1960

State Troopers entering State Prison cell block, 1960

PhotographerPhotographed by Frank Lorenzo American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by United Press International American, founded 1907
Date1960 January 6
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.

Caption: HFP010701-1/7/60-WETHERSFIELD, CONN.: State Troopers adjust masks and weapons as they enter a cell block where half of the inmates of the Connecticut State Prison were involved in a riot. The uprising was put down with fire hoses and tear gas, 1/6. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.473.2
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