Anti-Wallace protesters at the George Wallace rally on Boston Common flashing peace signs, carrying signs with a peace symbol and 'Is Wallace common sense?'

Item Information

Title:
Anti-Wallace protesters at the George Wallace rally on Boston Common flashing peace signs, carrying signs with a peace symbol and 'Is Wallace common sense?'
Description:
From a series of photographs labeled "George Wallace Rally on Boston Common." As part of his campaign for the presidency, Wallace spoke to a peaceful, but mostly hostile crowd estimated at between 18,000 and 20,000 on the Common.
Photographer:
Simon, Peter, 1947-
Date:
October 9, 1968
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Peter Simon Collection
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Subjects:
Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-v06-sl060-i023
Terms of Use:
Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Boston (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph009-v06-sl060-i023