Auto set on fire - violence explodes in Roxbury as car's gas tank blows up at Zeigler St. and Harrison Ave.

Auto set on fire - violence explodes in Roxbury as car's gas tank blows up at Zeigler St. and Harrison Ave.

Item Information

Title:
Auto set on fire - violence explodes in Roxbury as car's gas tank blows up at Zeigler St. and Harrison Ave.
Date:
[September 25, 1968]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Brearley Collection
Subjects:
Students
Demonstrations
Student movements
Schools
Automobiles
Fires
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Roxbury
Extent:
1 photograph : film negative ; 35 mm (roll format)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/34850226f
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger based on similar item.
Additional information accompanying item: Auto set on fire - violence explodes in Roxbury as car's gas tank blows up at Zeigler St. and Harrison Ave. A roving gang of Black youths flipped over the sedan and set it afire. When firemen arrived to put out the blaze, they were bombarded with rocks.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on date of event.
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
18_11_025058