View of East Boston High School – vacant save for a few pupils – during a walkout which followed a series of troubles that have triggered violence in the Roxbury section of the city

View of East Boston High School – vacant save for a few pupils – during a walkout which followed a series of troubles that have triggered violence in the Roxbury section of the city

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Title:
View of East Boston High School – vacant save for a few pupils – during a walkout which followed a series of troubles that have triggered violence in the Roxbury section of the city
Name on Item:
Record American Photo, Carroll Myett
Date:
September 27, 1968
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Brearley Collection
Subjects:
Schools
Students
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > East Boston
East Boston High School
Extent:
1 photograph : film negative ; film size 6 x 9 cm
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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68z9260
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Notes:
Title from item or material accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Schoolboy Riots.
Caption: This is a view of East Boston High School – vacant save for a few pupils – during a walkout which followed a series of troubles that have triggered violence in the Roxbury section of the city. This new incident is a continuing climax to a three day orgy of violence that saw marauding gangs of black teenagers pillage Roxbury.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):
Date from item or material accompanying item.
Identifier:
18_11_004391