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"Mrs. Bernice Lythcott and her one-year-old son Leonard look out a window through which hoodlums threw stones."
| Date | October 18, 1943 |
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| Location | New York United States |
| Dimensions | Image: 13 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (33.7 x 27 cm) Paper: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) Mount: 15 x 11 5/8 in. (38.1 x 29.5 cm) Mat: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Framed: 24 11/16 x 20 11/16 in. (62.7 x 52.5 cm) |
| Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
Alphonso Lythcott was the superintendent of an apartment building on 166th Street that was being desegregated. Located between the black-populated buildings on 165th Street and the white-populated buildings on 167th Street, Lythcott's building and the African Americans living there were subject to vandalism and threats. Although the city offered police protection to residents during the day, the attacks, like the one on the Lythcott family, often occurred during the night. PM Daily, October 18, 1943
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Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993
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Accession No. 20109.1993