Details

Title

Untitled; Memphis, Tenn. May 28: ASSASSIN'S VIEW- This is the window from where the fatal shot was fired at Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. In the background is the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where King was standing when he was shot. The view is from the rear of a rooming house bathroom where police say the assassin stood in a bathtub to fire the shot.

Artist/Maker

Unidentified Photographer

Date

1964

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Dr. Joe Massey

Accession #

2018.87

On View

Currently not on view

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