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1.Bill Eppridge
1968, May (taken)
Bobby Kennedy campaigns in IN during May of 1968, with various aides and friends: former prizefighter Tony Zale and (right of Kennedy) N.F.L. stars Lamar Lundy, Rosey Grier, and Deacon Jones

Pigment print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30405
2.Bill Eppridge
1966
Senator Robert Kennedy at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30406
3.Bill Eppridge
1968, 5 June
The burned master vintage print that was used for reproduction in LIFE magazine of Senator Robert F. Kennedy Shot, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 1968

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
The original print of RFK shot, Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968. Printed in 1968, the evening of the shooting. Burned in a canyon fire in Los Angeles, possibly 1972.
 
LL/30407
4.Bill Eppridge
1968
The Robert F. Kennedy funeral train travels through Trenton, New Jersey

Pigment print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30408
5.Eddie Adams
1968
Street execution of a Viet Cong prisoner, Saigon

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30409
6.Eddie Adams
1965
Marine Crossfire, Vietnam

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30410
7.John Olsen
1968
U.S. Marines at battle of Hue, Vietnam
[LIFE Magazine Photographers]

Chromogenic print
20 x 24 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
LL/30411
8.Amalie R. Rothschild
1968
Peace Anti-War Rally, Central Park, Spring 1968

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30412
9.Steve Schapiro
1968
Photographing protestors at Anti-Nixon rally, Washington, DC

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30413
10.Charles H. Phillips
1968, August (late)
Yippies climb a statue of Union General John A. Logan astride a horse in Grant Park during protests at the Democratic National Election, Chicago, IL
[LIFE Magazine Photographers]

Gelatin silver print
6 x 9 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
LL/30414
11.Ken Regan
1968
Allen Ginsberg at protests outside Democratic Convention, Chicago

Chromogenic print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30415
12.Ken Regan
1968
Abbie Hoffman at protests outside Democratic Convention, Chicago

Chromogenic print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30416
13.Ken Regan
1968
Anti-war protest, Washington, DC

Chromogenic print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30417
14.Steve Schapiro
1965
Martin Luther King Jr., (Megaphone), Selma, Alabama

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30418
15.Joseph Louw
1968, 4 April
Dr. Martin Luther King assassination, Memphis, Tenn.
[LIFE Magazine Photographers]

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
Andrew Young (L) and others on balcony of Lorraine Motel pointing in direction of gun shots after assassination of civil rights ldr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is lying at their feet.
 
LL/30419
16.Steve Schapiro
1968
Martin Luther King Jr's Motel Room Hours After He Was Shot, Memphis, Tennessee

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30420
17.Harry Benson
1968
Coretta Scott King with her children after escorting Martin Luther King Jr's body back to Atlanta

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30421
18.Leonard McComb
1968
The Poor People's Campaign encouraged 2,600 people to the Mall in Washington, DC to live for almost 6 weeks, from 05/14 to 06/24 1968, in shantytowns named Resurrection City
[LIFE Magazine Photographers]

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
LL/30422
19.Bob Gomel
1968
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali posing in front of the Alvin Theater during production of play "The Great White Hope", NY

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30423
20.Steve Schapiro
n.d.
Andy Warhol, the Factory, New York

Gelatin silver print
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30424
21.Leigh Weiner
n.d.
Johnny Cash, Melody Ranch, CA

Pigment print
20 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30425
22.Elliott Landy
1968
Bob Dylan, Infrared

Fuji Crystal Archive Print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30426
23.Elliott Landy
n.d.
Jimi Hendrix, Fillmore East

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30427
24.Elliott Landy
1968
Janis Joplin at the Fillmore East, NYC

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30428
25.Carlo Bavagnoli
1968
Actress Jane Fonda in publicity still for "Barbarella"
[LIFE Magazine Photographers]

Chromogenic print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
LL/30429
26.Mal Bulloch
1968
Charlton Heston in a scene from "Planet of the Apes"

Pigment print
11 x 14 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30430
27.Keir Dullea
1968
Astronauts, "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
LL/30431
28.John Dominis
1968, 16 October
1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Pigment print
16 x 20 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist in the 1968 Summer Olympics, while Silver medallist Peter Norman from Australia (left) wears an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge to show his support for the two Americans. (Wikipedia - accessed Sept 2, 2008)
 
LL/30432
29.Lee Balterman
1968
Richard Nixon giving a victory speech

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
© Time Inc.
 
LL/30433
30.William Anders
1968, 29 December
Rising Earth greets Apollo 8 Astronauts

Chromogenic print
11 x 14 in
 
Monroe Gallery Of Photography
The original print is in the National Archives.
 
LL/30434
   
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