Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: CHRISTOPH, Henning
Event Date: 1971-08-10
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.022982

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Ireland; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR; stamped: NEGS NOT IN FILE; stamped: Photo and copyright by / Henning Christoph / 43 Essen / Dreilindenstr. 88, Tel. (0 21 41) 23 21 23 / Kto. Volksbank Essen 39 5070; typed label: C 1649//30A / The Northern Irish government’s use of the hated Special Powers / Act to intern over 300 persons early on the morning of August 9 / set off rioting and street warfare throughout six counties. / Londerderry was, as always, one of the main battlegrounds; handwritten: C 1649//30A

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: NORTHERN IRELAND / CIVIL WAR
Retouching: N