Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: MELCHER, Russ
Event Date: ca. 1955
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004253

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Belgium / demonstration; stamped: 628; handwritten: Riot in Brussels; stamped: 613; handwritten: used in Life 4//11//55-p. 40-1 / Int’l. Edit. 5//2//55-p. 76.7; handwritten: A; handwritten: 1 [circled]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: 4; stamped: Russ Melcher; stamped: 4; typed label: 4. As soon as the saber swinging soldiers cleared the street, in front of / them a mass formed behind them, throwing eggs, tomatoes etc. [sic]; handwritten: 126; handwritten: 0A4123; handwritten: pos. 126 [circled]

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Crowd; Day; Demonstration; Outdoors; Police; Protest; Riot; Riot control; Unrest, conflicts and war; Violence
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FASCISTS
Retouching: N