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Title: Church as usual in riot area, Church as usual in riot area
Identifier: e_ea_0673
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Box: 2011-314/3
Folder: Riots, Detroit, Michigan, July 25-29, 1967
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: AP Wirephoto caption reads: "Members of the congregation of St. Marks Community Church on Detroit's 12th street, are framed by the walls of a gutted building, burned during the riots here last week, as they leave services this morning. An armed guardsman is seen at left of the group. The church is diagonally across the street from an after-hours drinking spot where the arrest of several patrons of the establishment last Sunday morning touched off the nation's worst civilian riot."

Title: Detroit riots, Detroit riots
Identifier: e_ea_0880
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: AP caption reads: "Michigan national guardsmen stood at the ready as firemen battled one of the numerous blazes in riot-torn district of Detroit in July 1967. Riots ripped the motor city following similar demonstrations in New Jersey. (AP Photo)"

Title: Exhausted Guardsmen Catch some Shut-Eye, Exhausted Guardsmen Catch some Shut-Eye
Identifier: e_ea_0671
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Box: 2011-314/3
Folder: Riots, Detroit, Michigan, July 25-29, 1967
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: AP Wirephoto caption reads: "Michigan National Guardsmen sleeping in a downtown Detroit park after an exhausting night patrolling riot-torn areas of the city."

Title: Last tribute to sniper victim, Last tribute to sniper victim
Identifier: e_ea_0674
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Box: 2011-314/3
Folder: Riots, Detroit, Michigan, July 25-29, 1967
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: AP Wirephoto caption reads: "A new pumper was the caisson for the casket bearing the body of fireman Carl E. Smith who was cut down by a sniper's bullet during the rioting Monday on Detroit's east side. Funeral procession for the 32-year-old fireman passes a firehouse in River Rouge, a Detroit suburb, as personnel of the station salute their fallen comrade. Firemen from Chicago, Cleveland, Windsor, Ont., and Detroit suburbs joined the procession Saturday."

Title: Michigan National Guardsman, Michigan National Guardsman
Identifier: e_ea_0676
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Box: 2011-314/3
Folder: Riots, Detroit, Michigan, July 25-29, 1967
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: Michigan National Guardsman reading newspaper reports on the riots in Detroit while guarding a building from rioters

Title: Precarious Playground, Precarious Playground
Identifier: e_ea_0672
Creator: Adams, Eddie, 1933-2004
Dates: 1967/07
Box: 2011-314/3
Folder: Riots, Detroit, Michigan, July 25-29, 1967
Resource: Eddie Adams photographic archive
Description: AP Wirephoto caption reads: "A negro youth balances on a foundation wall of what once was a middle-class residence on the west side of Detroit as he plays among the fallen bricks and burned timbers. A riot that lasted several days demolished thousands of homes and businesses and left a damage toll of more than $500,000,000."