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Spent tear gas cannister from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference protest in Seattle, 1999

This empty tear gas cannister was picked up by a local Seattleite after the 1999 Seattle protests that occurred during the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference, deemed the "Battle in Seattle."
ID Number: 2018.62.1
Date: 1999
Physical Description: 1 Instrument, Chemical; metal, plastic; 6.5 in.H x 2.75 in.Diam
Credit: MOHAI, 2018.62.1
Subjects: World Trade Organization (WTO), Protests and Demonstrations, Police and Law Enforcement

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