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2000.107.153.10.03
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Student protest at IRS headquarters, Seattle, April 15, 1970
Order an ImageOn April 15, 1970, thirty students from the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee Against the Vietnam War staged a short demonstration outside of IRS headquarters to protest the use of tax money to support the war in Vietnam. In this image, demonstrators carry signs outside the IRS offices at Sixth Avenue and Lenora Street in downtown Seattle. The protesters were led by Seattle Liberation Front leader Michael Lerner, who was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Washington at the time.
Caption information source: Seattle Times, April 15, 1970, p. 70.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Caption information source: Seattle Times, April 15, 1970, p. 70.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.153.10.03
Date: 1970
Creator(s):
Barlet, Tom, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.153.10.03, photo by Tom Barlet
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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