Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Photograph of an early Freedom Rider bus which was burned by an angry mob. Wire photo, 7 x 9 inches, captioned in the negative, with typed subject heading on verso; ½-inch repaired tear. Anniston, AL, 15 May 1961

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From the caption: "Fireman sprays water on burning hulk of Greyhound bus which burned on highway just outside town here 5/14 after angry mob attacked Negro and white 'Freedom Riders' on their arrival to test desegregation policies at bus stations."