(CIVIL RIGHTS) [Horace Cort photographer] The infamous photo

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) [Horace Cort, photographer.] The infamous photograph of a Florida hotel owner pouring acid to frighten swimmers. Photograph, 10 x 8 inches, with inked UPI stamp and manuscript notation on verso; small sticker remnant on right edge, minor wear. [St. Augustine, FL]: United Press International, [18 June 1964]

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Hotel owner James Brock is shown pouring muriatic acid into a swimming pool to frighten away anti-segregation protesters in St. Augustine, FL. Activist Mimi Ford Jones (1947-2020) is seen screaming toward the camera.