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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Poems by Lord Byron with Illustrations

Date
ca. 1890
Written by
Lord Byron, British, 1788 - 1824
Published by
Routledge, British, founded 1851
Printed by
Ballantyne Press, British, founded 1799
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Owned by
Clayton Sinclair, American
Hazel Sinclair, American
Description
A hardback book titled, Poems by Lord Byron with Illustrations, by Byron and published by George Routledge and Sons. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The green front cover of the embossed volume features a large, ornate, gold leaf rectangular box at the center. The shortened title is printed at the top of the box in black text that reads [BYRON] and [ILLUSTRATED] is printed in smaller, green relief text at the bottom. Between, is a panel of scrolled arabesque leaves and three five petal flowers. Above the box is an illustration of a gold leaf lyre. There is an illustration of a gold leaf flower with leafy stems in a black vase at the bottom of the box. The box is framed by black embossed bands of geometric shapes and vines. At the top of the spine is a gold leaf five-pointed star. The shortened title and the publisher, [ROUTLEDGE], are printed in black text in gold leaf bands on the spine. There is also an illustration of a black lyre at the center and a gold leaf five petal flower with leafy stems in a black vase at the bottom. The back of the book is green with an embossed square framing flowers and leaves at the center. The interior of the book has black type on white pages. There is a thin, red decorative border around all of the pages. The pastedowns and free endpapers are deep mauve. In the top right corner of the front free endpaper is a faded black ink, handwritten inscription that reads [Mrs T.F. Chapin]. The book features dozens of poems, a biography of Byron, extracts from Don Juan, and two printed, black-and-white illustrations of etchings. The book has 720 pages.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
London, England, Europe
Topic
African American
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Literature
Poetry
Segregation
Travel
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Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.12.52.4
Type
hardcover books
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) , cardboard , leaf (metal) and thread
Dimensions
H x W x D: 7 9/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (19.2 × 13.4 × 4.1 cm)
Title
Title • Poems by Lord Byron with Illustrations
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.12.52.4
Museum
NMAAHC
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POEMS BY LORD BYRON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1890s
Name
Byron • Ballantyne Press • Sinclair, Clayton • Routledge • Sinclair, Hazel • Rock Rest Tourist Home
Place
United States • Maine • North and Central America • Europe • Kittery • London • England • York County
Topic
Description and travel • Black Enterprise • Literature • Black interiors • Segregation • Poetry
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Kittery • County • York County • State • Maine • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • City • London • Country • England • Continent • Europe
Type
Hardcover books
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Rights and restrictions shown above are supplied by the Smithsonian record.

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