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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.

Carte-de-visite portrait of Lydia Maria Child

Date

ca. 1865

Photograph by

John Adams Whipple, American, 1822 - 1891

Subject of

Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880

Owned by

Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929

Description

Carte-de-visite of Lydia Maria Child shown in half portrait. Child is seated behind the corner of a white columned banister, possibly on a balcony outside a house with wooden siding next to a window with a lace curtain. Her left elbow is propped on the railing and her left hand rests on her chin. She holds a book in her right hand, which she is reading. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered into curls or braided above her ears, then pulled behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice and skirt with dropped bell sleeves and white lace collar. There is a ring with a dark stone on her left hand ring finger.
The text "John A. Whipple / 297 Washington Street / Boston." is printed on the back of the photograph.
The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "L. M. Child". Handwritten in the lower left corner of the album page in graphite is the text "John A. Whipple / 247 WASH. St. Boston".

Place captured

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Topic

African American
Antislavery
Literature
Photography
Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects
Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Abolitionist movement

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2017.30.21

Type

cartes-de-visite
albumen prints
portraits

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9 × 5.7 cm)
H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 in. (10.5 × 6.2 cm)

Title

Object Name • Carte-de-visite portrait of Lydia Maria Child

Record ID

nmaahc_2017.30.21

Museum

NMAAHC

Title Sort

CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAIT OF LYDIA MARIA CHILD

Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Metadata Usage

CC0

Date

1860s • 1870s

Name

Whipple, John Adams • Howland, Emily • Child, Lydia Maria

Place

United States • Massachusetts • North and Central America • Suffolk County • Boston

Topic

Photography • Literature • Abolitionist movement • U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865 • Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877 • Antislavery

Culture

African Americans

Geo Location

City • Boston • County • Suffolk County • State • Massachusetts • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America

Type

Portraits • Photographs • Visiting cards

Online Media Type

Electronic resource • Images

Online Media Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Media

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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