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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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Medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag owned by Hazel Sinclair

Date
1939-1965
Manufactured by
Samsonite, American, founded 1910
Mercury Tours, Inc., American
Owned by
Clayton Sinclair, American
Hazel Sinclair, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Description
A white, medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag belonging to Hazel Sinclair, owner of the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
2011.12.33.1a: A white, medium sized suitcase with a white and tan marbled exterior belonging to Clayton and Hazel Sinclair, owners of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The case has a brass lock and brass handle hardware. The interior of the case is lined with gray silk. The case has two (2) tan interior luggage straps and two (2) elasticized pockets on the bottom. There is a silk divider attached to the top side of the case. The top side has three (3) brass hangers. There is a brass and wooden bar that stretches across top side of the silk divider but is attached at the bottom of the top side of the case with hinges. There are two (2) brass plates affixed to the center edge of the top of the case. The top one is oval shaped and has stamped text that reads [SHWAYDER BROS. INC. / Samsonite / DENVER DETROIT]. The plate below has the owner’s initials, [HAS], stamped in large text.
2011.12.33.1b: A black leather and plastic suitcase tag attached to the top handle with a white, paper card with black printed text that reads [IDENTIFICATION TAG] at the top with the owner’s information hand printed in blue ink below [CLAYTON SINCLAIR], followed below with his address and phone number. The tag is attached to the case with a black shoestring.
2011.12.33.1c: An orange paper tag with black text attached to the top handle reads [MERCURY TOURS, INC. / 31 St. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 240, BOSTON MA 02116]. Below are three printed lines of texts that read [Name] with the name [Hazel Sinclair] handwritten in pencil, [Bus #1 Tour CANADA], and [Departure Place] with the location [York, ME.] handwritten in pencil. On the back are two (2) sets of numbers handwritten in black text [426] near the top of the tag and [62] encircled in black in on the right side.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place used
Canada
Topic
African American
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Accessories and Personal Effects
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
2011.12.33.1abc
Type
suitcases
tags
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
silk (fiber) and leather with wood, plastic and metal
Dimensions
H x W x D (2012.12.33.1a): 18 5/8 × 19 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (47.3 × 50.4 × 22 cm)
H x W x D (2012.12.33.1b): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)
H x W x D (2012.12.33.1c): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)
Title
Object Name • Medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag owned by Hazel Sinclair
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.12.33.1abc
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
MEDIUM SIZED SUITCASE WITH A LUGGAGE TAG AND TOUR TAG OWNED BY HAZEL SINCLAIR
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1930s • 1960s
Name
Samsonite • Mercury Tours, Inc. • Sinclair, Clayton • Sinclair, Hazel • Rock Rest Tourist Home
Place
Canada • United States • Maine • North and Central America • Kittery • York County
Topic
Description and travel • Black Enterprise • Black interiors • Recreation • Segregation • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Kittery • County • York County • State • Maine • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • Country • Canada
Type
Suitcases • Tags
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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