New Mexico State Penitentiary Burning
Photographer
United Press International
(founded 1958)
DateFebruary 4, 1980
Mediumwirephoto
Dimensions7 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (18 × 25.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.069
DescriptionSmoke billows from a burning building at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during a riot of the prisoners. A National Guard helicopter flies overhead. Vehicles are parked in the foreground. An observation tower on the prison grounds is near the left of the frame.On View
Not on view
United Press International
June 14, 1971
February 1980
