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Wooden coffin and wheelchair affixed to a cross at ADAPT protest of American Health Care Association

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Call NumberWH2274-2016-197DateOctober 1994SummaryA wooden coffin and a wheelchair hang from a wooden cross at an ADAPT protest of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994. This structure was intended to demonstrate the lives sacrificed to the nursing home industry that was represented by the AHCA. Photographer unknown.Physical Description1 color photographic printBorn-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPeople with disabilities--Civil rights--United StatesPeople With Disabilities--United States--HistoryProtest movements--United States--HistoryAmerican Disabled for Attendant Programs TodayAmerican Health Care AssociationGeographic AreaLas Vegas (Nev.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH2274. Laura Hershey papersDonorStephens, Robin, 1959-

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