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"Slave Sale" - Tempe Daily News - August 2, 1978
"Slave Sale" - Tempe Daily News - August 2, 1978
"Slave Sale" - Tempe Daily News - August 2, 1978

"Slave Sale" - Tempe Daily News - August 2, 1978

DateJuly 1978
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.3621
DescriptionFrom a photo caption appearing in Tempe Daily News, August 2, 1978:

Slave Sale - Father Pat (lower left) sells Frank Mirizio, president of Young Spirits, the youth group at the church.
"Slave sales" were at the time common fundraisers at high schools and churches. Individuals would be "sold" to act as a "slave" for the buyer for a particular period of time.

The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G8-C.
Status
Not on view