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Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis
Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis
Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateApril, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (45.4 x 31.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
Mat: 28 x 24 in. (71.1 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.8
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
On View
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Collections
Boarding House Bathroom room which James Earl Ray Shot Dr. King, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
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The Spirit of Memphis, Club Paradise, Memphis
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