Stop the Killing – Vintage Wall Art
![Stop the Killing, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1a5fab11af02-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Stop the Killing brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Stop the Killing
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Its title, *Stop the Killing*, states the message outright, and the caption card's tracing "Peace" suggests it was read as an appeal against violence and war. The photoprint is credited to Margaret Thomas, but the card carries no date and its details have not been verified, so the circumstances of its making remain uncertain. Photoprints were a practical way to reproduce a single image in many copies, and peace-themed works like this one often circulated during periods of armed conflict. Viewers may find it worth studying the composition and any wording for clues to the moment it addressed.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Margaret Thomas. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Peace; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,222 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141290 |
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