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Verso: Blue pen note: They Came And-----, pencil note: Sub Bettina E (circled) w/st, Blue pen note, crossed out in pencil: VDC #1 5 cols p-1-1st-, 2 purple stamps: Russ Reed, Oct 15 1965,2 Newspaper captions: 'Massed marchers stop and mill around in the face of Oakland policement - and then begin backing up' w/ purple stamp TRE Oct 16 1965, 'Bettina Aptheker, an avowed Communist Party member, is shown in the forefront of the anit-Viet Nam march on Oct.15' w/ purple stamp TRE Nov 9 - 1965. Image: This is a nighttime photograph of a crowd protesting the Viet Nam war. It is taking place in the middle of a street and there are several men in street clothes holding up their hands to restrain the crowd, which is standing in a semi-circle. The front row of the crowd is holding hands. There is one police officer on the left who is speaking into a bull horn. The woman identified as Aptheker is standing on mid-left, facing the left. She is wearing a shoulder bag, jacket, gloves, skirt, dark stockings and loafers. Her hair is braided. The crowd is holding several signs saying 'National-International Days of Protest', 'Bring the boys [home]', 'Oakland Army Terminal or Bust', 'Ban the Bomber'. On the right in the distance are business signs saying 'Liquor', 'Laundry', 'Pro Clean-Press Plain Skirts Sweaters 50 cents'. There is a red 'X' behind Aptheker, and cropping marks on the right side.