Object number:
2000.1.754
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
May 21, 1969
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Depiction: AP photo caption reads: Guardsmen with bayoneted rifles and police hold an estimated 200 persons in the corner of a downtown Berkeley parking light [should read 'lot] Thursday afternoon to climax a week of demonstrations over the People's Park. All were arrested." A large crowd stands in an empty lot. A white brick wall is behind them and many National Guardsmen are standing around them in an arc holding their guns straight out from their waist.
Concepts:
arrest; police; army; crowd; rifle; street; bayonet; demonstration; protestor
Places:
Berkeley, California
Organizations:
National Guard
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