Object number:
2007.100.1
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Untitled (Black Panthers, DeFremery Park, Oakland)
Maker:
Stephen Shames
Date made:
1968
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 11 in, W: 14 in
Credit line:
Prints and Photographs Fund
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Physical description:
black and white photograph
Content description:
depicts a Black Panther Party at DeFremery Park in Oakland. Four men appear in the composition wearing leather jackets and berets. One man stands in profile at left. Two men appear at center facing toward the camera, and a third appears in the foreground, sitting in profile at bottom center. A speaker box appears in the foreground and fills the right third of the composition.
Concepts:
beret; speaker
Places:
Oakland
Organizations:
Black Panther Party
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