Object number:
2000.1.824
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
May 30, 1969
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 11 in, W: 8 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: Someone has placed a flower in a chainlink fence at the People's Park. Armed National Guardsmen stand on the other side of the fence. Photo cpation reads: Some of the thousands who marched in Berkeley Friday protesting the closure of a "People's Park" and the use of National Guardsmen after a blood riot May 15, stuck flowers in the steel meshed fence now surrounding the park. The area is now a bivouac area for guardsmen.
Concepts:
rifle; fence; flower; man; park; protestor
Places:
Berkeley, California
Organizations:
National Guard
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