Object number:
2013.1.47
Object name:
photograph
Maker:
Russ Reed
Date made:
January 4, 1965
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 9.25 in, W: 14 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:
A large crowd gathers in Sproul Plaza during the Free Speech Movement. Members of the media surround one man in particular in the center of the crowd. Photo corrections made to top and bottom of image. Handwritten on back: "Crowd at U.C. Sproul rally -- dry"; "Crowd 8 cob x 7 3/4" D w 1st" Typed and taped to back: "Crowds of this size, assembled to hear Free Speech Movement members denounce university policies on student political activity, were not unusual during the height of the Berkeley campus crisis." Stamped to back: "Jan 6, 1965"; "Jan 4 1965"; "Russ Reed
Concepts:
crowd; Free Speech Movement; student protest
Organizations:
Sproul Plaza; University of California, Berkeley
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