The Tribune clipping, dated May 19, 1974, on the back of the photo reads "COMMUNITY TV VENTURE Inside the studios of Acorn Community Television, volunteer control room staff members watch monitors and direct cameras for a cable telecast of a community discussion. The unique system, in West Oakland's Acorn Redevelopment Project, culminates three years of work and planning when it begins programming today. For the full story of how an urban community got its own TV system, see page 25." A handwritten notation, also on the back of the photo, reads "Larry Swan watches monitors and directs 3 video cameras." Three people are inside the control room watching an overhead TV monitor. From rear to front, there is the man described in the notation as Larry Swan, a woman, and another man. The two men are identifiable as Afro Americans by their hair styles. Looking through the glass of the control room at right is the studio.