The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Black and white photograph
Content description:
Men and women demonstrators turn a vacant lot into an impromptu community garden. Wooden stakes stick out of the ground where flowers and vegetables will eventually be growing. The caption attached to the back of the photograph reads: "There was no trouble in Berkeleyu yesterday when about 400 persons moved onto a vacant lot at Hearst and Grove Streets and began planting a garden. The lot is located above a Bay Area rapid transit subway tunnel...
Concepts:
demonstration; student protest; garden; crowd
Places:
Berkeley, California; People's Park
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