Object number:
H97.1.928
Object name:
photograph
Production organization:
Associated Press
Date made:
August 17, 1973
Material/Technique:
wire photo
Dimensions:
H: 9.75 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:
Caption reads: "Bakersfield, Calif., Aug. 17 -- Chavez mourns UFW member -- Overseen by a portrait of the late Egyption leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, United Farm Workers Union leader, Cesar Chavez leads a procession of mourners thru the town of Delano today. Fellow UFW member, Nagi Daifullah from Yemen, was killed Tuesday in a bar fight with police." Chavez leads a line of mourners, some of whom help to carry the casket, others holding up an enormous portait of Nasser, others still holding up UFW flags and banners.
Concepts:
Mexican American; Latino
Places:
Delano, California; Bakersfield, California
Persons:
Gamal Abdel Nasser; Cesar Chavez; Nagi Daifullah