Object number:
2000.1.882
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
March 23, 1983
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 11 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: Two men are being arrested, each by two police officers, during a protest at the Vandenburg Air Force Base. One man is wearing only his underwear. The men stand in the middle of a street. Photo caption reads: Sheriff's deputies detain one protestor, foreground, while other officers take away another clad only in his underwear, at Vandenburg Air Force Base. It is believed that a few protestors stripped to their underwear to make processing of arrestees more difficult for authorities.
Concepts:
demonstration; nuclear weapon; nuclear war; arrest; underwear; political protest; man; protestor; demonstrator; peace protest
Places:
Lompoc, California; Vandenberg Air Force Base
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