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:
Envelope reads, "Same as 1700 [H96.1.2557]." Negative shows a woman in a George Washington costume complete with triangular hat and sword strapped to her side bent over near a tree, probably not a cherry tree, holding an axe in her hand ready to swing at the tree. In the background is one of the buildings on campus.
Concepts:
cherry tree; sword; costume
Places:
Mills college neighborhood, Oakland
Persons:
George Washington; Helen Tapper
Organizations:
Mills College
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