Object number:
2000.1.1629
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
June 16, 1969
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 11 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:
Description: A young white man heaves a bucket of water over a chainlink fence surrounding the Peopl'e Park. He and the supporters around him wear their graduation robes. Photo caption reads: Water for flowers: Charles Palmer, outgoing University of California student body president, throws a pail of water over the fence of People's Park as a symbolic gesture Sunday. Palmer led a walk out of nearly 400 seniors from commencement exercises. This was followed by a march to the park which was fenced in by the university and resulted in a bloody riot at Berkeley on May 15.
Concepts:
bucket; woman; student; demonstration; demonstrator; crowd; protestor; student protest; fence; park; graduation; graduate; march; man; water
Places:
Berkeley, California
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