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:
Handwritten on back "Rex Weigel student at UC Berkeley". Photo shows a young man with one leg. He holds a crutch in one hand. The other crutch is under his arm. He wears a Tshirt "VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR". His other hand holds one end of a banner which reads "TO HELL WITH THEIR DRAFT-OUR ENEMY IS HERE AT HOME! ON TO MAY DAY 1980-VVAW". The other end of the banner is held by another man. They stand on the sidewalk. Behind them are pedestrians and an onlooker leans against a store window.
Concepts:
physically handicapped; veteran; draft protest; May Day; man; crutch; street
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