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Rooftop view of Oakland Police Department/ California Highway Patrol and others, c. 1969

ca. 1969

Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This black and white photograph depicts two lines of police walking along the side of an urban street. To their left are several lanes of traffic. To their right are crowds of people lining the sidewalk. The view is taken from overhead and slightly behind the police. The front has accretions of a substance in the upper right quadrant. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#26."

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Catalog reference: 2016.117.26

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