riot

11-May-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, May 11, 1934-- "These scenes, taken along the San Francisco Embarcadero, shows mobs running here and there, both in flight and in pursuit, as the 'fortunes of...

4-Jul-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, July 4, 1934-- "Police with clubs and guns charge mob (upper right) to clear way for first trucks moved from San Francisco's piers in 56 days of...

6-Jul-34

The caption on the back, July 6, 1934-- "Warfare in which no quarter was given or taken raged in the strife-torn Embarcadero area as 6000 strikers clashed repeatedly with 700 police armed with...

4-Dec-46

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo, "Mrs. Spencer-tweed coat black hat, right?, being heckled Wed. morn.- Dec. 7, 1946." Photo shows a crowd of people walking past a grocery store and...

December 3-5, 1946

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo, "policeman, left, escorting Mrs. Spencer away from crowd.-Dec. 7, 1946." Photo shows an interracial crowd following a woman and a police officer....

December 3-5, 1946

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo, "Top center, policeman's cap-Mrs. Spencer's black hat. Dec. 7, 1946." Photo shows a close up of the crowd following Mrs. Spencer and her police...

December 3-5, 1946

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo, "Caroline Galster and Pat MacMahon accused of being strike breakers, as mob grew abusive, undentified man between them came to their rescue." Photo...

December 3-5, 1946

Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo, "Strikers mob unidentified negro in front of Kahns." Photo shows a crowd of men gathered around an African American man, pushing and shoving....

4-Dec-46

Handwritten in blue pencil on the back of the photo, "on Telegraph bet. 16 & 17 Wednesday noon." Photo shows an interracial crowd of men and women, in the middle of a crowd appears to be a...

4-Dec-46

Handwritten in blue pencil on the back of the photo, "Wed morn., Wednesday morning crowd at Hastings as rioting broke out. Dec. 7, 1946." Photo shows a crowd of men and women in front of...

3-Dec-46

Handwritten on the back of the photo in pencil, "Tues., 1st riot Tuesday at Hastings. Dec. 7, 1946." Photo shows a large crowd gathered in front of Hastings. People are standing on cars parked...

14-Jul-69

Depiction: Young men are chased after they flee the scene where they tried to overturn a police car in a Berkeley neighborhood. Police are holding their batons up as if about to strike. There is a...

5-Dec-46

Tribune caption on the back, Dec. 5, 1946-- "Strikers and one AFL member, his face contorted in anger, are held back by Oakland police officers during one of the many scuffles in front of the...

1965-1970

Description: Eight men are throwing things at an approaching line of Berkeley police officers. They stand in the middle of an empty intersection in Berkeley. Shakespeare & Co. Books is seen on...

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