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"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999, Design: Osha Neumann, Painted: O'Brien Thiele, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others, Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California

The Mural
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The mural, as seen from the street, occupied the entire side of a building.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:20:53 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2335
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The Plaque
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A plaque, embedded into the wall upon which the mural was painted, described the mural and the events it depicted.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:21:10 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2236
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The Future
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At the right end of the mural were three figures from a supposed future. A homeless woman with her dog, a man panhandling on the sidewalk, and a mother walking her son to school. Between them a tree bursts through the sidewalk.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:21:27 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2337
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Peoples Park
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One view of the People's Park protest internal link with people approaching the police line.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:11:31 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2338
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Curved Ropes
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Strange curved blue ropes covered one of the screens of of the building upon which the mural was painted. Below the screen a man lay on his back to read a newspaper headline that announced, "A Peoples history of Telegraph Ave."


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:11:41 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2339
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Bulldozer Alarm
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Three strong men hauled dirt and dug to plant trees in People's Park. On a telephone pole behind them were two signs: "Bulldozer Alarm" and "Everybody Gets a Blister."


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:11:51 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2340
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Peoples Park
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At the top of that same telephone pole were more signs: "Peoples Park" and "Power To The People."


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:31:52 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2341
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Marched
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Four people marched in front of traffic as part of the protest. Two played music, and a fourth smoked pot.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:04 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2342
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Father And Daughter
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A father and daughter marched. Just ahead of them a psychedelic man held out a tablet of LSD.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:04 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2343
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More Blue Cables
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More blue cables covered a screen behind which several men waited in jail.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:10 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2344
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Above
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Above the jail were televisions, power cables, briefcases filled with cash, and Clark Kerr and Nixon holding onto the top ends of the cables.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:23 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2345
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Left End
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The far left end of the mural depicted the Free Speech Movement external link. Mario Savio gave a speech from the top of a police car.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:28 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2346
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Mario Savio
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Mario Savio on a police car in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus during the Free Speech Movement.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:34 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2347
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Hood Of Car
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A sheet of paper on the hood of the police car quoted Mario Savio's famous speech:

There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious that you can't even tacitly take part. You've got to put your bodies upon the gears, the levers and all the apparatus and you've got to indicate to the people who run it and own it that unless you are free the machine will be prevented from working at all.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:43 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2348
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Bunny
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At the extreme left end of the mural, a bunny dashed down a log.


"A People's History Of Telegraph Avenue" Mural 1976,1999 external link   •  Design: Osha Neumann external link   •  Painted: O'Brien Thiele external link, Janet Kranzberg,Naniel Galvez, and many others   •  Dwight Way Near Telegraph Avenue external link   •  Berkeley, California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:32:57 Friday 1 March 2019)   •  Nikon D300s Camera   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 25 September 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2350
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