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Title: Richard D. Larsen photograph collection
Dates: 1978
Collection number: MS 106
Creator:
Larsen, Richard D.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Richard D. Larsen photograph collection consists of 55 photographs of an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony in Joaquin Miller
Park in Oakland, California on March 7, 1978. Many of photographs show California Governor Jerry Brown speaking to a crowd
at the event, the California National Guard Historic Music Fifes and Drums of Old Calaveras performing in historical costume,
and members of the Oakland National Guard assisting in the planting of tree saplings.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Richard D. Larsen Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum &
Library at Oakland.
Richard D. Larsen photograph collection , MS 106, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Collection was donated to the Northern California Center for Afro-American History and Life by Richard D. Larsen.
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 12/12/2013,
Scope and Content of Collection
The Richard D. Larsen photograph collection consists of 55 photographs of an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony in Joaquin Miller
Park in Oakland, California on March 7, 1978. Many of photographs show California Governor Jerry Brown speaking to a crowd
at the event, the California National Guard Historic Music Fifes and Drums of Old Calaveras performing in historical costume,
and members of the Oakland National Guard assisting in the planting of tree saplings.
Series I. Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Brown, Jerry, 1938-.
Joaquin Miller Park (Oakland, Calif.)
Arbor Day.
Tree planting--United States.