Bobby Seale Campaigns for Mayor of Oakland and Elaine Brown Campaigns for City Council, Oakland, California, 1972
- Photograph by
- Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- Brown, Elaine, American, born 1943
- Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Date
- 1972, printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 12 5/8 × 18 5/8 in. (32.1 × 47.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Bobby Seale campaigning for Mayor of Oakland. Seale, at the proper right of the photograph, is wearing an overcoat, button-down shirt and tie, and he is gesturing with both hands. Seale is accompanied by Elaine Brown, who stands at the center of the photograph, wearing a fur coat belted with a leather belt. Brown is looking at Seale while shaking hands with a man at the proper left of the photograph. The man is looking at Seale and appears to be listening to him intently. They are standing on a sidewalk in front of houses.
- Place depicted
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.123.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Stephen Shames
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.