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Title
Berkeley waving man
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1987
Publication Information
Berkeley Public Library
Contributing Institution
Berkeley Public Library
Collection
Berkeley History Online
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Description
Joseph Charles, the Berkeley "waving man" with his familiar gloves, smile, and two arm wave to passing motorists at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Oregon Street. He is wearing a t-shirt from his appearance on the television program "Real People." For 30 years, from October 6, 1962 to October 6, 1992, Mr. Charles donned yellow construction workers' gloves, stood in front of his house, and waved to the morning traffic.
Type
image
Format
1 black and white photographic print; 21.5 x 17 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt487024t8
CB_165
Language
English
Subject
Salutations--California--Berkeley
Celebrities--California--Berkeley
African Americans--California--Berkeley
Charles, Joseph
Place
Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Berkeley, Calif.)
Orgeon Street (Berkeley, Calif.)

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