Title:
Berkeley waving man
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Salutations -- California -- Berkeley
Celebrities -- California -- Berkeley
African Americans -- California -- Berkeley
Charles, Joseph
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.
Publisher:
Berkeley Public Library
Date:
1987
Type:
image
Format:
1 black and white photographic print; 21.5 x 17 cm.
Identifier:
CB_165
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martin Luther King Jr. Way (Berkeley, Calif.); Orgeon Street (Berkeley, Calif.)
Rights:
copyrighted
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