John F Kennedy on Telegraph 1962
Description:
President John F. Kennedy's motorcade heading north on Telegraph Avenue, at 29th Street, Oakland, Calif. (looking southwesterly). Kennedy is in the lead car, back seat, passenger side. Spotless Cleaners, in the center of the photograph, is at 2817 Telegraph Avenue. The brown shingle residence at the right no longer stands.
Date of Document:
23-Mar-62
Document Author:
Allan Kramer
Geographic Location:
Telegraph Avenue at 29th Street, Oakland, Calif.
Context:
On Friday, March 23, 1962, President John F. Kennedy arrived at the Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda to begin a three-day swing through California. Among those greeting him were California governor, Edmund G. Brown and Congressman George P. Miller. That day, President Kennedy spoke at the University of California s 94th Charter Day Ceremony, held at Memorial Stadium on the UC Berkeley campus and presided over by UC president Clark Kerr. Later that day, he visited the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. President Kennedy s motorcade route from Alameda to the UC Berkeley campus passed through Oakland along Broadway, Telegraph Avenue and Shattuck Avenue.From a 1962 issue of Safeway News, the company magazine, which published the photo with caption: "Audience which greeted Kennedy at Memorial Stadium was largest he has ever addressed in person at one time (93,000), also a record for University."