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Formerly the Breuner's Furniture Company, the Oakland Tribune moved into the building at 13th and Franklin Streets on March 25, 1918. Here the windows are decorated with flags for the dedication March 30. (Edward "Doc" Rogers / Oakland Tribune) Fox, Theatre, Oakland Museum, Oakland Tribune, Oaktown, Oakland California, Oakland, New York Pictures, Landmarks
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Formerly the Breuner's Furniture Company, the Oakland Tribune moved into the building at 13th and Franklin Streets on March 25, 1918. Here the windows are decorated with flags for the dedication March 30. (Edward "Doc" Rogers / Oakland Tribune)
Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, 1928,  newly completed Cali, California History, East Bay, Richmond, Bay Area
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Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, 1928, newly completed
Earthquake damage in Oakland, Washington St., west side, April 1906. (via Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library) Alameda County, Washington Usa, West Side, Westside, Earthquake Damage, San Francisco Earthquake, United States
Earthquake damage [picture] : Washington St., west side, Apr. 1906.
Earthquake damage in Oakland, Washington St., west side, April 1906. (via Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library)
Oakland, Rockridge, California,  1910 Vintage, Ps, Outdoor, Vintage Photos, Oakland San Francisco, Berkeley
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Oakland, Rockridge, California, 1910
Joaquin Miller Abbey - Oakland - LocalWiki Joaquin, Alameda, The Fosters, Miller Homes, Northern
Joaquin Miller Abbey - Oakland - LocalWiki
Joaquin Miller Abbey - Oakland - LocalWiki
Pianist Dave Brubeck and his wife Ollie (1960) "Ollie and Dave collaborate on lyrics and music in the Brubeck living room. All five children are also musically inclined and enjoy listening to records" (via SFPL) An East Bay native, Brubeck was educated at Mills College and, during the 1960s, lived in Oakland while his jazz quartet took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub. People, Jazz, History, Dave Brubeck, Olds, Photographer, Jazz Quartet, Records, Nostalgia
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Pianist Dave Brubeck and his wife Ollie (1960) "Ollie and Dave collaborate on lyrics and music in the Brubeck living room. All five children are also musically inclined and enjoy listening to records" (via SFPL) An East Bay native, Brubeck was educated at Mills College and, during the 1960s, lived in Oakland while his jazz quartet took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub.
Mark Twain at Piedmont White Sulphur Springs, Oakland Calif. 1867 (photo by Eadward Muybridge) Tours, Inspiration, County, Springs, Golden Gate Park
Mark Twain at Piedmont White Sulphur Springs, Oakland Calif. 1867 [picture].
Mark Twain at Piedmont White Sulphur Springs, Oakland Calif. 1867 (photo by Eadward Muybridge)
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Oakland, Highland Hospital
Packard auto showroom on Lake Merritt (ca. 1928) Master Arts and Crafts architect Bernard Maybeck designed two ornate showrooms, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland, for California Packard distributor Earle C. Anthony. Around 1939, the Oakland building was sold to a Buick dealer, and the entire site was torn down in the 1960's to make room for a parking lot. Car Park, Architecture, Lake Merritt Oakland, Parking Lot, Bernard Maybeck, East Bay Area
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Packard auto showroom on Lake Merritt (ca. 1928) Master Arts and Crafts architect Bernard Maybeck designed two ornate showrooms, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland, for California Packard distributor Earle C. Anthony. Around 1939, the Oakland building was sold to a Buick dealer, and the entire site was torn down in the 1960's to make room for a parking lot.
North on Broadway, Oakland Calif., ca. 1928 (Signs visible in photograph: Vitaphone, Rainbow Cafe, United Cigar Store and Ruddick Hats Note 2.) Stamped on verso: "Ford E. Samuel 470 13th Street., Oakland, Calif.") Humour, New York Public Library, Downtown Oakland, California City, American Cities, Towns, Vintage Trains, America
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North on Broadway, Oakland Calif., ca. 1928 (Signs visible in photograph: Vitaphone, Rainbow Cafe, United Cigar Store and Ruddick Hats Note 2.) Stamped on verso: "Ford E. Samuel 470 13th Street., Oakland, Calif.")
Dead Dog lane and other choice shots from the wild wild lands of East Oakland near our picture framing studio - come visit! Studio, Dog, Dead Dog, Wild, Lane, East, Dead
Oakland - Dumping / Unhoused Crisis
Dead Dog lane and other choice shots from the wild wild lands of East Oakland near our picture framing studio - come visit!
Street paving circa 1900. Oakland had no paved streets until 1864, when workmen laid six blocks of macadam along Broadway between Fourth and Tenth streets. The price of the Civil War-era contract showed how little people trusted paper money. The cost came down fourteen cents a foot if payment was made in "gold coin of the United States of America United States Of America
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Street paving circa 1900. Oakland had no paved streets until 1864, when workmen laid six blocks of macadam along Broadway between Fourth and Tenth streets. The price of the Civil War-era contract showed how little people trusted paper money. The cost came down fourteen cents a foot if payment was made in "gold coin of the United States of America
Before the Bay Bridge, the Key System trains ended on the "mole" at the end of the landfill spit where they discharged their passengers who then boarded ferries to cross the Bay to San Francisco. Mole, System, Railroad, Key, Railroad History
Key System and March of Progress
Before the Bay Bridge, the Key System trains ended on the "mole" at the end of the landfill spit where they discharged their passengers who then boarded ferries to cross the Bay to San Francisco.
Oakland East from 9th at Broadway, 1870 courtesy Oakland Public Library, history room Public, Broadway, Cities, City, Street View
View East from 9th by Broadway, Oakland 1870
Oakland East from 9th at Broadway, 1870 courtesy Oakland Public Library, history room
"San Francisco" Ferry at the Oakland Mole & Key Route Pier Railroad c1920 #oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco Ferry, West Coast
"San Francisco" Ferry at the Oakland Mole & Key Route Pier Railroad
"San Francisco" Ferry at the Oakland Mole & Key Route Pier Railroad c1920 #oakland
March 12, 1934 - View from inside the Old Broadway Tunnel when it was closed for repairs after timbers fell. (Oakland Tribune Photo) Ideas, Timber Falls
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March 12, 1934 - View from inside the Old Broadway Tunnel when it was closed for repairs after timbers fell. (Oakland Tribune Photo)
Circa 1910s - An island shaped plaza marked the Alameda County portal to the old tunnel. The tunnel opened in November of 1903. (Courtesy of the Lou Stein Collection) Caves, West End, Island
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Circa 1910s - An island shaped plaza marked the Alameda County portal to the old tunnel. The tunnel opened in November of 1903. (Courtesy of the Lou Stein Collection)
Oakland City Hall and Cathedral Building from Lake Merritt (ca. 1914) Photograph was hand colored, via OSU Archives City Hall, Oakland City, Places Around The World, Golden Gate, California Dreamin', Northern California
City Hall-Oakland, California
Oakland City Hall and Cathedral Building from Lake Merritt (ca. 1914) Photograph was hand colored, via OSU Archives
Montclair/Oakland - Crowd of prospective buyers arrive at the Real Estate sales office and observatory in Montclair Hills - 1923 (per license plate), possibly driving Chevrolet's made nearby in the automakers factory in East Oakland.  Oakland made some many vehicles in the day that it was dubbed the "Detroit of the West", which was actually consider to be a good moniker. Destinations, Montclair California, Oakland Hills
Montclair Sales Office and Observatory
Montclair/Oakland - Crowd of prospective buyers arrive at the Real Estate sales office and observatory in Montclair Hills - 1923 (per license plate), possibly driving Chevrolet's made nearby in the automakers factory in East Oakland. Oakland made some many vehicles in the day that it was dubbed the "Detroit of the West", which was actually consider to be a good moniker.
After FDR’s death in April 1945, the Potomac began a long and ignominious decline from her former role in world affairs. After many adventures and many owners – including Elvis Presley at one point – she was seized in 1980 in San Francisco as a front for drug smugglers - impounded at Treasure Island, she sank. The ship was raised and unceremoniously dumped on the East Bay Estuary where she sat abandoned and rotting. A week away from being sold as scrap the ship was rescued by the Port of Oakland Museums, Elvis Presley, Owners, Drug Smuggler, Fdr, Yacht
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After FDR’s death in April 1945, the Potomac began a long and ignominious decline from her former role in world affairs. After many adventures and many owners – including Elvis Presley at one point – she was seized in 1980 in San Francisco as a front for drug smugglers - impounded at Treasure Island, she sank. The ship was raised and unceremoniously dumped on the East Bay Estuary where she sat abandoned and rotting. A week away from being sold as scrap the ship was rescued by the Port of Oakland
Oakland circa 1920 • 14th and Broadway - terrific view of the street scene Ohio, Street, Past, Photo, Black White Photos, Old Photos, Modern City, Euclid, Street Scenes
Broadway and 14th Street, Oakland, California
Oakland circa 1920 • 14th and Broadway - terrific view of the street scene
Oakland City Hall: This majestic Beaux-Arts building was the first government building designed as a skyscraper. The railroad track being laid (foreground) is for the Western Pacific Passenger Service to Sacramento. The Lionel J. Wilson “Flatiron” building is at the corner of Broadway. Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in foreground at the site of the former City Hall. Oakland City Hall was the tallest building west of Chicago at the time of its completion in 1913.   Collection of the Oakland History Room Monuments, York, British, Ferry Building San Francisco, Banks Building
Oakland City Hall, 1917
Oakland City Hall: This majestic Beaux-Arts building was the first government building designed as a skyscraper. The railroad track being laid (foreground) is for the Western Pacific Passenger Service to Sacramento. The Lionel J. Wilson “Flatiron” building is at the corner of Broadway. Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in foreground at the site of the former City Hall. Oakland City Hall was the tallest building west of Chicago at the time of its completion in 1913. Collection of the Oakland History Room
"Cleveland Cascade, Oakland Public Parks, Oakland, Cal. The electric lights behind the shells are arranged in spectrum sequence. Howard Gilkey, landscape architect." Photograph and caption appeared in:  Gilkey, Howard, “The Role of the Landscape Architect,” American Landscape Architect Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1931 | via Friends of the Cleveland Cascade Places, Cleveland, Redwood Forest, Places To See, Places To Go, Cali Life, Favorite Places, Waterfall
Photo of Cleveland Cascade published in American Landscape Architect, 1931
"Cleveland Cascade, Oakland Public Parks, Oakland, Cal. The electric lights behind the shells are arranged in spectrum sequence. Howard Gilkey, landscape architect." Photograph and caption appeared in: Gilkey, Howard, “The Role of the Landscape Architect,” American Landscape Architect Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1931 | via Friends of the Cleveland Cascade
H.C. Capwell, Merchan, financier, and President of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce (1910) Financier, Merritt, Capwell
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H.C. Capwell, Merchan, financier, and President of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce (1910)
Alice Waters in front of the redwood sign for Chez Panisse, Berkeley (1971) Alice Waters, Famous, Hella, Alice, Redwood
Cooking Like Alice Waters
Alice Waters in front of the redwood sign for Chez Panisse, Berkeley (1971)
+~+~ Vintage Photograph ~+~+   During the Great Depression homeless men created a community called Pipe City, also known as Miseryville, which was located at the foot of 19th Avenue in Oakland, California. Using surplus sewer pipes, belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company, the men created makeshift homes on company land. To qualify for a pipe, a man had to be jobless and homeless but not helpless. Dorothea Lange, Fotografia, The Past, Picture, Historia, Historical Photos
Pipe City | Picture This
+~+~ Vintage Photograph ~+~+ During the Great Depression homeless men created a community called Pipe City, also known as Miseryville, which was located at the foot of 19th Avenue in Oakland, California. Using surplus sewer pipes, belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company, the men created makeshift homes on company land. To qualify for a pipe, a man had to be jobless and homeless but not helpless.
Hutton joined the Black Panther Party at the age of 16, in 1966. On April 6th, 1968, when he was 17 years old, he was traveling in a car with a few other Black Panther members when they were ambushed by the Oakland police. They ran for cover in a building nearby. When the police finally threw tear gas into the building, Hutton stripped down to his underwear so that the police would know he was unarmed and he walked out. The police shot him 12 times Tudor, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, Power To The People, Brain Waves, Black History Facts, Black Knowledge
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Hutton joined the Black Panther Party at the age of 16, in 1966. On April 6th, 1968, when he was 17 years old, he was traveling in a car with a few other Black Panther members when they were ambushed by the Oakland police. They ran for cover in a building nearby. When the police finally threw tear gas into the building, Hutton stripped down to his underwear so that the police would know he was unarmed and he walked out. The police shot him 12 times
Amelia Earhart with her students, 1936. Probably at Oakland. Look at the confident smiles on these talented women! Retro, Fotos, Fotografie, Iowa
Amelia Earhart with her students, 1936. Probably at Oakland. Look at the confident smiles on these talented women!
Saundra Brown, 28, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun by police rangemaster Adolph Bischofberger. Saundra graduates Friday near the top of her class after 15 weeks of criminal law, report writing, first aid, firearms training and defensive tactics. 'I really feel very confident now,' she said, 'but before I was totally afraid. I didn't want to be around a gun.'" Dec 17 1970 American Women, Black History, African American Women, Vintage Black, Black Is Beautiful, Black History Month
People with guns collection # 41
Saundra Brown, 28, the first black woman on the Oakland police force gets instructions on how to shoot a shotgun by police rangemaster Adolph Bischofberger. Saundra graduates Friday near the top of her class after 15 weeks of criminal law, report writing, first aid, firearms training and defensive tactics. 'I really feel very confident now,' she said, 'but before I was totally afraid. I didn't want to be around a gun.'" Dec 17 1970
RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY  |  Central Headquarters, Oakland, California. American, Black Panther Party, African, Interesting History
Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party: A Picture Story - Flashbak
RULES OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY | Central Headquarters, Oakland, California.