street scene

26-Apr-83

Handwritten on the back, "9th St. looking north west from Bdw." Photo was taken from the middle of Broadway down 9th street. Cars are parked at the curbs on both sides of the one way street....

26-Nov-65

Tribune caption on the back, Mar. 13, 1966- "During rush hours Mission Street suggers strangulation, The solution, says the Chamber of Commerce, is dedication and cooperation ." Photo shows...

28-Mar-56

Two photos that are identical, one is 8x10 and the other 11x14 and had a typed sheet containing the following information stapled to the photographs which were stapled to each other. "Blaikie,...

28-Mar-56

Two photos that are identical, one is 8x10 and the other 11x14 and had a typed sheet containing the following information stapled to the photographs which were stapled to each other. "Blaikie,...

2-Feb-39

Tribune caption on the back, Feb. 2, 1939- "Here, outlined by the artist's dotted lines, is the shape of the new traffic islands being built at the Embarcadero at the end of Lake Merritt. A brick...

7-Apr-57

Handwritten on the back, "... eye veiw of Franklin Street." Photo shows cars, including a police car, driving down Franklin Street. Cars are parked at the curbs on either side of the street. On...

19-Sep-51

Tribune caption, Sep. 19, 1951- "Squealing brakes, clanking bumpers, and crumpling fenders provide overtones to profanity and prayer for better planning and some semblance of traffic control- both...

May-54

Tribune caption on the back, May 3, 1954-- "Today Kahn's occupies this seven-story building." Photo shows the exterior of Kahn's with two entrances. Cars are parked at the curb in front of the...

1938

Handwritten on the back "Just leave in Golden Gate. Kahn's 5/27/38." Photo shows the exterior of the Kahn's store with cars parked at the curb in front and people crossing the street. The very...

c. 1910

Tribune caption on the back, May 3, 1954- "When Kahn's spened in 1879, it was located in this building at 10th and Broadway, 25 persons were employed." The "10th and Broadway" has been crossed...

21-Jul-61

Handwritten on the back, "Building site, 17th and Franklin." Photo shows a parking lot filled with cars. In the background is Broadway with a Key System bus driving down the street. Kahn's...

5-Sep-69

Photo shows a money to loan place nextdoor to Purple Beret Food and the Pussycat Theatre. A truck with a ladder leaning against the back is parked in front of the theatre. On the opposite side...

5-Sep-69

Tribune caption, Sep. 7, 1969- "East side of Broadway between 11th and 12th has new sidewalks and paving as subway work nears end." Photo shows an African American man walking up the sidewalk...

30-Mar-84

Handwritten on the back of the photo, "'Zip It' vest and parachute pants worn with skinny leather musical motif tie- World of Pants stores." Photo shows an African American man posing in his...

5-Aug-58

Tribune caption on the back, Oct. 26, 1958- "The man on the street... an air of purposefulness as he goes about his business." Handwritten, "17th and Telegraph." Photo shows a crowd of people...

26-Sep-51

Handwritten on the back, "7th & Franklin St. in foreground going east. 4:50 p.m. B.J. 9-25-51." Tribune caption on the back, May 3, 1959- "The arched windows are reminiscent of a bygone era...

22-Nov-52

Photo shows a nighttime scene of 13th Street in downtown Oakland. Cars are parked at the curbs on both sides. On the right side of the street is Laird's Stationery, Hotel Menlo, and the Easton...

6-Jul-58

Tribune caption, "LONG, WIDE AND BUSY! Only San Pablo Avenue could have this long, clean cut look. Extending like a ramrod from Oakland to Richmond, the arterial is one of the longest in the...

10-Mar-52

Pasted on the back: "Robert Dollar Building, 311 California Street, and adjoining R. Stanley Dollar Building, 141 Battery Street, San Francisco, California.

The image shows the...

c. 1925

Group portrait of Chinese Americans in Locke, CA. Locke, a town in the trail of Sacramento County, north of Walnut Grove and on the Sacramento River. It was built (1915) by Chinese who worked on...

Mother and Child
c. 1900
1951
1943
ca. 1942
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