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This is a construction site that has been excavated for the foundations of a new building. The foundation wall for an existing building has been exposed by the excavation. At left center there...

This is a view of a two-storey commercial building that appears to have been erected with tilt-up concrete panels [based on the pebbles or rocks pressed into the paanels at left and ot the doorway...

This is a view of a new bank building, as evidenced by a sign to the right of the building. The builing is Three storeys tall, with the third storey being supported by external columns. The...

sitting at the inside corner Billie Martin and Jimmy Dundee

Group of Oakland city officials circa 1950s at a dinner at the Hotel Lemington in downtown Oakland.

Group of Oakland city officials circa 1950s at a dinner at the Hotel Lemington in downtown Oakland.

Photograph of a baseball team at a train station. George Powles is on the back row, sixth from right. In front of the players are two trophies, and one player is holding a plaque. The players...

A view of a divided, straight, residential street with a landscaped median strip, with houses on one both sides. The shot is a diagonal one. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street....

A view of a divided, curving, residential street with a landscaped median strip, with houses on the far side of the street. Automobiles are parked on far side of the street. Since this is a...

Group of Oakland city officials circa 1950s at a dinner at the Hotel Lemington in downtown Oakland.

An aerial view of "Park Blvd. from Wellington to Leimert," in 1955 showing housing tracts, automobiles and streets.

An aerial view of "34th St. Bet[ween] Eastshore [Freeway] and Peralta St." showing streets, houses, automobiles, and a large school building at upper right.

A view of a divided, straight, residential street with a median strip, with houses on one side of the street and a masonry wall on the other. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street....

As per a handwritten note on the back of the photo, this is an aerial view of Bay Place-Harrison to Bwy [Broadway], showing houses, a school(?) automobiles, commercial buildings, including a...

As per a handwritten note on the back of thephoto, this is an aerial view of Bond Way [?] and Bond Street-East 14th Street to 50th Ave. The photo shows streets, automobiles, single storey houses...

An aerial view, as per a handwritten note on the back of the photo, of park Blvd.-Excelsior to Glenview. The photo shows, single storey houses, apartment buildings, automobiles and streets.

An aerial view of "Warren Blvd from Tunnel Road to Bway [Broadway?]" showing Lake Temescal at right lower and Tunel Road at lower center. Housing tracts and streets and automobiles are a part of...

A view looking uphill on a lazy S curve in the road on what is probably Park Blvd. A lone autombile is parked at the curb at left center. [It appears to be a 1949 Buick JM 7/10/20000] No other...

As per a handwritten note on the back of the photo, this is an aerial view of Mountain Blvd at a cutoff near an [illegible] street. There are housing tracts, curving streets, hilly sections of...

Photograph. Description: Grade School Classes of Otto Darnstaedt, Cole School, Oakland, California. Title: Class Picture. Description: Unidentified. Albumen print, mounted on grey board. (...