freeway

2-Nov-61

The notation on the back of the photo reads " This is the new completed

section [of Highway 40, alter designated as I-80 JM 10/24/2000] between hampshire Rocks and Soda Springs--big lake...

13-Jan-60

The Tribune clipping, dated January 17, 1960, attached to the back of thephoto reads " HIHWAY MIRACLE -- Here is a typical section of U.S. Highway 40 [later designated Interstate 80] that has been...

30-Jun-59

The notation on the back of the photo reads "New 4 lane super highway under construction just west of Donner Summit." The Tribune clipping, dated July

15, 1959, attached to the back of the...

29-Apr-57

Although there is no location given for this photo, it compares favorably by date the photo was taken, by the descriptive direction arrows in 2000.1.1207, and by the general topography, so that it...

29-Apr-57

Although there is no location given for this photo, it compares favorably by date the photo was taken, by the descriptive direction arrows in 2000.1.1207, and by the general topography, so that it...

2-Nov-61

The notation on the back of the photo reads "New section of Highway 40

from Gold Run (foreground) east toward Baxter." Highway 40, later to become Interstate 80, in this scene appears to...

29-Apr-57

An aerial view of the Truckee River Canyon at Floriston, California near the Nevada State line. The SP railroad tracks are on one side of the river and

the new freeway, later renamed...

30-Jun-59

The Tribune clipping, dated July 12, 1959, attached to the back of the photo reads "ROAD AROUND TRUCKEE--Due to open in November is this section of Highway 40 freeway bypassing Truckee (...

Fall, 1960

The Tribune clipping, dated December 25 1961[*], attached to the back of the photo reads " AROUND THE SUMMIT--The steep climb to Donner Summit, west of Truckee, now a Highway 40 hazard at the...

16-Mar-59

The Tribune clipping, dated March 18, 1959, on the back of the photo reads "THE SWATH OF PROGRESS Here is a bird's view of the Walnut Creek Bypass Freeway Interchange, a six-bridge-three-level...

24-Feb-64

An aerial view of Highway 680 snaking its way from Mission San Jose district across the hills to Sunol. A housing tract is at bottom left. The Tribune clipping on the back of the photo, dated...

29-Apr-57

The Tribune clipping, dated April 30, 1957, reads "FREEWAY THROUGH THE CANYON-- Officials gather at the stasrting point of a new freeway to be built through the scenic Truckee River Canyon on U.S...

25-Jun-59

The Tribune Clipping, dated July 1, 1959, on the back of this photo reads " NEW FREEWAY LOOK Highway crews are creating a mammoth auto-age landscape at Walnut Creek with the six-bridge three-...

13-Feb-60

The notation on the back of the photo reads "Freeway Lifesaver." The photo shows cars traveling on opposite sides of a freewway, separated by a chain-link fence.

8-Jan-85

A view looking uphill on a section of new and virtually completed segments of new Highway 580 between Castro Valley and Dublin, looking West. Both the eastward and westward roadways are complete...

8-Jan-85

A side view of the Highway 680 bridge over the old four-lane highway getween Castro Valley and Dublin. Steel girders are supporting the mostly complete concrete bridge. A crane on a flat bed...

30-Jul-75

A panoramic view of the widening of Highway 580 between Castro Valley and pleasanton, showing the old four-lane road, with autombiles moving on it, on the upper portion of the photo. The lower...

18-Sep-91

The handwritten captions on the back read 1) "Downtown Oakland in smog, 2) pierces through smog as breezes begin to blow it away." In the foreground there is a housing tract, on 14th St. in the...

Jan-60

Caption on back "The Grove Street Terminal of the Port of Oakland, including Howard Terminal (left), the Market Street Pier (center) and Grove Street pier (right). Typewritten on back "The Grove...

c. 1960

Typed piece of paper attached to the front of the photo, "Oakland Ninth Avenue Terminal, converted for specialized use by Encinal Terminals for the handling of steel cargoes. Dotted areas...

21-Oct-89

This was one of a group of photos taken in the aftermath of the 1989 Earthquake that won a Pulitzer Prize. The photo shows 3 rescue workers on top of the collapsed Cypress Structure in Oakland...

1940
1982

From Tulsa International Airport Mural Commission

1976

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1976

ARTIST DEATH: 1986

Exhibition Label: "Scene in Oakland", Oakland Museum of California

March 9 - August 25, 2002

49. Lundy Siegriest

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