downtown neighborhood

ca. 1910

West from 13th & Broadway, Oakland.

ca. 1910
ca. 1910

First National Bank Building showing offices of the realty union.

11/26/62

Photo was taken from a slightly elevated position looking down Broadway. The photo was taken at night after a rain. Cars and buses are crossing an intersection and turning onto Broadway in both...

11/26/62

Photo was taken from a slightly elevated position looking down Broadway. The photo was taken at night after a rain. Cars and buses are crossing an intersection and turning onto Broadway in both...

06/23/69

Handwritten on the back, "Wilson, June 23, 1969- parking lot 13th & Franklin, 14th & Webster." Photo shows the two story parking lot in downtown Oakland across from the YWCA and near...

04/23/68

Demonstrators line the sidewalks of Fourteenth Street in downtown Oakland. Multiple police motorcycles line the streets. One man, dressed in a suit and conferring with a police officer, is...

04/23/68

Photograph of a small draft protest crowd on the sidewalk of 14th Street. A policemen is show moving quickly to deal with the crowd. Handwritten on the back of the photograph: "14th St. between...

04/23/68

Photograph of a crowd marching past two toppled-over Marine Corps recruiting posters. One poster reads: "The Marine Corps Builds Men: Body...Mind...Spirit." The photographs shows the back of a...

04/29/84

The Tribune photo, dated April 29, 1984, has the following caption on the back: "The Bay and its estuaries, such as Lake Merritt in Oakland, and suburban ponds like the duck haven at Heather Farms...

ARTIST BIRTH: 1830 ARTIST DEATH: 1904

Hotel Vernon c. 1940?

Hotel Vernon; Kraben & Clark Jewelers; Vanity Fair c.1940?

11-Nov-50

Clipping on the back of the photo, "A warm sun reflects on the brightly colored uniforms of this band as it marched down Broadway yesterday in Armistice Day parade. The 2-mile course was lined...

22-Nov-91
Nov-86
2/9/90

slide found with prints in wooden cabinet 4/28/99

15-Nov-09

Invoice/Statements. Description: White paper with black printing, "James L. McCarthy, Licensed Embalmer, Undertaker and Funeral Director", Oakland. a: to Mrs. Charles Wilke, Nov. 15, 1909. b:...

14-Aug-45

Tribune caption on the back, Aug. 14, 1945-- "Oakland didn't wait for an official U.S. peace declaration to demonstrate jubilation over end of the war. The Tokyo report of capitulation was spark...

2/22/1896

Washington's Birthday parade, Feb. 22, 1896. 5th Reg. Bank, Oakland, 12th and Broadway.

ca. 1950s

Poster from Sweets Ball Room, 1414 Franklin Street, Oakland, Ca., advertising Las Tardeadas (afternoon dances), presented by Guadalupe Carlos, featuring Ivonne de Christian, a Mexican Mambo dancer...

ca. 1960s

Sweets Ball Room poster advertising Tardeada produced by Guadalupe Carlos, featuring Actress Susana Guizar, singer Cellina Cruz, and apearences by Modesto Duran and Kiko Mendive. December 21,...

ca. 1960s

Poster advertising a tardeada at Sweets Ball Room at 1414 Franklin St. in downtown Oakland; presented by Guadalupe Carlos, featuring Merced Gallegos, no date given. This is a mockup of a poster...

1963

Poster advertising a tardeada at Sweets Ball Room at 1414 Franklin St. in downtown Oakland; presented by Guadalupe Carlos, featuring Chico Ochoa and his orchestra para la Navidad, Wednesday, Dec....

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