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29-Jan-30

Tribune caption on the back, Jan. 29, 1930, "To Forge 'Air Link' Between Oakland and San Francisco: Here is the 'California,' first of the fleet of amphibians which will maintain a 6-minute...

1912

Handwritten on the back, "Beachey at Emeryville Race Trac, Aviation meet, 1912" with a stamp from the romotion Department. Photo was taken from the inside field of the racetrack showing Beachey...

1927

Caption on the back, "DOING IT THE HARD WAY: Hand loading the first air freight at Oakland International Airport. On December 15, 1927, the first transcontinental air mail, passenger and express...

26-Mar-42

Description: A huge crowd of students rally on the UC Berkeley campus against World War II. There are two anti-war signs reading "Cannon fodder protest" and "V for Vacation." There are many, many...

21-Jun-52

Description: UC Berkeley class of 1952 graduates sit in chairs on the football field at the school's stadium. The photo is taken from behind where the faculty is sitting. A woman stands at the...

28-Oct-39

Description: Aerial viewg47 of UC Berkeley's football stadium. Players can be seen on the field. According to photo notes it is the October 1939 game between Berkeley and USC.

10-Mar-39

Description: A huge crowd of students rally on the UC Brkeley campus in support of Univeristy president Robert Sproul. Many of them carry signs, some of which read, "We howl for Sproul," "Hey...

12-Apr-35

Description: A huge crowd of students rally on the UC Berkeley campus against war. Some of them hold signs with anti-war statements. There are many, many more men than women in the crowd. They...

1970-1990

Description: Close up of an Asian-Ameriacn man dancing, likely doing ballet. He wears a black outfit, white ballet slippers and a headband. He seems to be in a studio with a hardwood floor and a...

1970-1990

Description: Close up of a windmill's blades.

1911

Tribune caption on the back, May 1, 1952 "William Howard Taft (left) on a presidential visit to lay city hall cornerstone in 1911. Mayor Mott, at right." Photo shows Pres. Taft walking beside...

1884

Description: A dozen children play around a pond which was mudhole filled with water. Behind them are two white houses and two businesses. There is also a traveling group of some sort, with a...

1879

Description: View of Lake Merritt in Oakland in 1879. There is one white house on the lake's edge. The rest of the

8-Jun-70

Depiction: A large crowd marches down a St. Louis street. Some of them carry flags. A couple men in hard hats are walking up the stairs to a home's front lawn where a woman is spraying them with a...

1885

Handwritten on the back, "Reeled hose cart, E. 14th St./ near 13th Ave." "Old hand hose cart of 1885... only man identified (and that is doubtful) is man at extreme right on seat- Tom Jordan,July...

7-May-49

Tribune caption on the back, May 8, 1949,"Using a silver trowel, Edward H. Siems (center), grand master of Masons in California, prepares to lay the cornerstone, assisted by (left to right) Grand...

3-Jul-83

Depiction: A large crowd of men and women of all ages march down a New York street in protest of nuclear missles. Many people carry signs. One banner reads "For our children, for your childre,...

1887

Handwritten on the back, "Dietz Opera House 1887." Photo is a copy print of an older photograph of the Dietz Opera House taken from across the street. There is a carriage parked in the street in...

7-Oct-70

Depiction: A large crowd sits on and around railroad tracks in front of a stopped train in Washington. Many people hold signs. The photo is taken through the upraised arms of a man who has his...

1947

Tribune caption on the back, June 29, 1947: "Today's Cover- Today's cover pictures Zoe-Ann Olsen, national women's diving champion, executing a half twist off the spring board at Lake Anza in...

20-May-69

Photo depicts: Two police officers in riot gear use batons to move two men away from a wall which is grafittied with the words: "Welcome to Prague."

12-Jul-27

Handwritten on the back of image: "Maitland, Hegenberger return from Hawaii flight, 7-12-27- Centennial Q-Z." Photo shows Maitland and Hegenberger posing with a third unidentified man who also...

1936

Tribune caption on the back, Arpil 26, 1936: "Archie Williams (upper), California quarter mile and sprint star, is shown at the finish of one of the fastest quarters ever run in a Big Meet,...

31-Jul-70

Photo depicts: Two young men stand beside a garbage can on a quiet sidewalk outside a plain looking building. One man stands as though shivering and wears a jacket, jeans and boots. He looks...

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