airplane

ca. 1940

Photograph. Description: Two photogarphs glued together to make one composite view of runway and hangers at airport. On left side are several DC-3's and hanger, one plane on runway. Planes...

ca. 1940(?)

Photograph. Description: Large B/W photograph, aerial view, showing complete boundaries of Oakland Airport. Several planes, especially DC-3's, visible on airstrip. Part of Oakland visible in...

1946

Photograph of an aviator in an airplane that has been taxsied from the hange. Another man, in trousers and a shirt, with a cap on his head, is dtanding, with hands on hips, look at the nose of...

1929

A-B: Photograph of a younger man, in a jacket fastened with snaps, standing next to an airplane, while and older man (probably a businessman) wearing a single breasted suit, a bow tie, fedora and...

1937-1938

Photograph of a biplane, tail marked "Nolan,"

1937-1938

Photograph of a a biplane, the tail is marked "NOLAN Aircraft Company." The writing on the back of the images also mentions "Jenny Wings" and a "Curtis engine."

1929

Photograph of an an airplane on the ground with many young boys coming to look at the side away from the camera. The craft is marked "Golden Bear NSAC;" markings on the tail read: "NC-1, X-883-E...

1937

A typed caption is glued underneath the photo which says "Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan at the Oakland Airport in 1937. Several months later Miss Earhart and navigator...

1941

From back of photograph: "Hangar 5 and United Air Lines." Two medium-sized propellor planes are parked in front of a large hangar at Oakland Airport. Between the hangar and the airplanes is a...

1930

Photograph of the directory sign at Oakland Airport. The top of the sign reads "Directory Oakland Municipal Airport" followed by a listing of the various offices and departments at the airport....

1928

From back of photograph: "Oakland Airport 3/13/28." Photograph of landing field at Oakland Airport, looking out to the Bay. Three aircraft (a monoplane and two biplanes) are parked in the...

1930

From caption on back of photograph: "Lieutenant Colonel Livingston Irving, Oakland flier, is seen here giving an exhibition of aerial crop dusting at Oakland airport. Irving is speeding at a fast...

1975

From caption on back of photograph: "Workmen load outsized piece of equipment aboard world plane. Air cargo activity, particularly to the Mideast is boon for Oakland-based airlines." A large...

1935

Envelope says "Oakland Airport 1935." Negative shows an aerial view of the airport. Several lines of cars are parked in the parking area on the right side of the hangars. In the bottom left...

1930s

From caption on back of photograph: "In the pre-war (above), Oakland airport was the dominant commercial airport in the Bay Area. Now, as it welcomes TWA back into the fold (above), more and more...

1930s

Photograph from far above looking down on all of Oakland Airport. There are labels for every airport building and measurements of the airfield's dimensions. There are five aircraft hangars at...

24-Mar-50

Clipping on the back of the photograph [H96.1.805A], "Mar. 24, 1950--This is Tribune Photographer Bill Crouch's prize-winning picture, 'Whoosh!' The photograph of a small plane just missing a...

11-Jul-84

The Tribune photo, dated July 11, 1984, has the following caption on the back: "The 15th annual Great Livermore Airshow will be helf Friday and Saturday, July 21-22 at the Livermore Municipal...

1983-1985

Against a background of rolling hills, biplanes, a helicopter, a DC 3, and a single wing airplane (foreground), whose fuselage is painted with the word "B[udw]eiser," are on the apron of the...

c.1935

A broadside aerial view, taken from low elevation, of Hangar #4 of the Oakland Municipal Airport, showing the tarmac at left, a propellor driven aircraft parked at right, and stacks of what may...

1942

Two P-38 Lockheed fighter airplanes ahve taken off parallel to each other, with the Oakland Hills off in the distance. The scene is likely of planes that have taken off from Mills Field, the San...

11-May-42

The Tribune photo, dated May 11, 1942, has the folloing caption on the back: "This is a fighting base, not a repair depot, but no plane goes out unless it is in top mechanical condition. Here...

4-Oct-37

The left margin of the typewritten notation attached to the back of the photo reads, partially, "Interested spectators had today crowded into the San [Francisco airp]ort to view the newly opened...

22-Dec-59

The Tribune photo, dated December 22, 1959, has the following caption on the back: "THE FUTURE--This is an artist's drawing of the $4,750,000 passenger terminal planned at Metropolitan Oakland...

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