oakland airport

27-Aug

Handwritten on the back, "Oak. airport." Photo is an aerial view of the airport about the time of the Dole Race. Lots of cars parked in the field next to a little shack which was the only...

15-Aug-27

Handwritten on the back, "Oakland Airport #2725 ran 8-15-27." Photo is an aerial view of the airport at the time of the Dole Race. Little numbers have been written on the photograph at different...

28-Aug-25

Typed paper glued to the back, "Watch your credit SF 3805 'P & A Photos'. HAWAIIAN FLIGHT PLANE HOLDS STISFACTORY TEST AT S.F. The first of the 3 giant navy seaplanes that will make a non-...

18-Jul-25

Typed paper on the back, "Watch your credit. LA 7827 Pacific & Atlantic Los Angeles. PLANE FOR NAVY'S TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT NEARS COMPLETION. The first of the two planes in which the navy...

24-Jul-25

Typed paper glued to the back, "Watch your credit LA 7878 Pacific & Atlantic Los Angeles. First Pictures Of Completed Trans-Pacific Plane. Here is the first picture to be secured of one of...

27-Aug-25

Typed paper on the back, "Watch your credit. LA 9007 Pacific & Atlantic Los Angeles. Trans-Pacific Planes Take Off From San Diego For San Franicsco. This picture shows trans -Pacific plane...

5-Aug-27

Handwritten on the back, "Frank Clark 8/5/27" on the bottom and "Art Goebel, Frank Clark" on the top. Photo shows Clark standing next to the wings of his plane. He is wearing jodhpurs, tall lace...

13-Aug-27

Typed paper attached to the back, "Watch your credit--'P & A Photos' SF7038--San Francisco Bureau--DOLE FLYER IN MYSTERY HOP. Frank L. Clark, pilot of the 'Miss HOllydale' one of the entrants...

13-Aug-27

Typed paper attached to the back, "Watch your credit--'P & A Photos' SF7039--San Francisco Bureau--DOLE FLYER IN MYSTER HOP-- Frank L. Clark, pilot of the 'Miss Hollydale' one of the entrants...

11-Aug-27

Clipping on the back, Aug. 11, 1957-- "Favored to win, Jack Frost flew west to his death." Photo is a close-up head shot of Jack Frost the pilot of the "Golden Eagle" one of the competitors in...

10-Aug-27

Typed paper attached to the back, "Watch your credit-- 'P & A Photos' SF6993 -- (San Francisco Bureau). Honolulu Planes Undergoing Tests for Hopoff. Representatives of the U.S. government at...

27-Aug

Typed clipping attached to the back, "Watch your credit-- 'P & A Photos' SF7037-- (San Francisco Bureau). FLIERS TO HOP FOR HONOLULU AUGUST 16. Nine planes, pilots and navigators are now...

16-Aug-27

Photograph shows a monoplane taking off with people lining the runway on the far side. A stamp on the back claims the photo is from "Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc." A typed piece of paper,...

1932

Photo shows a biplane flying just above and past a cone shaped pylon which is parked on the field at the Oakland Airport. A tractor appears to be at the base of the pylon (the tractor probably...

15-Mar-74

Photo shows a few people at the ticket counter for American Airlines.

15-Mar-74

Photo shows a few people walking by the ticket counter in the airport. The ticket counter in the photo is for United Airlines. Several employees are standing behind the counter talking to one...

15-Mar-74

Photo shows a few people walking by the ticket counter in the airport. The ticket counter in the photo is for United Airlines. On the right side of the photo are several seats where a few people...

4-Jan-87

Handwritten on the back, "Passengers check-in at ticket counters." Tribune captions, Jan. 5, 1987- "It was goodbye to the holidays yesterday, as thousands of home-bound travelers poured through...

4-Apr-89

Tribune caption on the back, April 5, 1989-- "Feora Feeney removes pampas grass near the main runway at Oakland Airport to prepare for the soon-to-return terns." Handwritten "Least Tern nest near...

9-Jun-89

Handwritten on the back, "Refurbished DC-3 flies from the old Oakland Airport." Photo shows the large twin engine plane parked near the airport terminal. Some people are standing on the ground...

10-May-77

Tribune caption on the back, May 11, 1977-- "A jetliner (left) departing from Oakland International Airport's emergency runway on North Field roars up over homes on Bay Farm Island while a...

15-Mar-74

Photo shows a crowd of people standing in lines in front of several ticket counters at the airport. One of the counters is for PSA.

12-Apr-77

Tribune caption on the back, Apr. 14, 1977-- "the Oakland airport's two new motorized carriers that will transport passengers from the terminal to airplanes, are being worked up for use starting...

16-Aug-47

Handwritten on the back, "Navy Planes." Photo was taken from the ground on the tarmac at the Oakland Airport looking up to the sky at a series of Navy fighter planes flying in formation.

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