H74.477.1

Pipe City
1930
27 in HIGH x 33 in WIDE x 1.75 in DEEP
(68.58 cm HIGH x 83.82 cm WIDE x 4.44 cm DEEP)
Gift of Paul A. Schmitt
H74.477.1


Oil painting. Description: "Pipe City" depicting the foot of 5th Street, Oakland. From the History Information Station: Object: Pipe City, by Paul A. Schmitt, oil on canvas, circa 1934. History: Construction supplies provided temporary shelter for some of those left homeless by the Great Depression. This painting was used for the cover of the Oakland Tribune Annual in 1934. Gift of Paul A. Schmitt

Inez Brooks-Myers, 8.29.05: See also artifact number H74.477.1B which is a drawing or sketch for the painting.

Picture This Information

This artifact is part of the OMCA's Picture This website. More about the context and history of this artifact is available at Picture This.

About the Picture This web project: California's Perspectives on American History is a resource for teachers and students to learn about the experiences of diverse peoples of California by using primary source images from the Oakland Museum of California's collections. Organized into 11 time periods spanning from pre-1769 to the present, more than 300 photographs, drawings, posters, and prints tell stories from the perspectives of different ethnic groups. Historical contexts are provided to offer a framework of California's role in relation to American history.

The National Archives state that primary sources, "fascinate students because they are real and they are personal: history is humanized through them." Picture This invites students to examine the historical record, encouraging them to connect history with real people and explore how images tell stories and convey historical evidence about the human experience. History becomes more than just a series of facts, dates, and events.      

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