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Envelope reads "May Day Mosswood park. Maypole dance 1917 yearbook." Negative shows a group of little girls doing the Maypole. A crowd of people watching in the background. (4/2002, G. Weininger, from DeWitt Jones, Oakland Parks and Playgrounds, 1935): This estate was purchased by Oakland for $72,000 in 1912 as the result of efforts of Mayor Frank Mott. The park is now the site of the Vagabond Theatre, a large truck with a well-equipped stage, which moves around among California towns.

Used: Oakland Tribune