photo album

22-Jun-25

Street scene of construction. View of residential street, spectators. Child on bicycle. Moving van; truck piled with furniture. John's Express Trunks and Baggage. Grocery Store. Workers. Synagogue...

23-Jun-25

Street scene of construction. View of residential and commercial street. Steam shovel spewing smoke and steam. Dump truck. Spectators. Text: (On back of photo) "22: Camera 5 x 7 Graffic lens 7"...

22-Jun-25

Street scene of construction; View of steam shovel. Saroni Sugar Company building. Text: (On back of photo) "20: Camera Graffic 5 x 7 lens 7" scene steam shovel during morings work at east side of...

24-Sep-25

Caption (on front of photo) "44- Driving 14 inch steel sheet piling 50 feet long at south end of Oakland dry excavation section. Final depth of excavation at this point to be 74 feet with top...

22-Jun-25

Street scene. Playground. Railroad track. Text: (on back of photo) "Camera Graffic 5 x 7 lens 7" scene a spur track of the Western Pacific Ry scope of view entire north side of block north side on...

7-Nov-29

Caption: "Banquet given to the flyers of the "Land of the Soviet." View of dining table with guests.

7-Nov-29

Caption: "Amphibians used by the U.S. Navy for the Alaskan Survey." View of hangar with man.

7-Nov-29

Caption: "Interior of the Dining Room."

7-Nov-29

Caption: "Airport dock." View of dock where Speed boat "redwood" is moored.

1925

(Typed at foot of page) "SUBDIVISIONS, "THEN AND NOW." Lakeshore Terrace in 1925. The last word in choice Lake District property and valued at $75 to $100 per front foot."

1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND'S SKYLINE "NOW". In 1925 building permits totaled nearly $40,000,000.00, a big increase over last year. Oakland is a young man's town."

Betsy Willcuts,...

1916

(Typed at foot of page) "CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY IN 1916. These photographs illustrate what a pay-roll can do for a community. Chevrolet came to Oakland in 1916 and was the first Automobile...

1925

(Typed at foot of page) "CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY IN 1925. Since Chevrolet pointed the way, the Star, Durant, Fageol, Willy's Knight, Hall Motor Co. and Fisher Body Works have built their plants...

1918

(Typed at foot of page) "SUBDIVISIONS, "THEN AND NOW." Lakeshore Terrace in 1918. Then an eucalyptus grove, worth less than $2000 per acre."

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND'S SKYLINE, "THEN AND NOW". Not many sky-scrapers here, but where there is such charm and beauty development is sure to come."

Betsy Willcuts, July 2002...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "C. L. BEST TRACTOR INDUSTRY. Chas. M. Schawb says Oakland has the best working climate in the United States. Mean annual temperature is 57.1 degrees, with a difference...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND HOTELS. OAKLAND has a number of very excellent hotels. This picture does not show the new Hotel Leamington, a ten story structure now being built at 19th and...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "BANKS OF OAKLAND. Some of the strong financial institutions serving the people of the East Bay."

1925

(Typed at foot of page) "SUBDIVISIONS, "THEN AND NOW." Mills Gardens in 1925. One hundred and eighty-seven houses have been built on a total of two hundred and four lots. All sold to and...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND'S WATER FRONT. Where Rail and Sail meet. Twenty-seven miles of deep water frontage. Over eight thousand ships docked here during 1925." Shown is a ship next to...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "CITY HALL OF OAKLAND. The city facing the Golden Gate and destined to become the New York of the Pacific Coast. $79,000,000.00 is now being spent in public improvements...

1924

(Typed at foot of page) "SUBDIVISIONS, "THEN AND NOW." Mills Gardens in 1924. Sixteen months ago a hay-field."

1925

Realtors photo album including a list of residents and letters of reference. "616 Beacon St."

1925

Realtors photo album including a list of residents and letters of reference. "6124 - Buena Vista Ave."

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