sign

1869-1873

Letters, College Hall. Used on University building which stood at 12th and Webster, 1869-1873, Oakland.

(D. Cooper, 8/2002) The letters are attached to a wood backing.

Metal enamelled sign, with the letters "C-4" in black, used in docks to signal where to dock the ships. The sign denotes a type to ship.

Metal enamelled sign, with the letters "C-2" in black, used in docks to signal where to dock the ships. The sign denotes a type to ship.

Metal enamelled sign, with the letters "C-3" in black, used in docks to signal where to dock the ships. The sign denotes a type to ship.

Metal enamelled sign, white with black letters, reading: " Liberty." It was used on docks for ships to know where to dock.

Wooden sign from the Santa Rosa ferryboat. It is rectangular with semicircular ends, and is painted green with white letters that read: Santa Rosa

20th century

A rectangular wooden sign painted black with gold color letters : "Howard Terminal" from San Francisco.

A long rectangular sign, made of wood, painted black, with letters in gold color that read: "Docks and Warehouses" all in one line. From San Francisco.

1950-1975

Sign that reads "PRESS ONLY, NO PHOTOGRAPHERS"

Sign reads "No Colored Trade Solicited." Lettering is white with black shadowing, surrounded by two rectangular outlines, one gray, one black, all on a maroon background. Sign is framed under...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the night before being shipped to Vietnam....

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1965

Signage used by the US Army during the Vietnam War. "US Army Transition Point 23"

2008

Each of these three signs is made of 8.5'' x 11'' white paper with a message handwritten in crayon, spanning the three signs to label an area as the "Kid Space!". A-B are written so the paper is...

2008

Each of these two signs is made of 8.5'' x 11'' white paper with a message handwritten in crayon.

A: The first part of the message is, "LOVE MAKES A FAMILY..." with the "O" in "LOVE" drawn...

2003

Political sign composed of handwritten cardstock folded in half and stapled to a wooden post. On one side it reads: "Sacramento Thanks Our Soldiers." This side has on the vertical sides two...

c. 1930

sign. Description: sign, Wunder Beer full Alcoholic Strength, Wunder Brewing Co. Oakland, Cal. Full color litho on cardboard 9 x 6. Litho'd by Roesch Co., S.F. ca. 1930. Top is punched and strung...

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