great depression
1934
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1933
Lange Problem #4. This is evidently Lange's personal copy negative. The original negative is 67.137.7511. |
1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue, Oakland, homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the surplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on... |
1934
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1930
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... |
ca. 1926
Plate. Description: white porcelain plate with pink flowers painted around a photographic reproduction of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, edged with gold, bottom ridge of plate shows wear ... |
c. 1930's
sign. Description: sign painted on plywood: "U.S.A." WORK PROGRAM W P A" Colors are white, black, red, and what must have been originally blue. History: This was a street sign used in... |
4 inch by 2 inch section of the suspender cable from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Description: Steel, supports the roaddbed structure from the main cable on the suspension bridge... |
Object/Case. Description: 1 Locke hand level w/ leather carrying case; Bay Tolls No. 2345. History: Used in construction of Bay Bridge. |
Longshoreman's hook. Description: iron hook set in wooden handle. History: This hook was used by donor who has worked as a longshoreman in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, Crockett and... |
Tape. Description: 1 steel tape, 200' w/ wooden reel; Lufkin mfgr. L. of reel:16". History: Used in construction of Bay Bridge. |
1915
Violin, case, bow, accessories. Description: a: Violin, marked inside "1915, J. H. Aschow, Oakland, Cal., U.S.A., 104." b: bow; c: metal bridge "Unitone"; d: key, small with three loops at... |
1930's - 40's
sewing machine. Description: portable electric sewing machine and carrying case; a:sewing machine, green metal General Electric ; b: with cord; c: detachable foot (in operating condition), with 3... |
c.1925?
78 rpm phonograph record of Aimee Semple McPherson. One one side is a sermonette: "Come Unto Me". On the other side is a song (described as "a Negro Spiritual") sung by Aimee Semple McPherson... |
ca. 1938
This hand construction tool with pointed pick at one end and a horizontal flat blade at the other was used by a W.P.A. project worker for preparing the ground in preparation for the construction... |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on... |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |
c. 1925
Photograph of crowd at a service held in a tent by Aimee Semple McPherson in Oakland for her Four Square Gospel church. |
c. 1936
Two African American boxers in the ring one knoocked down and the referee beginning the count. |
October, 1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |
1932
At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary... |