Oakland Tribune

From its pioneering days in the late 19th century, through the Pulitzer Prize-winning work during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Tribune has maintained a remarkable tradition of excellence in photojournalism. The Tribune collection is a major source for historical documentation of the Bay Area during the 1960s and 1970s. It is rich in images of protests at UC Berkeley, including the Free Speech Movement, the antiwar movement during the Vietnam war, and People's Park.

In 1995, the Oakland Tribune newspaper donated to the Oakland Museum of California its collection of news negatives and photographs, also known as its photo “morgue.” The collection, with about 3,000 negatives and a million photographs, documents the history of the Bay Area and California from the early part of the century through the 1990s.

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photograph 1907 This is a photo of an early amateur baseball team- The 1907 First National Bank baseball club. The team is sitting and standing on the ground in front of the bleachers. The teams' equiptment was...	photograph Prentice Brooks 05/19/69 Photo depicts: Gas canisters are shot into a crowd gathered in a UC Berkeley square. There are journalists in the square wearing gas masks. National Guard troops stand with guns pointed toward the...
photograph Robert Stinnett ~ photographer \| Oakland Tribune 03/10/68 Photo depicts: In the center of the photo is a floating milk carton with the top cut off. It hangs from a wire leading to a window at the top of the photo. A man's arm and leg hang out the window...	photograph Robert Stinnett ~ photographer \| Oakland Tribune 03/10/68 Photo depicts: A young man is dancing in the middle of a crosswalk. His arms are spread, his fingers hold a cigarette and his left leg is lifted. Traffic backs up a block in front of him. Two...
photograph unknown 12/03/68 Photo depicts: A crowd of primarily African-Americans, and some whites, clap and cheer in response to an African-American speaker who's standing at a podium with a microphone.	photograph c.1900 The Tribune photo, dated June 13, 1948, has the following caption on the back: "A jump across the estuary landed 'Doc' [?] in Alameda; he says this was a view of Park avenue [street] at about the...
photograph 1938 The Tribune photo, dated June 13, 1978, has the following caption on the back: "THE FERRYBOAT OAKLAND IN 1938 AT THE ALAMEDA MOLE One of many famed ferries that carried commuters across the Bay...	photograph Ron Riesterer ~ photographer \| Oakland Tribune 10/02/85 Virtually the same photo as in 2000.1.1412. Ray Gatchilian is jogging around Merritt with the Kaiser Center building as backdrop. He is carrying in his right hand a model of one of the lamp posts...
photograph Lonnie Wilson 10/16/67 Protesters including Joan Baez block the entrance to the Armed Services Induction Center on Clay Street, Oakland.	photograph 1880 Scene: A wooden fire house, with a canopy over its front. A hose reel truck with its motive force--a team of two black horses--in front of the house, posed for the picture along with its crew....
photograph Associated Press Photo shows Doerr adding pepper to food mixture. An attached piece of paper reads "Wins Baseball Award- Bobby Doerr, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, was named the American League's...	photograph Associated Press 02/16/41 Tribune caption on the back, Feb. 16, 1941, "The sprawling Lockheed aircraft factory at Burbank yesterday came under the critical inspection of Sir Hugh Dowding, British air defense chief,...
photograph 04/10/91 Two Chinese women at work riveting portions of an aircraft wing. The photo is a part of a collection being exhibited at the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco. The typewritten text and...	photograph Southern Pacific, Taber Photo c. 1880 Typed paper attached to back of photo, "S.P. Negative X-881, Oakland pier from top of terminal." Across the bottom of the photo, "1723 View of Oakland and Pier from top S.P.R.R....
photograph Lonnie Wilson 07/15/68 Photograph of the Court House, with a large crowd assembled in front of it. There is a large white banner in the right part of the photograph, but it is not readable. Several members of the...	photograph Robert Stinnett ~ photographer \| Oakland Tribune 04/12/75 Handwritten on the back of the photo, "Babies strapped in seats in 747 Jumbo jet enroute Clark AB to LAX." Photo shows the interior of the plane with Vietnamese children, who appear to...
photograph Keith Dennison 07/16/68 Photograph of the front facade of the Alameda County Court House. The caption read: "Black Panthers Stand Courthouse Watch Following Rally: Some 250 others paraded with banners asking...	photograph Howard Erker 12/01/66 Photograph of a protest demonstration on Sproul Plaza. Mario Savio is in the foreground, addressing the crowd. Many news cameramen are filming him. The crowd of students fills up the Plaza, and...
Free Huey Keith Dennison 07/17/68 Clipping on the back of photo reads--"Aug. 23, 1989-Black Panthers march in Oakland in 1968 to protest arrest and trial of Newton for slaying of Oakland police officer..." Photo shows...	photograph Edward Rogers 6-Apr One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.] Clipping on the back, "Apr. 17, 1955--The San...
photograph Lonnie Wilson ~ photographer, Oakland, Oakland Tribune 03/21/72 From the caption that ran with the image: "Student Dissidents Pitch Tents On De La Salle Quad : New group of protesters seek 'review of the Odell Johnson issue'. Image depicts 4...	photograph Lonnie Wilson ~ photographer, Oakland, Oakland Tribune 03/20/72 Image depicts a tent with a sign in front of it reading: "Tent University : established 1972. Philosophy of the College: To Bring About a just and open review of the Odell Johnson issue....
photograph Lonnie Wilson 04/10/79 Black and white photograph of former baseball player Curt Flood (left) with baseball announcer Bud Foster (right). Both are wearing headsets and Foster is standing directly behind what appears to...	photograph Lonnie Wilson ~ photographer, Oakland, Oakland Tribune 10/15/75 Image depicts Vukasin pouring coffee into a teacup. From the Oakland Tribune Collection