lake

c.1930s-1950s

Paper bound book used by sisters Bette and Peggy Chinn when they were students at the Chinese School in Oakland. The school was located at 9th and Harrison in the first free public Chinese...

c.1930s-1950s

Paper bound book used by sisters Bette and Peggy Chinn when they were students at the Chinese School in Oakland. The school was located at 9th and Harrison in the first free public Chinese...

c.1930s-1950s

Paper bound book used by sisters Bette and Peggy Chinn when they were students at the Chinese School in Oakland. The school was located at 9th and Harrison in the first free public Chinese...

c.1930s-1950s

Paper bound book used by sisters Bette and Peggy Chinn when they were students at the Chinese School in Oakland. The school was located at 9th and Harrison in the first free public Chinese...

Lake Merritt

29-Jul-01

Four photos on page. 1. View of Lake Temescal. Photo labeled, "The Lake." 2. Group portrait: nine women, two children, six men. 3. Labeled "The Gang, July 29, 1901." 3. Portrait of young woman. 4...

Lake Merritt- n.d.

1880's

Lake Merritt 1880's

Shadowland
1919-1920

Magazine. Description: Magazine - five issues: Shadowland, a slick monthly featuring photographs of movie personalities and color covers and ads, 1919 and 1920. b. December 1919. Cover design of...

1949

From caption on back of photograph: "Lake Merritt's famous duck colony had a much greater population in its early days, as attested to in this picture." Thousands of ducks congegrate around the...

1947

From caption on back of photograph: "The swans, with their awkward grace, twist their sinewy necks about in search of food. They are the favored of the visitors. Here Tommy Ough Jr., of 4337...

1945

From caption on back of photograph: "Betcha haven't seen such a mess of eating since you - well, since you last saw this spot in the flesh. Yep, it's the Lake Merritt duck pond and refuge edging...

1947

From caption on back of photograph: "This picture demonstrates that ducks are smart. Thousands made their home in Lake Merritt and on the shores of Lakeside Park as they fled from shooting areas...

1947

From caption on back of photograph: "That's a California snow goose eating from the hand of John Bruce Sheehy, seven, of 5733 Roberts Avenue. With John is his brother, Bobby, four and a half."...

1939

From caption on back of photograph: "Wings beating, thousands of ducks settle earthward, a sight that many hunters will see tomorrow morning as the migration waterfowl season opens in...

2-Mar-53

Aerial photo of Berkeley and part of Oakland, taken from a point near the crossing of highways 24 and 13. In the foreground are the two highways, which intersect at an electical power sub-station...

2-Mar-53

Aerial photo of Berkeley, taken from a point near the crossing of highways 24 and 13. In the foreground are the two highways, which intersect at an electical power sub-station and a lake. The...

2-Nov-61

The notation on the back of the photo reads " This is the new completed

section [of Highway 40, alter designated as I-80 JM 10/24/2000] between hampshire Rocks and Soda Springs--big lake...

13-Jan-60

The notation on the back of the photo indicates that the photo is taken from 5,000 feet elevation above Blue Canyon. It is taken looking east toward the summit of the Sierra Nevada. [The rounded...

Photo Album|Lake Tahoe 1927
1928
n.d.
1948

Abstract print with trees mountains, clouds and lake

1928-1929

Detail of a large spreading tree in foreground with the curve of Lake Merritt and an outline of Oakland's skyline in distance.

Betsy Willcuts, May 2002

Bibliography: THE HEART OF...

c. 1935

This is a black and white photograph of a wooden rowboat in a lake. The boat is floating just offshore at bottom right in the composition. Tall trees are visible growing near the edge of the...

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