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1902

Published at Twelfth and Castro Streets, Oakland, California, by Asa Smith. The back of the sheet music features a portrait of Asa Smith, a "fac-simile" of his writing, as well as a letter "To...

2000

This quilt block was entered in the School Quilt Block Competition for students in grades K-12 in Alameda County; the deadline was March 17, 2000. This winning piece was exhibited in "Fabrications...

c.1996

A: Dress of natural colored silk with a woven window pane pattern long sleeves; jewel neckline. Dress has double, floating panel of embroidered fabric to match item "B." B: Duster-...

August, 1969

Handwritten on the back of the photo, "8-2-69 Dahlia Garden Laomia McCoy Miss Oakland city [?] 'Golden Turbans.'" Photo shows Miss McCoy wearing a flower patterned dress with a high collar and...

25-Dec-00

Photo shows the another portion of the grounds of the Delger house. On the right side is the carriage house or garage (stable?) with a roof supported on round columns over-hanging a wide area....

8-Jul-43

A black and white photograph taken at the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, showing G. D. Hom, Bette Chinn (then Bette Lew) child in the foreground, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn (Sponsor of the ship,...

April 29, 1893

Photographic pages from scrapbook. Description: side A - "Marguerite bush on Hopkins Academy grounds, Oakland, ca. 4/29/1893"; (John Everett Shepardson took the photographs; he taught at the...

c. 1950

Photo shows the fabric department at Capwells in Oakland. In the center of the photo is a mannequin modeling a dress. Drapped material is hanging from the wall behind her. She is set on a small...

c.1970

A four-part color slide showing (clockwise from top left) a Jack London Sq. street sign, a railing protecting people from the marina below, "The Fat Lady" [bar?] sign, and daisies in bloom.

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph showings the launching party for the S.S. John E. Wilkie and Shipyard Number Two, Richmond. Left to right: D. G. Hom, uncle of Mrs. Chinn; pastor; Vivian Lew, Maid...

A Flower of Old Japan
1903

Beige and black cover with picture of Nellie Hawthorne, singer, in center. Poor condition. Torn cover with one page insert.

Jul-34

Photo shows the sidewalk in front of the hardware store where the two strikers were killed. On the sidewalk, written in chalk, "Police Murder. 2 ILA men killed- shot in the back," written several...

18-May-69

Caption on back "Showdown: A solitary azalea symbolized the protest movement in Berkeley as National guardsmen stand by." Photo shows National Guardsmen, wearing gas masks and holding rifles with...

30-May-69

Caption on back "The Berkeley park the masses fought so hard for in the '60's, right, has now become an eyesore to those who are opening their eyes to golf. Even rock 'n' rollers like Greg Kihn,...

30-May-69

A woman in a floral sun dress and carrying a bouquet of daisies stands pensively next to a National Guardsman, who carries a riffle and bayonet. Behind them both is a military truck.

1969

From attached caption on back of photograph: "Hundreds of thousands of blooms in every color known to hybridizers form one of America's greatest horticultural shows in the Lakeside Park...

1950

From back of photograph: "General view of Chrysanthemum show." Several men and women admire the blooming flowers at Lakeside Park. There are a variety of different types of flowers and plants,...

1958

From caption on back of photograph: "Visitors walk among the more than 3,000 plants at the 14th annual outdoor Chrysanthemum Show now being held at the Lakeside Park Trial and Show Gardens....

1921

Envelope reads "Memorial Day 1921." Negative shows a large crowd presumably watching the Memorial Day parade. On the right side and along the bottom are older men, possilby Civil War veterans,...

3-May-21

Envelope reads "J.B. Rumsey of Lookout Mountain Post of the Grand Army and Florence Alexander as they stooped to lay flowers on a soldier's grave at the Grand Army exercises at Mountain View. 5-3...

1915

Envelope reads, "Fruitvale grads." Negative shows two rows of students, girls in the front, all holding bouquets of flowers, and the boys in the back. A teacher standing at the end of the row of...

1914

Envelope reads, "Fruitvale graduating class, 1914." Negative shows two rows of students, boys in the back and girls in the front. All of the girls are holding bouquets of flowers. Standing at...

1914

Envelope reads, "Fruitvale graduating class, 1914." Negative shows two rows of students, boys in the back and girls in the front. All of the girls are holding bouquets of flowers. Standing at...

1915

Ship launching at Moore Shipyard. One woman standing on a platform with buckets of flowers in front of her, another woman standing on the ground next to the platform. Both women wearing...

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