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12-Jan-12

Photographs, progress report of Oakland's City Hall. Report from architects to Mayor Mott. From first excavation to completion. "Test of floor slab for floors above first floor, Oakland City Hall...

May 11, 1899

The photograph shows a group of male workers ranging from young to old, in a glove factory in Oakland. In the foreground there is stove, a table with golves piled onit, in the background there is...

1958

A posed group of office workers, consisting of three seated men in front, and three men standing in the rear, flanked by three women on each side. the man seated on the right is the same man...

1929

Handwritten on the back of the mounting board, "Putting up brick and terra cotta Spring 1929." Photo is of the construction of the new H.C. Capwell store on Broadway and 20th in downtown Oakland...

c.1925

Panoramic view of the workers at the Pacific Coast Canning Company at the end of 12th Street in West Oakland. Donors mother 24th person over second row standing, Angele Lopes. Donors grandmother...

c. 1915

Photograph of Star Steam laundry in Oakland with delivery wagon in front of laundry with the workers standing in the doorways both upstairs and down. At barn or stable appears to be next door.

16-Nov-42

Written on back of photograph: " Ready for Launching" Time 11:00 pm Nov. 16, 1942. This ship construction broke all records being completed in just two days. Mr. Kaiser was very impressed and...

1944

Portrait of braceros who were brought up during World War II to work on the Southern Pacific Railroad lines here in Oakland. They are standing in front of the temporary housing provided by the...

1944

Group portrait of braceros who were brought up during World War II to work on the Southern Pacific Railroad lines here in Oakland. They are working on the railroad tracks in Oakland.

1944

Group portrait of braceros who were brought up during World War II to work on the Southern Pacific Railroad lines here in Oakland. They are posed around a truck at the railroad tracks in Oakland...

1944

Group portrait of braceros who were brought up during World War II to work on the Southern Pacific Railroad lines here in Oakland. They are posed in front of one of the temporary housing united...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph of the launcing of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, at Kaiser's Richmond Shipyard Number Two, appears to have been made just after the christening, as the ship is slipping...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph shows the christening party seated on the speaker's platform, probably before the launching of the S. S. John E. Wilkie at Shipyard Number Two in Richmond,...

8-Jul-43

This photograph, from the series about the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, shows the ship draped in red,. white and blue bunting, with a worker looking down at another worker nearer the keel...

1873, 1889

Handwritten on the back, "Upper Left- Electric Car Service, 1889.

Lower Left- Looking North on Washington at

12th, 1889.

...
1891

Photograph: Description: Photograph, black and white glossy on warm tone paper. Group portrait of the employees of the Oakland Planning Mill. The men are posed in four rows outside in front of...

1891

Photograph: Description: Photograph, black and white of the Oakland Planning Mill, exterior view of the building with employees posed before it. Warm tone paper. Back of photo stamped in blue...

1-Aug-25

View of excavation, showing pile driver and installed pilings. Text: (On back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10, lens 12", Scene: General view of progress of work to date on Harrison St., south from Fifth...

23-Jun-25

View of construction of railroad bed. View of Tilden Lumber Company. Caption (on front of photo); "Looking up Harrison Street from First to Sixth, showing preliminary excavation for placing...

23-Jun-25

Street scene of construction. Workers. Text: (On back of photo) "No. 25. Camera 5 x 7 Graffic lens 7" the print being enlarged to 8 x 10" scene construction work by the bridge gang of the S. P. Ry...

22-Jun-25

Street scene of construction; View of steam shovel. Saroni Sugar Company building. Text: (On back of photo) "20: Camera Graffic 5 x 7 lens 7" scene steam shovel during morings work at east side of...

1944

Group portrait of braceros who were brought up during World War II to work on the Southern Pacific Railroad lines here in Oakland. Jose Cruz is kneeling in the front wearing a leather jacket.

8-Jul-43

The S.S. John E. Wilkie stands in scaffolding at slip 10, with helmeted workers preparing it for launch. There are many other workers doing various tasks and several uniformed guards. A crane is...

1912

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Same as 1621." Negative shows a man handing a box down to some workers standing on steel beams in the construction for city hall. They might be...

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