lakeside neighborhood

Pump House, on the Shore of Lake Merritt, ner the Boat House.

1880's

Lake Merritt 1880's

1971

Photograph. Description: Image is of white, wooden, two story Italianate Victorian home. Two flag poles flank entrance walk. Peppermint eucalyptus on left. Out buildings visible on left....

1925

Donated by Charles Howard-Gibbon who received the materials in this collection from his grandfather. Alan Howard-Gibbon came to California in 1924 from Victoria, British Columbia. He was 37 years...

1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND'S SKYLINE "NOW". In 1925 building permits totaled nearly $40,000,000.00, a big increase over last year. Oakland is a young man's town."

Betsy Willcuts,...

ca. 1925

(Typed at foot of page) "OAKLAND'S SKYLINE, "THEN AND NOW". Not many sky-scrapers here, but where there is such charm and beauty development is sure to come."

Betsy Willcuts, July 2002...

Photograph. Image Description: looking south on 12th Street toward Brookly (sic) and Tubbs Hotel (east 12th to 14th and 6th Ave. to 5th Ave.). Cameron (sic) Stanford home by lake. Physical...

1940s

"Lake Merritt"; by C.E. Potter; (on back) "compliments, Chapel of Memories, Crematorium - Columbarium, "Temple-like upon the hill", Oakland, CA." (located in Rockridge area off Piedmont Av)e....

1889

"Lake, East from Jackson"

1889

Oak Street Park.

c.1955

As per a handwritten note on the back of the photo, this is an aerial view of Bay Place-Harrison to Bwy [Broadway], showing houses, a school(?) automobiles, commercial buildings, including a...

ca.1927

a:Postcard folder, souvenir of Oakland. Contains scenes of Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland, City Hall, Oakland Hotel, City Auditorium,(now Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium), Technical School (now...

13-Sep-23

A view through the pavillion at the Eastshore Embarcadero across Lake Merritt to the Oakland Auditorium.

c.1930

A view through the porticos of the pavillion at the Eastshore Embarcadero of Lake Merritt. The notation on the back indicates it was to be used for the 1935 Yearbook, but is was "not used."

8-May-59

The Tribune photo, dated May 8, 1959, has the following caption on the back: "BIRDS NEST--A sparrow makes its home in the graceful lantern on one of 128 which may soon again be a part of Lake...

1882

A reprint, dated June 28, 1955, of an 1882 photo showing Lake Merritt looking East toward the Oakland Hills. There are a few houses on the far shore, a farm, and a windmill. The only other man-...

1883

A reprint of an 1883 photo reprinted in the Tribune in July, 1988. A view of what is probably the arm of Lake Merritt between the peninusla that is now Lakeside Park and the intersection of 19th...

1880-1910

The date stamped on the back of the photo refers to the date it was copied from an earlier photo dating back somewhere between 1880 or earlier to about 1910 (or later) The scene is of Lake...

8-May-92

The Tribune photo, dated May 12, 1992, has the following caption on the back: "'Harold,' a black crown night heron, has made a home in Lakeside Park at Lake Merritt was named by park employees...

1922

Clipping on back reads, "May 22, 1949-Here we have the start of the 10th annual Tribune marathon about the shores of Lake Merritt in 1922. There were 177 starters that year, and 146 of them...

September 15,1986

This a photo copied by Roy H. Williams on September 12, 1986, and it was run in the September 15, 1986 edition of the Tribune. The caption on the back reads "Artist's conception of a...

Aug. 12, 1975

Aerial photo of Lake Merritt. "Handwritten on back of photo, "Lake Merritt". Newspaper caption reads, " Today is the 44th day since Dr. Malcolm Nelson, Alameda County health officer, declared...

2-Oct-85

Ray Gatchalian is jogging around Lake Merritt holding in his left hand a model of the illuminated lamp posts that ring Lake Merritt. He wears running shoes and pants, and a tee shirt which has...

1983-1985

There are two Tribune photos attached to the back of the photo; The first, dated October 24, 1983, reads "As this jowly flotilla of pelicans shows, an unhurried swim in Lake Merritt is as good a...

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