public library

ca. 1880-1920

California picture postcards. Description: Postcard scenes of East Bay (Oakland and Berkeley). a) Public library, Oakland (colored), c. 1915. b) Hotel St. Mark, Twelfth & Franklin St.,...

Photographs of early Oakland. "14th St, showing old City Hall and old Free Library"; (note signs for "Taft & Pennoyer", "Heine Piano", "Scharman Cigar Co." (lower left)

1970

A group of children is inside a van reading and looking at books. The van is called a "bookmobile," and, according to the information on the back of the photo, a part of the Oakland Acorn...

1970

An exhibit of seven Japanese dolls in the Boys and Girls Room in the Oakland Public Library for its "Japanese Doll Day." Two Asian American children are in the photo, one on each side of a staff...

1970

A Lincoln School Class is posed formally in three rows in the Boys and Girls Room of the Oakland Public Libary. The class is composed mostly of Asian American children, with a few African...

1970

Four children are squeezed into the back of a van, called a "bookmobile." reading, and showing, books for the camera "to see." The bookmobile is part of the Library's outreach program, which...

1995
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