jack london square

9/15/92

Handwritten on front, "Billy Hunter, running for Ron Dellums congressional seat, at Scott's Restaurant, Jack London Sq. w/Hammer". Image depicts Hunter speaking at a mic and Hammer at his left, a...

Dec-95

Keychain souvenir of the grand opening of the Jack London Cinema in Jack London Square, Oakland, December 6, 1995. The opening included food from various Jack London Square restuarants and a...

Dec-95

Invitation to the grand opening of the Jack London Cinema in Jack London Square, Oakland, December 6, 1995. The opening included food from various Jack London Square restuarants and a showing of...

1992

Front is a full color photographic split image of Jack London Square from the water (showing Scott's Seafood Grill & Bar) and the yacht harbor from the air. "Oakland" printed in the center of...

31-Oct-96

Ticket distributed by local unions which allowed their members to receive VIP treatment in attending the event./

1952

"In 1952, the Port of Oakland had just started the development of Jack London Square, located at the foot of Broadway. For many years the area was nothing more than a collection of rotting piers...

Jul-59

Slides. Description: On box of slides and one envelope (xx-aaa) of slides pertaining to the Bay Area and Oakland. Clifford Rishell collection.

From "The Oakland Tribune" January 21, 1997...

c.1975

A view of jack London Square looking down at Broadway [?] and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on 2nd Street. A scattering of cars is parked on the streets. A large elevated sign on the...

c.1975

A view of the 2nd and Franklin corner in the jack London Square area. Southern Pacific Railroad tracks are in the foreground. At center, there is the one-storey Pier 1 Import shop. The other...

1975

Handwritten on the back in pen, "Service Rcognition Breakfast 1975. Goodman Hall- Jack London Square." Photo shows a large room with people sitting at round tables eating their food. Waitresses...

Jul-74

Handwritten on the back in pen, "Service Rcognition Breakfast 1974 (July)." Photo shows a large room with people sitting at round tables eating their food. Waitresses in black and white uniforms...

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.

c.1970

This is a three-storey building (with penthouse on top) fronting on a corner of Jack London Square. A wooden sign at right advertises "Castaway," presumably a restaurant on the first floor. A...

1989

Handwritten on the back, "Oakland, CA- Jack London waterfront, 1989 looking east." Photo is a aerial shot of the waterfront near Jack London Square with small boats docked. The shot also shows...

1989

Handwritten on the back, "Oakland, CA- Jack London waterfront, 1989." Photo is a aerial shot of the waterfront near Jack London Square with small boats docked. The shot also shows the Nimitz...

11-Dec-91

A scene near Broadway and the Embarcadero in which an Amtrak diesel locomotive is pulling passenger cars, toward the camera. A rectangular cloth sign held across the the eastbound railroad tracks...

3-Jul-57

The Tribune photo, dated July 4, 1957, has the following caption on the back: "ON TARGET -- First helicopter sets down at the Port of Oakland's new Jack London Square heliport with circle "H" to...

1955

Newspaper clipping about Jack London by Jack Burroughs, from The Oakland Tribune, Sept. 25, 1955.

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