oakland municipal airport

1951

TRANSPORTATION. AIR. Oakland Municipal Airport, 1951.

c. 1940

Scenic cards. Description: one fold out set of scenic cards in mailer of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and East Bay cities Metropolitan area. History: see 74.111.1.

Betsy Willcuts, July...

ca. 1950's

Photograph. Description: B/W photograph of small plane directly behind jeep at Oakland Airport; head of man visible in jeep. Sign on back reads "Welcome/Oakland Municipal Airport/Follow me"...

ca. mid 50's

Photograph. Description: Photograph of tail section of United Mainlines 300, Douglas (insignia on tail). In back of plane are a row of people behind fence. Photograph has been loosely taped...

1970's

Photographs. Description: Two identical black and white photographs on double weight paper. Scene of four biplanes lined up on a field. the fourth plane is barely visible behind the third and...

ca. 1950

Photograph. Description. Three (nn,oo) identical prints of photograph of drawing of airport. Stamp on back credits "Commercial Studios Photographers/M.L. Cohen Co./moved to our new studios/1115...

1928-1929

A ground level diagonal view of Hangar # 1 at the Oakland Municipal Airport. Floodlights, a wind sock, and weather gauges are on top of the peak of hangar #1. Behind a cordoned off area in front...

1928-1929

A ground level diagonal view of Hangar # 1 at the Oakland Municipal Airport. Two more hangars are on the far side of #1, the farthest one unfinished. Floodlights and weather gauges are on top of...

c.1935

A broadside aerial view, taken from low elevation, of Hangar #4 of the Oakland Municipal Airport, showing the tarmac at left, a propellor driven aircraft parked at right, and stacks of what may...

1-Apr-35

A low altitude view of the Oakland Airport, looking east over tidelands, four hangars, the administration building, and the runway, toward Oakland. At the left lower edge six ships, possibly U.S...

26-Jan-28

An aerial view of the the Municipal airport showing hangars 1 and 2 at center, and the Administration Building at right. The name Oakland is painted on the roof of Hangar 1 at center. A biplane...

20-Aug-53

The Tribune photo, dated August 21, 1953, has the following caption on the back: "Jack Thomas (seated) and Harold Korell, air traffic controllers at Oakland Airport, operate new radio telephone...

c.1930

Two airplane hangars, # 1 left and #2 center, of the Oakland Municipal Airport are shown from ground level. The word, "Oakland" is painted on hangar 1. At right there is the small Administration...

1939

Four men, from left to right, C.S. McBrien, Guy Turner, Wm. Lawson, and A.H. Abel, are present at the unveiling of a plaque in the Airport Administration building. In this photo Lawson is...

c.1930

The sliding doors of the Oakland Municipal Airport Hangar, with open doors, showing a biplaneinside. Two small metal buildings, with glass work covering most of their sides, are at left center....

11-Jan-40

three men, from left to right, C.S. McBrien, Wm. Lawson, and A.H. Abel, are present at the unveiling of a plaque. In this photo Abel is holding up a corner of the U.S. flag for the other two men...

1940

The working side (i.e. the side closest to the airstrips) of the Administration Building on April 10, 1940, with a low chain-link fence separating the building from the runways. The buidling is...

c.1925

The same Adminsitration Building as in 2001.1.24 and .25 except that a samll square room with large window area has been built onto the roof at the right of the original building, and a new wing...

c.1925

The Oakland Airport Administration Building with weather instruments on the roof at left. A metal ladder runs from the ground to the roof. A sign just below the roof peak at center reads just...

c.1925

The Oakland Airport Administration Building with weather instruments on the roof at left. A metal ladder runs from the ground to the roof. A sign just below the roof peak at center reads just...

5-Jun-51

The Tribune photo, dated July 1, 1937, has the following caption on the back: "Graduation for the first class of Air Force mechanics was held yesterday at Aero Industries Technical Institute at...

8-Jan-58

The aircraft and hangar in this photo is virtually the same as in 2001.1.20 whose caption read "The Tribune photo, dated January 8, 1958, has the following caption on the back: 'BIG BUILDING--A C...

c.1930

A view of one of the airport hangars, most likely taken from the roof of an adjoining hangar, looking down the length of the structure. A biplane is near the left side of the hangar door, half in...

c.1933

 

An aerial view, looking down the line of five hangars, with a space for another one, between the 2nd and 5th.  The administration building is closer to the camera than the...

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