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photograph c.1965 The interior of a commercial building showing a steel half-stairway with electrical junction boxes and an electric motor beneath the stairway. An electric motor is on the floor at right lower,...	photograph c.1970 A view looking down from one flight above to a courtyard. In large letters on a wall across the way from the camera is a large sign reading "City Center." Metal railings separate the courtyard...
photograph c.1970 A view of the City Hall cupola, seen through an upper corner of the steel framework of a new building in Downtown Oakland, being built with cooperation of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency. The...	photograph c.1970 The completed steel shell of a 10-storey building, with a backdrop of City Hall on the far side and to the left of the shell. A painted wood fence surrounds the construction site. Painted on the...
photograph c.1975 Madison Park in the chinatwon neighborhood in Oakland. In the foreground is a cement sculpture of a large recumbent, curled dragon, used by children for climbing. On the far side of the dragon...	photograph 1957 A view looking west down Joaquin Miller Road, as per the handwritten notation on the back of the photo. The date is 02/27/1957. The road is striped for traffic lanes and it has a narrow divider...
photograph c.1970 A view of the steel framework of a commercial building under construction from approximately three floors up. At the right edge is the boom of a crane which is lowering a steel beam into place....	photograph c.1970 A view of a contemporary office building, with large glass panels stretching horizontally across the facade and with no visible exterior adornment. The building faces Lake Merritt, not shown....
photograph c.1975 Two Mexican American female, and two male, Mexican American dancers are performing on stage at the Oakland Museum at its annual Mexican Aemrican fiesta	photograph c.1970 A Toy Train, large enough to carry passengers in its two open-sided cars, is moving toward the camera at left, powered by a make-believe, rubber-tired engine. The front of the engine has an...
photograph c.1975 A Toy Train, large enough to carry passengers in its two open-sided cars (only one of which is seen in this photo) is moving toward the camera at left, powered by a make-believe, rubber-tired...	photograph c.1975 A well-dressed young girl in a very un-zoolike outfit is holding an enlarged baby bottle, feeding milk to a calf at the Oakland Zoo in Knowland Park. The hind end of a llama is on the far side of...
photograph 1970 A dance around a Maypole by a dozen or so costumed girks in a Coronation Day ceremony in a park (probably Lakeside Park) in which a Queen of the May will be crowned. In the left lower corner there...	photograph 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...
photograph c.1960 A group of three men are posed in front of a group of 13 other men, seven of whom are African American. The man at front center is also an African American. All of the men except the man front...	photograph c.1958 A group of people are posed for a picture at a banquet. Six men are seated at the round, head table; all are wearing busines suits, shirts, and ties. The man who is seated third from the right...
photograph 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...	photograph 1955-1975 The Manzanita Recreation Center building. A flight of nine steps leads from a paved area to the Center building. The building has two wings at right angles, joined by a 45 degree angle entrance...
photograph 1941-1975 A painted sign on a wooden building reads "Woodminster-Cathedral of the Woods/A Memorial to California Writers/Dedicated by the People of Oakland March 5, 1941 [followed by the anmes of the Park...	photograph 1941-1975 A sign outside the Woodminster Theater whose bottom portion follows the line of steps which form the seating terraces inside the theater. The name "Woodminster" is in calligraphic style....
photograph 1941-1975 The stately facade of the "Woodmisnter Amphitheatre." Two concrete columns support the recessed opening behind which are square glass blocks [?] set into the wall. Decorative urns at center are a...	photograph 1959-1975 A photo of a bronze plaque, titled "Lakeside Park Garden Center/Dedicated August 1959/To a Broader Knowledge of Horticulture/ For A More Beautiful Oakland/Sponsored By The Oakland-East Bay Garden...
photograph 1952-1975 A photo of a bronze plaque erected in Clinton Square; it reads as follows: "Clinton Square was deeded a park in 1852 to the Town of Clinton later called Brooklyn and finally annexed as part of...	photograph 1970-1980 A portable "Western City" for children. As per the notation on the back of the photo, this is "a popular portable play set built by the Oakland Recreation Department shops and located [first] at...