silver gelatin

1950-1975

Two boys are climbing on exotic, sculptured, free form, open-work metal, children's climbing apparatus in Eastshore Park. Per the notation on the back of thephoto, the boys are Stephen Hick and...

1950-1975

An Asian American woman in her kimono is seated on her haunches while her left hand is on a branch in the floral decoration at her left.

1955-1975

An architect's rendering of Brookdale Lodge.. The architect is John Hudspeth. The building, one-storey affair, looks like a club house. with entrances on the side and rear. It has a fenced-in...

1955-1975

A Little League baseball player, wearing a baseball outfit, showing his number, 39, is posed and poised to toss a baseball to a man wearing a suit, tie, baseball cap and baseball glove. Both are...

1950-1975

A small boy is being helped by a woman in landing a small fish from a pond. The pond has a cement-lined shore While a little girl watches from her perch on a rock, another woman, accompanied by...

1955-1975

A bandmaster is conducting his band at an unnamed park. Three musicians, back to camera, are playing are playing wind instruments, in front of a row of four women and one man who, in turn, are...

1958

As per the typewritten note on the back of the photo, this is Bancroft Avenue, looking west thru 106th ave in February 2, 1958. Bancroft is a wide thoroughfare with a median strip. One-storey...

c.1950

A view of what looks like either East 12, 13th, or 14th street looking East in the Clinton neighborhood. The main street, running from lower right to top left makes a c.30 degree turn to the...

c.1930

An intersection of two paved roads in a eucalyptus-covered forest. One of the roads curves from the upper left to center right; the other curves from lower left to center, both roads merge at the...

c.1955

An intersection of two paved roads in a eucalyptus-covered forest. One of the roads curves from the upper left to center right; the other curves from lower left to center, both roads merge at the...

1957

The intersection of Lakeside Drive, Harrison, and 20th streets, with a triangular traffic island separating diverging traffic. In the background the downtown skyline appears. In the foreground...

1957

A view of Market Street in North Oakland, looking north from Stanford Avenue. Market St. curves to the left while the continuation of Market St becomes Califiornia St. The date, as per the note...

1960-1980

A view of housing project buildings from a slight elevation, looking west. The buildings are in the lower half of the photo. Interspersed among the project buildings at the bottom of thephoto...

c.1930

An intersection of two paved roads; one runs horizontally from center left to right; the other comes in at a 45 degree angle from lower right to to center. At the triangle between the streets is...

1933-1938

Two automobiles are parked at the curb of a street that curves up a hill in a wooded area. The street is under construction and partially paved. A sign near the right edge reads "Under...

c.1925

This is probably the intersection of Harrison and Grand Avenues in Oakland with the Veterans Building on the far side of the four way intersection. The camera is pointed northeast, looking up...

c.1970

A divided street making a lazy S curve. Three automobiles are moving downhill on one side. A graded patch of land covers the entire lower half of the photo

1957

The intersection of 27th St. and Telegraph Ave. looking east, taken 2/27/1957, as per the inscription on the back of the photo. The camera is aimed at 27th Street, looking into the distance,...

c.1955

A four-way street intersection. The street runing from center right to upper left is High Street, as evidenced by a street sign. The street running from bottom left to upper right comes across...

1939

An automobile is moving down a street toward the camera. According to an inked notation at the bottom margin of the photo, the date is January 4, 1939. The street runs from right center to left...

c.1925

A busy scene, taken from a slight elevation.. A road in the process of being paved runs from bottom left to upper center in a lazy "s" curve. The land is higher on the far side of the road and...

c.1975

An exterior view of the passenger entrance to the Oakland Airport. The camera was at parking lot level, which is slightly lower than the roadway level. On the roadway there are five automobiles...

1969

A view of the Oakland Museum garden, taken from ground level, looking across the lawn to the level of the California Ecology gallery. A narrative description of the scene is affixed to the photo...

c.1975

The exterior of the Oakland Museum, taken from a slight elevation, looking to the west toward the downtown are of Oakland. One of the recognizable buildings is that of the tower of the Oakland...

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