silver gelatin

1970-1985

A display case and backdrop in the Natural Science Gallery showing ducks in a marsh and in flight. A typewritten explanation appears on a tissue protective covering over the photo as follows: "...

1970-1985

A shore scene in a display case in the Natural Science gallery of the Oakland Museum. The following description is typed on a tissue paper protecting the photo: "These shorebirds, the sanderlings...

c.1970

The locale of this photo may be the concrete overpass connecting 16th St with the Embarcadero in the San Antonio Rancho neighborhood. The camera is positioned under the overpass as it curves...

1974

An aerial view of the Oakland International Airport showing its runways. The photo is taken from above the waters of San Francisco Bay, looking northeast toward North Field, Alameda, Downtown...

1970

An aerial view of the Ninth Avenue Terminal, showing a cargo ship tied up at one side of the pier, warehouses, fuel [?] tanks, and small water craft at left. Highway 17 [880?] runs across the...

1974

An aerial view of the Oakland Industrial/Office Park, looking northeast toward the Bay Bridge, the San Francisco skyline and Marin County, and, at the right edge, the southern tip of Alameda. The...

1948

Casey Stengel when he was manager of the Oakland Oaks at the far left seated sheriff Jack Gleason standing behind him Hydge ?eddue /snutg beside Stengel then Jimmy Dundee and unknown man. This is...

c.1970

A view of three men looking into a vat, near two large cyldindrical tanks. According to the description, typed on a paper affixed to the back of the photo, what we are looking at is "Coordinator...

22-Apr-54

Willie Ritchie from the state athletic commisionssss hands trophy to Johnny Eugenio

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...

c.1970

A view of a 12-storey office building shown from about the sixth-storey level. The building is framed by the margins of the photo; not much else is in the picture except for a large commercial...

c.1975

This is a photo of a rolling crane holding a cargo container in the air, transporting it to or from a docked container ship. A tractor trailer truck has either delivered the container to ship...

1955-1975

Flowers and trees in a low, mosaic tile retaining wall are the core of a little plaza whose highlight is circular body of water with two fountains shooting water up to a height of about 5 feet....

1950-1975

According to the handwritten notation on the back of the photo, the building in this photo is Leona Lodge, a club house sited at the end of a lawn on a terrace. The land drops away steeply to the...

1955-1975

The pencilled notation on the back of the photo reads "The Chinese Theme Playground. Lincoln Square Center, Oakland, Calif." A wooden sailing ship for children to climb on, and swings, are the...

1955-1975

A Nativity scene on a lawn, showing the creche and mannequins of visitors to the creche. Three camels are part of the tableau, but it is not clear whether they too are mannequins or live animals...

c.1955

A group of seven Boy Scouts is engaged in pulling weeds from the sidewalk and the parking strip of a street curving uphill to the right. The street is behind them. Pine trees are on a bank on...

1955-1975

A cooking teacher, at left, [resembling Julia Child?] is demonstrating the preparation of a recipe to a group of Girl Scouts from behind a counter. The photo number is 59-73

c.1970

A view of the construction of a freeway [580?] over BART tracks. Metal cylindrical forms for constructing the pilings are in the foreground. The number 7-6345 is pencilled in on the back of the...

c.1970

A view of the construction of a freeway [I-580?] over BART tracks. Metal cylindrical forms for constructing the pilings are in the foreground. Perforations spelling out the word "File" are...

c.1970

Three standing, and two squatting, Cub Scouts in uniform from troop 55 planting a tree in Elmhurst Park. On the far side of the ceremony, there is a shrubbery fence, and on the far side of the...

1952

A combined concrete bench and retaining wall has built into the back of the bench a sign pressed into the (wet) concrete which reads "DeFremery Park/Oakland Park Department. On the far side of...

1950-1975

One exterior brick wall of the Sanborn Park Club House, so marked by a chest- high sign. The wall has large framed windows at left and small high windows at right, possibly for lavatories or...

1955-1975

An oak tree stands in the middle of benches and tables forming a polygon in concentric rows. A typwritten notation is affixed to the back of the photo; it reads: "Extensive picnic areas are...

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