crowd

c. 1927

A panoramic view of a huge crowd of baseball fans at the stadium and with standing room only.

17-Oct-30

A close-up view of Horace Heidt and members of his band posed in front of the City Hall and receiving the keys to the city as tribute. Other dignitaries are present.

1927

A line-up of East Bay Beauty Queens along the waterfront at Idora Park, 1927.

c.1927

Miss California beauty contestant in swimsuit in front of crowds, outdoors.

April, 1919

Parade on Boardway celebrating the return of troops at the end of World War I.

c. 1945

Interior of Sweets Ballroom George Carlos is on the stage speaking to the audience. Carlos is the musical promoter who schedules the acts for Sweets and MC's the shows.

C.1949

Paper glued to back of mounting reads: "135mm 1/1000 sec. at 6.3, DuPont Superior, Dr. Wolff, no filter, rapid winder, Agfa Projection Proof in D-72, Caption "Miss Hobbs Motor Boat Races on Lake...

1949

Taped to the back of mounting is an entry for for "News Pictures of the Year" Jointly Sponsored by the Encyclopedia Britannica Book Of The Year and the University of missouri School of Journalism...

Varney Speed Lanes
1924-1929

Yellowed photograph of five people standing in front of a single engine plane "West Wind" two unnamed men (the first wearing an overcoat), an unnamed woman in a fur trimmed coat,...

21-Nov-41

Interior of Sweets Ballroom during grand ball. Sailors can be seen in the crowd. Written on back of photograph in blue ink: "Esta fotagraphia fire tomada en el Gran Gaile Social Mexicano, de...

Feb/ 28. 1916

Photograph. Description: Photo of crowd around a steam shovel. "Ground Breaking execises for the Pac. Coast Chevrolet Plant. Monday, Feb. 28, 1916. 72nd Ave. and Foothill Boulevard, Oakland,...

1924

A close-up view of two celebrities of the motion picture studios posed with a crowd of spectators and dignitaries.

Inez Brooks-Myers, October 8, 2007: The man on the proper left side of...

6-Jun-44

Clipping on the back, June 6, 1944-- "A dozen furry Chow puppies provided the incentive for a display of patriotic generosity at Moore Dry Dock yesterday, when hundreds of workers gathered at the...

6-Jul-34

Tribune caption on the back, July 6, 1934-- "LOOK OUT- Rioters flee before onslaught of corps of officers, brandishing night sticks and shooting tear gas bombs from special guns. Strikers shown...

18-Dec-67

Clipping on back of photograph reads: "Anti-war demonstrators sit down across Clay Street to block buses bound for Oakland Armed Forces Induction Center." Many news cameramen are nearby,...

26-May-69

Depiction: People stand around plants which have been planted in a large dirt field in Berkeley, called the People's Park. A few hold gardening tools. Bongo drums sit on a saw horse. Pine trees...

11-May-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, May 11, 1934-- "These scenes, taken along the San Francisco Embarcadero, shows mobs running here and there, both in flight and in pursuit, as the 'fortunes of...

6-Jul-34

The caption on the back, July 6, 1934-- "Warfare in which no quarter was given or taken raged in the strife-torn Embarcadero area as 6000 strikers clashed repeatedly with 700 police armed with...

July 13-18, 1934

Handwritten on the back, "Strike, San Francisco, Calif." Photo shows a large crowd walking down a sidewalk in San Francisco. In the background is the Ferry Building. The crowd is walking down a...

14-Jul-64

Typed above the image, "San Francisco, July 14--- Californians Demonstrate for Goldwater-- Members of California's delegation, 86 strong, wave gold-colored balloons imprinted with their candidates...

c.1950

This is a photographic negative of right field at the Oakland ball park during a game. The right fielder is positioned and ready for the pitch. The picture shows what the maximum capacity looked...

29-Nov-55

Two men carry a large, covered object either into or out of the Abbott trial courtroom. The mysterious object is presumably the large relief model used by the prosecution to illustrate the...

22-Nov-55

An unidentified man leads a crowd of spectators(?) into the courtroom, filing past two bailiffs at the doorway. Spectators? Jurors? Witnesses?

16-Nov-55

Photograph of the crowd in the Abbott courtoom. Two unidentified men and three unidentified women sit in the front row of the audience section of the Abbott trial courtroom. They are most likely...

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