tent

1890-1898

Image shows military band in formation in front of a row of white tents.

Handwritten on the reverse it reads:

20th Reg. Kansas Band I am the 2nd Man from this side and the 2nd roe...

October, 1932

At the end of Nineteenth Avenue homeless men created the community "Pipe City" living in the suplus lengths of sewer pipe belonging to the American Concrete and Steel Pipe Company on the esturary...

1932

View of tents and pipes in Oakland's waterfront homeless community from the Depression.

c. 1925

An exterior view the Oakland City Hall surrounded by other commercial buildings namely H.C. Capwell Co. and small business. There is a tent in tthe foreground and touring sedans parked on the...

c. 1925

Photograph of crowd at a service held in a tent in Oakland by Aimee Semple McPherson for her Four Square Gospel church.

c. 1925

Photograph of crowd at a service held in a tent by Aimee Semple McPherson in Oakland for her Four Square Gospel church.

1890-1899

Image shows U.S. Army soldiers in uniform with weapons, they are in between two tents and stagared as though on bleachers- the front row is sitting. This picture is probably from Camp Merritt at...

1890-1898

Image shows the entire "Salins Co. 20th Regiment Kansas Volinteers (as handwritten on the revers)" The men are in uniform with weapons and sitting in between tents. Harry Todd was part of this...

1930-1950

(D. Curry, 7/9/99) Photo is an aerial view of the Oakland Airport showing one end of the airfield where a large tent and a smaller tent have been set up. Near these tents is a Goodyear blimp...

April, 1906

Photo prints. Description: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire; (376) images split amongst 4 accession numbers. History: This collection has been split into several sections to reduce the number...

c. 1906

Photo Prints. Description: San Francisco earthquake and fire.

1906

This black and white photograph features a woman wearing a white shirtwaist (with a black band or ribbon at the neck--white lace edging above that and fastened with an oval shaped pin), a dark (...

6-Apr

One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.]

1906

The photograph shows the long sheds and a few tents at the Goldne Gate Refugee Camp.

1898

The typewritten notation printed on the front of the photo reads "Hayward Park Hotel in 1898. Destroyed by fire in 1903. Same was located in the .........." The hotel has two storeys, and...

21-May-40

The Tribune caption, date May 21, 1939, attached to the back of the photo reads " It wass magic-like, the way the tents went up in Eastshore Park yesterday when the Oakland Area Boy Scouts started...

19-May-40

The Tribune caption, dated May 19, 1940, attached to the back of this two-piece photo reads "This panoramic photo was taken mid-afternoon as the orderly rows of tents began springin up, converting...

1928

There are two notations on the back of this photo; the first reads "Reverend C.L Shoemaker, missionary from China who delivered address on present day religions and social conditions in China."...

1884

Description: A dozen children play around a pond which was mudhole filled with water. Behind them are two white houses and two businesses. There is also a traveling group of some sort, with a...

22-Jul-89

People are wandering around at the Livermore Air Show, looking at old aircraft (biplanes and single wing aircraft) and a large modern four-engine military transport at upper center. A striped,...

3-Jun-89

There are t wo Tribune captions on the back of the photo. The first, dated Friday June 1, 1990, reads "Lake Merritt's shoreline comes alive with food, music, games and big fun this weekend." The...

23-May-38

An aerial view of the 1938 Boy Scouts of America annual Caporee at a park, presumably in Oakland, possibly at Eastshore Park in Oakland, as shown in 2000.1.1264 and 1265. Rows and clusters of...

30-Jun-83

Depiction: A man and woman can be seen in the disctance hanging their laundry on clotheslines which stretch in front of a a long row of tents. A mountain is behind them and a roll of barbed wire...

1-Jul-37

The Tribune photo, dated July 1, 1937, has the following caption on the back: "WASHINGTON, July 1--Spreading over many green acres on both sides of the Potomac River are these squares of light...

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