Oakland Tribune

From its pioneering days in the late 19th century, through the Pulitzer Prize-winning work during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Tribune has maintained a remarkable tradition of excellence in photojournalism. The Tribune collection is a major source for historical documentation of the Bay Area during the 1960s and 1970s. It is rich in images of protests at UC Berkeley, including the Free Speech Movement, the antiwar movement during the Vietnam war, and People's Park.

In 1995, the Oakland Tribune newspaper donated to the Oakland Museum of California its collection of news negatives and photographs, also known as its photo “morgue.” The collection, with about 3,000 negatives and a million photographs, documents the history of the Bay Area and California from the early part of the century through the 1990s.

 

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21-May-69

Depiction: A large group of protestors stand outside the home of the UC Berkeley chancellor, some hold thier fingers in a peace sign. National Guardsmen face them with bayonetted rfffles, some...

21-May-69

Depiction: A large group of protestors are forced to scatter as a National Guard helicopter flies over the Berkeley campus releasing gas. The photo is an arial one, looking down on large section...

18-Jul-88

Typed on the side of the photo: "(NAX6) Indianapolis, July 18- Long Jumping- Carl Lewis jumps 8.34 meters in his first attempt in the finals of the long jump at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field...

2-Sep-68

Photo depicts: A woman in a long cotton dress is bent backwards dancing with a man in a pair of shorts. Both are barefoot as they dance in a field full of listeners at the Sky River Rock Festival...

20-Oct-67

Photo depicts: Two uniformed and plainclothes police officers attempt to lift and take away a student protestor at Brooklyn College. The man is resisting. The heads of other student protestors...

20-May-69

Photo depicts: View is looking down on to about 10 police officers who are running toward a small number of protestors on the UC Berkeley campus. The officers wear gas masks and carrying batons...

20-May-69

Photo depicts: View is looking down on to at least 100 National Guardsmen linign a sidewalk. Their guns are pointed in front of them holding back a large group of students and protestors on the...

26-Sep-88

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY220) Seoul, Sept. 26-- Repeat Gold in Long Jump-- Carl Lewis of the United States leaps for a gold medal in the long jump with his fourth jump of 28' 7 1/4" during...

12/5/45

The caption on the back of the photo reads: Pacific Coast League leaders made baseball history last night at Columbus when they voted to become a major league. Clarence Rowland (standing),...

7/23/46

The caption on the back of the photo reads: Coast League leaders who met in Los Angeles yesterday with Baseball Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler are shown around conference table. Standing (...

9-Aug-84

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY 298) Los angeles, Aug. 9-- Thompson Wins Decathlon-- Daley Thompson of Great Britain prepares to throw his javelin during one of the events of the decathlon competition...

1-Sep-60

Typed at the bottom: "(NY18- Sept. 1) Leader-- Wilma Rudolph of Clarksville, Tenn., led all preliminary qualifiers in the women's 100-meter dsh at the Olympic Games inRome today. She won her...

26-Sep-88

Typed at the bottom: "(OLY220) Seoul, Sept. 26-- Repeat Gold in Long Jump-- Carl Lewis of the United States leaps for a gold medal in the long jump with his fourth jump of 28' 7 1/4" during...

27-Mar-38

Tribune label on the back, March 27, 1938, "Here is a possible infield combination for the Oaks. Left to right, Bob Gibson, first base; Hugh Luby, second base; Jose Abreau, short stop, and Pat...

17-Sep-88

Typed at the top- "Seoul, Sept. 17- U.S. olympians- Members of the Uniter States Olympic team march through Olympic Stadium in Seoul Saturday during the opening ceremonies parade-of-athletes."...

24-May-80

Typed at the top- "Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 24-- MAY BE HIS LAST-- Frank Shorter, an Olympic gold medalist in 1972, ran in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial Sautrday morning. The 26.2...

25-Aug-60

Typed at the bottom, "(NY18- Aug. 25) U.S. TEAM ARRIVES FOR GAMES OPENING-- U.S. Olympics delegation marches inside Olympic Stadium today on arrival for ceremonies opening Games in Rome. Flag-...

19-May-38

Typed label attached to back of photo, "Patrol Oakland Outfield. Four outfielders of the Oakland Pacific Coast League Club are picture, theri war clubs ready, at the team's training camp at...

6-Dec-67

Description: A poor, blurry photo of a man crouching to get through a door where the glass has been broken out of it. A group of people stand behind him and watch. He looks to be entereing the...

3-Dec-66

Description: Photo is two close-ups, one of Mario Savio, the other of Karen Lieberman. Photo caption reads: Two former University of California students, Karen Lieberman and Mario Savio, once head...

17-Apr-70

Description: A man has just thrown a gas canister back at police. He stands in a plaza on the UC Berkeley campus. A large crowd stands behind him and cheers him on. One person wears a gas mask....

25-Jul-76

Typed at the bottom, "(OLY-38) Montreal, July 25- MOSES AND SHINE SHINE- U.S. hurdlers Edwin Moses, right, of Georgia and teammate Mike Shine of Pa. exult after taking respective gold and silver...

16-Jun-69

Description: A young white man heaves a bucket of water over a chainlink fence surrounding the Peopl'e Park. He and the supporters around him wear their graduation robes. Photo caption reads:...

26-Jun-69

Description: A large crowd gathers on a lawn in front of a large plain housing building. Photo caption reads: People's Park People Get People's Housing: People's Park demonstrators converge on...

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