road

1919

A: Booklet "Rand-McNally Indexed Pocket Map and Auto Road Guide, California" (includes "Shippers' Guide, Railroads and Electric Lines, Counties, Congressional Townships, Cities, Towns, Villages...

1908

Postcard of the base of a giant tree at Yosemite. A hole has been carved through the trunk large enough for a road to pass through, as the horse-drawn buggy behind the tree is about to take...

The Rincon Coast Highway, Santa Barbara, California
c.1930

Unused postcard of an isolated coastal highway. Only a single distant car is driving down the road. The car might be of 1930s vintage. The highway follows the edge of the ocean and is bordered...

1904

Sheet music is white paper, with the music printed in black. Printed in peach color and green, the front page shows a drawn image of a man walking along a dirt road in a valley. Behind him is a...

c.1970

A workman, wearing a safety helmet. safety goggles and a safety vest, is coiling or uncoiling a hose mounted on the tongue of a trailer which supports a pressurized tank. Since there is a traffic...

c.1970

A workman, wearing a safety helmet. safety goggles and a safety vest, is coiling or uncoiling a hose mounted on the tongue of a trailer which supports a pressurized tank. Since there is a traffic...

1908

Sheep blockade somewhere on road; steam car

c. 1968

Black and white photograph taken in Yosemite Natioonal Park, of a road with cars in a wooded area. On tthe road there is a sign that reads: "Visitor Center." The photograph was taken by Mr....

1957

A view looking west down Joaquin Miller Road, as per the handwritten notation on the back of the photo. The date is 02/27/1957. The road is striped for traffic lanes and it has a narrow divider...

c.1950

A paved road at a "tee" intersection. The main road has a painted center strip; the side road enters from the right. An automobile is moving away from the camera just past the intersection....

1873, 1889

Handwritten on the back, "Upper Left- Electric Car Service, 1889.

Lower Left- Looking North on Washington at

12th, 1889.

...
1933

A close-up of the Oakland Oaks team. An exterior shot of a practice session with the players hiking up a hill on a roadway.

1891

Scenic view of small building, hillside, road, horse.

1942

From back of photograph: "Skyline 9 1/4 m yearbook #993" Sweeping photograph of the skyline beyond the Oakland Hills. A road bends around the hills in the proper right of the photograph,...

1850-1865

The notations on the back of the photo read "American Trust Company" and "4 cols [columns]", but they do not shed much light on the scene other than the photo was probably part of a four-column...

1884

Handwritten on the back, "Lake Merritt at Lakeshore at E 18th St. in 1884 (dup)." Photo is a copy print of an older photograph showing a portion of Lake Merritt taken from a high elevation (tall...

12-Feb-57

Description: Aerial view looking down onto the city of Berkeley. Photo focuses primarily on the area around campus and the football stadium.

14-Mar-59

Description: Aerial view looking down onto the city of Berkeley. Photo focuses primarily on the area around campus and the football stadium. Photo caption reads: Berkeley never looked lovelier...

1869

Theinscription on the back of the photo reads "Looking down Broadway frrom 8th St. 1869" Broadway in this scene is a dirt road with wagon tire marks on its surface. At left there is a tiered...

12-May-74

Description: View from the top of a building looking down onto Berkeley's Sather Gate. Much of the street's buildings and signs can be seen. Many period cars are parked along the sidewalk. It is...

1950-1980

A man, with three boys to his right, are walking briskly [position of their arms indicates this] on a level, graded road, bordered by low trees on each side. The man is wearing a long sleeve...

31-May-69

Depiction: Three girls sit in the sun directly in front of armed National Guardsmen who stand almost three rows deep. The men hold bayonetted rifles and wear gas masks. The girls each wear a black...

30-May-69

Depiction: Thousands on people fill a street in Berkeley. They march in protest over People's Park. It is aereal view of the city looking down to the people who cover many blocks. Photo caption...

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