oakland city hall

Early 1900's

Box of Pictures. Description: 20 views mostly of downtown Oakland, U.C. Berkeley campus (one view of the Claremont Hotel with Berkeley Hills in the background, and Neptune Beach in Alameda....

Photographs, progress report of Oakland's City Hall. Report from architects to Mayor Mott. From first excavation to completion. Oakland City Hall (with new Washington Plaza in place of old City...

1869-1873

City Hall, destroyed by fire August 25, 1877, 9:15 p.m.

1869-1873

View from College Tower, northwest 1869 showing City Hall.

ca. 1880

"Views in Oakland, Cal., City Hall and Park, junction Broadway, SSan Pablo Ave., and 14th St." Photgraph. Description: An artotype, brown tones.

1889

"City Hall Park." (G. Weininger 4/2002, from DeWitt Jones, Oakland Parks and Playgrounds, 1935): City Hall Park was a triangular plaza near City Hall, bounded by 14th St., Washington...

ca.1927

a:Postcard folder, souvenir of Oakland. Contains scenes of Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland, City Hall, Oakland Hotel, City Auditorium,(now Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium), Technical School (now...

ca.1927

a:Postcard folder, souvenir of Oakland. Contains scenes of Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland, City Hall, Oakland Hotel, City Auditorium,(now Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium), Technical School (now...

ca.1927

a:Postcard folder, souvenir of Oakland. Contains scenes of Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland, City Hall, Oakland Hotel, City Auditorium,(now Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium), Technical School (now...

ca.1927

a:Postcard folder, souvenir of Oakland. Contains scenes of Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland, City Hall, Oakland Hotel, City Auditorium,(now Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium), Technical School (now...

c. 1915

Original envelope read, "Oakland, Washington Street." Negative shows a street with construction work of some sort down the middle of the street. Several workmen are working in this area....

c. 1915

Original envelope read, "Oakland airview." Negative is an aerial view looking down either Telegraph or Broadway. To the right can be seen Kahn's department store under construction. To the far...

13-Jan-12

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Subjecting the concrete flooring arches of the new City Hall to an heroic test of its strength. 1-13-12." Negative shows a group of men standing on...

8-May-12

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Model of lantern to surmount tower of new city hall- 5-8-12." Negative shows a small scale architectual model of the top of the city hall building....

1912

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall." Negative shows several workers inside city hall. They are putting together pieces of steel.

10-Feb-12

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Prof. Charles Derleth inspecting rivets in steel work of City Hall. 2-10-12." Negative shows a man wearing a coat and hat, holding a small hammer in...

1912

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Same as 1621." Negative shows a man handing a box down to some workers standing on steel beams in the construction for city hall. They might be...

c. 1915

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall." Negative shows the streets surrounding city hall in downtown Oakland. Cars are parked at all the available curb space and a streetcar is going past...

1912

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall." Negative shows several workers inside city hall. They are putting together pieces of steel.

4-Aug-12

Original envelope read, "Oakland City Hall. Flag on City Hall, frame, 8-4-12." Negative shows the upper floors of city hall under construction. At the very top is a flag waving in the wind.

c. 1913

Envelope reads "Twenty mule team." Negative shows a huge crowd of people gathered in front of the Oakland City Hall watching a mule team coming in. Several cars parked at the curb in front of...

c. 1915

Envelope reads "Twenty mule team." Negative shows a huge crowd of people gathered in front of the Oakland City Hall watching a mule team coming in. Several cars parked at the curb in front of...

1912

Envelope reads, "Steel girder-used in construction of City Hall 1912." Negative shows a flat car of a train with a huge steel beam on the bed. Several men are walking past the beam. In the...

1914

Envelope reads, "14th St." Negative shows the street running beside City Hall. Cars parked up and down the street at the curbs. A horse and buggy are coming up the street. People are crossing...

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