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2/19/71

Image depicts Vukasin standing next to a runway, a table with a large number of people eating behind her. From the Oakland Tribune Collection

1974

An aerial view of the Oakland International Airport showing its runways. The photo is taken from above the waters of San Francisco Bay, looking northeast toward North Field, Alameda, Downtown...

1925-1940
1930-1950
1954

The Tribune photo, dated July 30, 1954, has the following caption on the back: "Indicated on aerial photo above are the new runway and terminal areas planned in the $11,500,000 expansion of the...

18-Feb-28

Handwritten on the back, "Oakland Airport. Photo is an aerial view of the area where the airport is located. Two hangars and a smaller building are all that exists of the airport buildings. The...

16-Aug-27

Handwritten on the back in black ink, "1927 Dole Race 'Miss Doran' lost at sea." Photo shows the "Miss Doran" either taking off or landing on an airfield.

See H96.1.1864 for information on...

16-Aug-27

Typed on the back, "Dole race plane, Neg. No. 2837." Photo shows the "miss Doran" parked in a waiting circle on the runway, possibly waiting for their turn to takeoff. In the background, are a...

16-Aug-27

Typed on the back, "Dole race plane, Neg. No. 2837." Photo shows the "miss Doran" parked in a waiting circle on the runway, possibly waiting for their turn to takeoff. In the background, are a...

14-Mar-57

Virtually the same aerial photo as in 2001.1.32 except that this one is taken from a lower altitude than the 13,000 feet in the previous one, and it shows more of the land on the far side of what...

13-Mar-57

A 1957 view of the airport taken from an altitude of 13,000 feet. The view is taken over tidelands of San Francisco Bay looking generally eastward toward the Airport and beyond. A point of...

27-Jul-89

Tribune caption on the back, July 28, 1989-- "An airplane takes off from North Field at the Oakland Airport." Photo shows a passenger plane with "Salair" painted on the side waiting on the runway...

5-Feb-39

Tribune clipping on the back, "Paving and rocking of the 5200-foot east-west runway at the Oakland Airport gives Oakland one of the longest and best runways of the country. The taxi strip (right...

January, 1949

The Tribune photo, dated January 2, 1949, has the following caption on the back: "The Okalnad Municpal Aiorport as it appears today from the air just as the pilot or passengers sees it as he...

1960-1962

An aerial view of the airport underconstruction, looking northwest toward San Francisco. The new runways are completed, and they too point toward San Francisco. The fluted roof sections are in...

4-Apr-38

An aerial view of the Oakland Municipal Airport taken over San Leandro Bay, facing north toward San Francisco Bay, the Bay Bridge, and Mt. Tamalpais. The photo identifies various cultural...

c. 1925

Second part of H96.1.2370 which had the following handwritten on the back, "Oakland Airport #2725, used in Smith ... 2132." The whole photo is an aerial view of a field with the outline of a...

c. 1925

Handwritten on the back, "Oakland Airport #2725, used in Smith ... 2132." Photo is an aerial view of a field with the outline of a runway drawn on the photograph and "O" "Oakland" written in...

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