Oakland Naval Supply Center, Commanding Officers Residences, Between E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-Z Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Commanding Officers Residences, Between E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-Z Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Interurban Electric Railway Bridge Yard Shop, Interstate 80 at Alameda...
Significance: The Interurban Electric Railway (IER) Bridge Yard Shop has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, significant under criteria A and C, as a rare survivi... More
Interurban Electric Railway Bridge Yard Shop, Interstate 80 at Alameda...
Significance: The Interurban Electric Railway (IER) Bridge Yard Shop has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, significant under criteria A and C, as a rare survivi... More
Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...
Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More
Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...
Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More
William H. Quinn House, 1425 Castro Street, Oakland, Alameda County, C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2057 Public domain photograph of a house in California, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William H. Quinn House, 1425 Castro Street, Oakland, Alameda County, C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2057 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J. Mora Moss House, Broadway & MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda C...
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J. Mora Moss House, Broadway & MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda C...
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Carroll Overhead Bridge, Altamont Pass Road, Livermore, Alameda County...
Significance: The Carroll Overhead Bridge is composed of 26 spans of reinforced concrete T beams, with a curvilinear alignment and superelevation. Built in 1922-1923, it is the longest bridge of its type and a... More
Carroll Overhead Bridge, Altamont Pass Road, Livermore, Alameda County...
Significance: The Carroll Overhead Bridge is composed of 26 spans of reinforced concrete T beams, with a curvilinear alignment and superelevation. Built in 1922-1923, it is the longest bridge of its type and a... More
Carroll Overhead Bridge, Altamont Pass Road, Livermore, Alameda County...
Significance: The Carroll Overhead Bridge is composed of 26 spans of reinforced concrete T beams, with a curvilinear alignment and superelevation. Built in 1922-1923, it is the longest bridge of its type and a... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Paint & Oil Storehouses, Between G & I St...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-FF Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Aeronautical Materials Storehouses, Betwe...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-EE Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...
Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, General Storehouses, Between Third & Four...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Locomotive & Crane Shed, East of Fifth St...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-MM Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...
Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, 1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, Al...
Significance: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was church home to its congregation from its construction, between 1920 and 1923, to the date of sale of the property, April 15, 1984. This building was a fami... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...
Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...
Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More
Santos Farm, Santos House, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County,...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Ica...
Significance: According to a HABS survey prepared by Ana Beth Koval in 1992: "This building is one of the fourteen 1930s buildings on Coast Guard Island which appear to be eligible to the National Register as ... More
Stulsaft Building, 1517-1519 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Inspection & Repair Shops, 2900 M...
Significance: The Inspection and Repair Shops building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of His... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Inspection & Repair Shops, 2900 M...
Significance: The Inspection and Repair Shops building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of His... More
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Inspection & Repair Shops, 2900 M...
Significance: The Inspection and Repair Shops building is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of His... More
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, 1519 Franklin Street, ...
Significance: This structure is historically important for its association with early 20th century growth of telephone service in the East Bay and the fact that it is still used by the firm that built it. At t... More
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, 1519 Franklin Street, ...
Significance: This structure is historically important for its association with early 20th century growth of telephone service in the East Bay and the fact that it is still used by the firm that built it. At t... More
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...
Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More
St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland...
Significance: St. Francis de Sales Church is a characteristic example of a large brick urban Catholic Church of the late 19th century. It is Gothic Revival in style, has a cruciform plan, and a plaster ceiling... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Kaiser Center, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: First private roof garden built after WWII, largest continuous roof garden in the world in 1960; first major example of post-war modernism on a rooftop; technological innovations in roof garden de... More
Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...
Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More
Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...
Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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University of California Radiation Laboratory, Bevatron, 1 Cyclotron R...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...
Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More
Opening of union cafe. Oakland, California. Photograph made day after ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley But...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley But...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley But...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A few of sample packages of dehydrated vegetables on which tests are b...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Street scene in Oakland, California. One person out of every eighteen ...
Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose, California. Tombstone of Portuguese family who were ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fountain, historic landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mr. John Oiveira, a dairy farmer near San Leandro, California. His par...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blindfolding a tester of cooked dehydrated spinach at the regional agr...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Kindergarten pupil (not Portuguese) in the kindergarten at San Leandro...
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Mr. H. Ormand, who is a leading jeweler in San Leandro, California, ca...
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San Leandro, California. Schoolgirl of Portuguese descent
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
L.R. Leinbach, associate chemist, assembles the apparatus used in dete...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War workers' nursery. Every youngster who attends the Bella Vista Nurs...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
War workers' nursery. Encouraging a restful game after strenuous exerc...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dehydration. Potatoes. Trays of blanched potatoes are placed on racks ...
Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More
Fleming Garden, 2750 Shasta Road, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA
2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Fleming Garden is an excellent and inspiring example of a privately-owned, all-native residential garden in California, and a remarkable test... More
Oakland Army Base, Knight Rail Yard, Tugali Street south of West Grand...
Significance: This facility was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-N Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Wharf Type, Oakland Outer Harbor, Oakland, Alameda ...
Significance: These facilities were used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-O Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
United Engineering Company Shipyard, Electrical Services & Switching S...
Field notes with main record CA-295 Significance: The electrical services and switching station is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined ... More
Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue bet...
Significance: The design of Piedmont Avenue and the adjacent University of California campus and residential tract are significant for several reasons. Olmsted was in California at a crucial time in his career... More
Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...
Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Santos Farm, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Santos Farm complex is historically significant as one of the few remaining farm complexes in southern Alameda County. The property has been associated with the Portuguese community for over ... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Coffee Roasting Plant, East of Fourth Str...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption, 920 Bush Street, Oakland, Ala...
Significance: The Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption, built 1920, served as the religious and cultural center of Oakland's Greek community for forty years. The structure's classical Greek features reflect... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Secon...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-U Building/structure dates: 1941-1942 Initial Construction
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...
Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...
Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More
Ignacio Peralta House, 561 Lafayette, San Leandro, Alameda County, CA
Significance: Built in 1860 by W.P. Toler; it is said to be the first brick house erected in Alameda County. A.C. Peachy purchased the house from Rafaela Sanchez Peralta (Ignacio's widow) on May 18, 1875. Immed... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Firehouse, East of Fourth Street, between...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-CC Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pipe-Metals Storehouse, Between B & C Str...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-NN Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Mission Motel, South Court, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda...
Survey number: HABS CA-2651-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...
Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More
Oakland Army Base, Storehouse Type, Ukraine & Maritime Streets, Oaklan...
Significance: The support activities conducted in these facilities were integral to the success of the Installation's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-K Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial ... More
Oakland Army Base, Private Exchange Cafeteria, Bataan Avenue & Attu St...
Significance: Building 60 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-D Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More
Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alam...
Significance: Oakland Army Base served in an important capacity during the Second World War (1941-1945), and is therefore eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, repr... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Academic Instruction Building, Off East K...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-I Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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