Bella Sumares is the comedienne of the group of Portuguese who put on ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign speech, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bella Sumares is the comedienne of the group of Portuguese who put on ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Group of Portuguese who put on a one-hour program daily over station K...
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War workers' nursery. A mid-morning tomato juice is thoroughly appreci...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Container facility at harbor, Oakland, California
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
1722 55th St., Oakland, CA, 2006
Photograph shows the "Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church." Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California
Designed by Timothy Pfleger in 1931, the landmark features a resplendent Art Deco auditorium with bas-relief sculptural panels, a grand ceiling, and a 1931 Wurlitzer organ. Title, date and keywords based on inf... More
Kasper's Hot Dogs in Oakland, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Reserve Materials Storehouse, Between I &...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-GG Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, General Office & Storage Building, East E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-L Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Piers 4 & 5, Piers 4 & 5, Oakland, Alamed...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-S Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Private Vehicle Inspection Building, Africa Street ...
Significance: Building 4 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-C Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type C, Intersection of Third &...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-C Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Mission Motel, Six & Ten-Unit Buildings, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oak...
Survey number: HABS CA-2651-D Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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, Administration Building, Between D & E St...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-X Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, Pier 5, Oakland, Alame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-R Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, Pier 5, Oakland, Alame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-R Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Administration Building-Dental Annex-Disp...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Substation, Foot of east span of bridge, Oakland, Alameda Coun...
Significance: The building was constructed as an electrical substation for the interurban trains that originally ran across the Bay Bridge from Oakland to the Transbay Transit Terminal in San Francisco. It is ... More
Grove Street Pier, 1 Market Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Grove Street Pier, a transit shed with pier understructure, is the oldest surviving municipal port building on the Oakland waterfront. It is one of two pre-World War II port buildings to have... 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
Tucker Building, 1516 Jefferson Street & 595 Sixteenth Street, Oakland...
Significance: This building is a contributing structure to the Oakland Downtown district. The Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey describes the district as, "...an architecturally, historically, and functionally ... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Administrative Offices, On Seventh Street...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-LL Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
John Breuner & Company Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
James White House, 702 Eleventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: Built in 1875 for James White, a leader of the Seventh Day Adventists and the founder of the Pacific Press, the structure's simple Italianate details are common to the area. Survey number: HABS C... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Lumber Storage & Box Factory, East of Fif...
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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Steam Plant, Sixth Street south of East K...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-F Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Commanding Officers Residences, Between E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-Z Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More
Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...
Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... 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
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 Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Third...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-AA Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
J. Mora Moss House, Broadway & MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cabinet, window or door, furniture, interior architecture detail, doorway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 ...
Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Real estate office, Oakland, California
Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blackout means black / CH.
Poster reminding citizens of complete blackouts as a civil defense procedure.
Oakland, Calif., Feb. 1942, World War II photo
Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-36. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More
War workers' nursery. Jimmy Solavich whose mother works in a local war...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California
The Cathedral of Christ the Light and also called the Oakland Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in Oakland, California. It is the seat of the Bishop of Oakland. Christ the Lig... More
Paramount Theatre Building detail, Oakland, California
Oakland's Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. Designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931, it was o... 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
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
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
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
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, Pier Transit Shed, Pier 5, Oakland, Alame...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-R Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Governor Pardee House, 672 Eleventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, C...
Significance: Built by a pioneer Californian, Dr. Enoch Homer Pardee. It was occupied later by his son, Dr. George Cooper Pardee. Both men were physicians who had a strong interest in politics. Each served the ... More
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
Mills College, Oakland, Cal., Panoramic Photograph
J205365 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; August 3, 1915.
Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Tobruk Street, between Wa...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tucker Building, 1516 Jefferson Street & 595 Sixteenth Street, Oakland...
Significance: This building is a contributing structure to the Oakland Downtown district. The Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey describes the district as, "...an architecturally, historically, and functionally ... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Gymnasium-Cafeteria-Theater, East K Stree...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Oakland Army Base, Printing Plant, Attu & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alame...
Significance: Building 85 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-E Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Printing Plant, Attu & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alame...
Significance: Building 85 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-E Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Army Base, Printing Plant, Attu & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alame...
Significance: Building 85 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-E Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction
Galinda Hotel, Eighth & Franklin Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: One of Oakland's most sumptuous early hotels. Survey number: HABS CA-1898