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
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
Port of Oakland, Ca. - Public domain book illustration
Photograph shows an aerial view of the Port of Oakland, on the San Francisco Bay, Oakland, California. Illus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. Short... More
Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" pl...
Photograph shows the Wanto Co. store located at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California. The business was owned by the Matsuda family. Tatsuro Matsuda, a University of California graduate, ... More
War workers' nursery. His milk and graham crackers, part of the Bella ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
War workers' nursery. The morning checkup at modern nursery schools in...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Paramount Theatre Building, 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 Naval Supply Center, Lodge-Cafeteria, East of Fifth Street, be...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-OO Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Lodge-Cafeteria, East of Fifth Street, be...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-OO Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
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, Storehouse, Between G & H Streets, & Fift...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Storehouse, Between G & H Streets, & Fift...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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 Naval Supply Center, Coffee Roasting Plant, East of Fourth Str...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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, Pipe-Metals Storehouse, Between B & C Str...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-NN Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Key Pier Substation, Foot of east end of bridge, Oakland, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a rare surviving component of the historically significant Key System railway, the Key Pier Substation appears to be individually eligible for National Register listing under Criterion A at the... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Cafeteria-RepairShop-Storage Facility, We...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-JJ Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Salvage Storage & Service Shed, Sixth Str...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-E Building/structure dates: 1944 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
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
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
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
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
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
716 Castro Street (House), Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-2058 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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
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 image of gates, gateway, passage, architecture, 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, Heating Plant, North of B Street & West o...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-T Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Heating Plant, North of B Street & West o...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-T Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
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, 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, 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
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, Warehouse, North of A Street, between Fou...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-BB Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third &...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Cold Storage Warehouse, South of C Street...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
J. Mora Moss House, Broadway & MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda C...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Aeronautical Materials Storehouses, Betwe...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-EE Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, South of D Street betw...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-O Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, South of D Street betw...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-O Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Shed, South of D Street betw...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-O Building/structure dates: 1944 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, Pier Transit Sheds, North Marginal Wharf,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-P Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Sheds, North Marginal Wharf,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-P Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Pier Transit Sheds, North Marginal Wharf,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-P Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Oakland Naval Supply Center, General Storehouses, Between Third & Four...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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 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
Mary Sumares who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of Portuguese p...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Estrelinka (professional name), who is one of the entertainers on the ...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War workers' nursery. A young supervisor at the Bella Vista Nursery Sc...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Carol M. Highsmith - School mural in 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
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Lodge-Cafeteria, East of Fifth Street, be...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-OO Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
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 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, General Office & Storage Building, East E...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-L Building/structure dates: 1943 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
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 Naval Supply Center, Heating Plant, On Northwest Corner of K S...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-II Building/structure dates: 1943 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, 9235 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Mission Motel, built in 1938 with additions in 1945 and 1951, was an outstanding example of a California regional theme motel of the interwar and early postwar years. It was the largest, most... More
Oakland Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Secon...
Survey number: HABS CA-2614-U Building/structure dates: 1941-1942 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