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Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center

Owning Institution: Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center

About this Collection

The collections of the Oakland History Center include images, manuscript materials, photomechanical prints, news clippings, ephemeral items, programs, sheet music, monographs and serials and archival materials in audio-visual and digital formats that document the history of Oakland, Emeryville and Piedmont, Calif. and the metropolitan East Bay area of Northern California. The collections also include an extensive run of historic maps of the Oakland area dating from 1852-present. View collection guide.

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199 items found in this collection

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Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody), with the cast of his "Wild West …
"Bullet" Hilary Meaddows of the Colored Giants, Oakland, 1923 [picture]
Business centre, Melrose, Calif. [picture]
California Cotton Mills [picture]
California Trotting Park, Emeryville [picture] : view from the Southern Pacific Railroad …
Captain William T. Shorey [picture]
The cast of the "Our Gang" comedies, with Mayor John L. Davie …
Castlemont High School [picture]
Charles A. Klinkner and family [picture]
Charmian (at wheel) and Jack London at Idora Park [picture]
Chevrolet Plant, 73rd Ave. and Foothill Blvd. [picture]
Children's Fairyland [picture] : March 11, 1953
Chinese vegetable peddler c.1890 [picture] / Moses Chase album
City of Oakland and vicinity, Alameda County, California [cartographic material] / published …
Close view of double-deck car on the old Trestle Glen railroad [picture]
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh signing the register at Oakland Airport, September 17, …
College Avenue, looking north toward Shafter Ave. [picture] : Rockridge District, Oakland, …
Concert at state prison [picture] : San Quentin, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 16, …
Conquest [picture] : painted by Arthur Mathews
Construction of the Oakland Naval Supply Depot. [picture]
Damage to the Empire Theatre by the Earthquake of 1906 [picture]
The day Jack London sailed from the foot of Broadway for his …
Demonstrators, Stop the Draft Week [picture]
The deposition of Jose Domingo Peralta in: the United States v. D[omingo] …
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