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Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center

Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center

The Oakland History Center is an important center for the study of the history and current development of the East Bay. Its collection contains a wide variety of materials relating to the history of Oakland and the larger Bay Area, including books, magazines, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, sheet music, trade catalogs, and scrapbooks.

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1,757 items found in 22 collections

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10,000,000 Members by Christmas (Red Cross)
10th Street between Oak and Fallon Streets looking towards 11th Street in …
10th Street between Oak and Fallon Streets looking towards 11th Street in …
10th Street (Swan's) Market looking west down 10th Street in downtown Oakland, …
11th Annual African American Celebration Through Poetry
11th St., south side, Franklin St. to Broadway [picture] : April 1958
12th St. Dam in 1884, looking east from Oak St. [picture]
1778 1943 Americans Will Always Fight For Liberty
1906 Refugee Camp [picture]
1918 flu epidemic [picture] : the Oakland Municipal Auditorium in use as …
1925 Oakland Columbus Day Parade [picture]
2 1/2 Million Starving Armenian - Syrian - Women - Children
23rd Ave., East Oakland [picture]
35th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard [picture]
39th Avenue [picture] : Redwood Heights Elementary School under construction in foreground
7th St. From Myrtle St., looking west [picture]
8th St. Bridge to East Oakland [picture]
Aahmes Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. envelope
Aahmes Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. envelope
Abrahamson building, southeast corner of Washington and 13th Streets, downtown Oakland, California
Abrahamson building, southeast corner of Washington and 13th Streets in downtown Oakland, …
Abrahamson building, southeast corner of Washington and 13th Streets in downtown Oakland, …
Abrahamson building, southeast corner of Washington and 13th Streets in downtown Oakland, …
Abrahanson building, southeast corner of Washington and 13th Streets in downtown Oakland, …
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