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Title
Oakland Estuary westward [picture] : Moore-Scott shipyard in foreground, SPRR docks and mole beyond
Creator
United States. Army Air Corps. Aerial Photo Section
Date Created and/or Issued
1918?
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Oakland Tribune, Inc
Contributing Institution
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection
Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information
Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Title from container. The image, captured by a pilot of the Army Rangers, shows the great expansion of shipbuilding activity along the Oakland waterfront that occurred during World War I. From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library. Number in collection : 135.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2s2024gr
copl_025
Knowland Neg. 135
Subject
Shipyards - California - Pictorial works
Harbors - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Moore Dry Dock Company - History - Pictorial works
Southern Pacific Railroad Company - California - Oakland - Pictorial works
Port of Oakland - History - Pictorial works
Place
Oakland Estuary (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Oakland (Calif.) - Harbors - Aerial views.

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