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Chabot Observatory

    The Pardee Home

    THE PARDEE HOME  BUILT IN 1868 BY ENOCH H. PARDEE (1827 - 96) , PHYSICIAN, MAYOR OF OAKLAND, STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, AND SENATOR. IT WAS THE HOME OF THE FAMILIES OF E. H. PARDEE AND HIS SON, GEORGE C....

    THE PARDEE HOME  BUILT IN 1868 BY ENOCH H. PARDEE (1827 - 96) , PHYSICIAN, MAYOR OF OAKLAND, STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, AND SENATOR. IT WAS THE HOME OF THE FAMILIES OF E. H. PARDEE AND HIS SON, GEORGE...

    • ebmud
    • pardee
    • oakland

    Donald R. McCollum

      Donald P. McCullum

      Submitted by @DIYGene.

      Submitted by @DIYGene.

        Judge Donald P. McCullum

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

          George Paschal Scotlan

            Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

            • library
            • carnegie
            • oakland
            • greene
            • free to all

            Charles S green Library / African- American Museum

            • oakland
            • california
            • bay area
            • library
            • museum
            • african american

            First Unitarian church of Oakland

            • oakland
            • california
            • bay area
            • church
            • unitarian

            Key System

              Key System Building

              This Property The Key System Building has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Image by LocalWiki contributors from Key_System_Building.

              This Property The Key System Building has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Image by LocalWiki contributors from Key_System_Building.

                Oakland City Hall

                OAKLAND CITY HALL Begun in 1911 and completed in 1914, this is Oakland’s fifth City Hall. Its construc-tion was funded with a $1.15 million bond issue passed in 1909. The Beaux Arts design was by...

                OAKLAND CITY HALL Begun in 1911 and completed in 1914, this is Oakland’s fifth City Hall. Its construc-tion was funded with a $1.15 million bond issue passed in 1909. The Beaux Arts design was...

                • oakland
                • califorinia
                • city hall

                John B. Williams

                IN LASTING MEMORY OFJOHN B WILLIAMS, 1917 - 1976, A MAN OF VISION, COMPASSION AND COURAGE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY1964 - 1976DEDICATED BY HIS COL-LEAGUES WHO ELECTED...

                IN LASTING MEMORY OFJOHN B WILLIAMS, 1917 - 1976, A MAN OF VISION, COMPASSION AND COURAGE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY1964 - 1976DEDICATED BY HIS COL-LEAGUES WHO ELECTED...

                • bay area
                • california
                • oakland
                • redevelopment

                Frank Ogawa

                 

                • oakland
                • california
                • bay area
                • city hall
                • ogawa
                • japanese american
                • internment
                • wwii
                • concentration camps

                Press Building

                PRESS BUILDING  The Press Building opened as the Pantages Theatre on  August 5, 1912. Retail and office uses enveloped the  building, with ground-floor tenants including a candy  store, dry...

                PRESS BUILDING  The Press Building opened as the Pantages Theatre on  August 5, 1912. Retail and office uses enveloped the  building, with ground- floor tenants including a candy  store,...

                • hippodrome
                • oakland
                • vaudeville

                Heros of All Wars

                DEDICATED TO AMERICAN HEROS OF ALL WARS BY OAKLAND DETACHMENT MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ARMISTICE DAY 1935

                DEDICATED TO AMERICAN HEROS OF ALL WARS BY OAKLAND DETACHMENT MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ARMISTICE DAY 1935

                • oakland
                • califorinia
                • war
                • marines
                • armistice day

                Oakland 1946 General Strike

                SITE OF THE 1946 GENERAL STRIKE WHEN WOMAN RETAIL CLERKS FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A UNION ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO    Submitted by: Sarah Fine @fineplanner

                SITE OF THE 1946 GENERAL STRIKE WHEN WOMAN RETAIL CLERKS FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A UNION ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO    Submitted by: Sarah Fine @fineplanner

                • oakland
                • california
                • strike
                • women
                • unions