THE SALVATION ARMY OAKLAND CHINATOWN CORPS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SERVICE OF MANKIND JUNE 28, 2008 BY COMMISSIONER PHILIP SWYERS TERRITORIAL COMMANDER
THIS BULDING IS THE GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE BOARD OF LIBRARY DIRECTORS SAMUEL HUBBARD * PRES. WARREN OLNEY FRANK M. PARCELLS D.W. LA FORTUNE DR. E. N. CARD CHARLES S. GREENE LIBRARIAN HARRY...
THIS FLAG WAS DRAPED OVER THE CASKET OF ARTHUR GILBERT ROOD KILLED IN ACTION AT CHATEAU THIERRY, JULY 27, 1918, WHEN HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO AMERICA ARTHUR ROOD WAS BORN JULY 6, 1894; LIVED AT...
LIONEL J. WILSON Mayor of Oakland 1977-1991
CROSSROADS Latham Square is actually a triangle, an accidental space created by the meeting of new and old roads. Broadway did not extend above 14th Street until the late 1880s, when it was...
GENERAL STRIKE! In December 1946, management refusal to recognize a union of retail clerks in stores adjacent to Latham Square led to a general strike involving 100,000 workers in Alameda County....
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...
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA PARKING GARAGE AND HELIPORT