California Images

Oakland

Section A: Historical Photographs - digitally mastered by Business Image group

Section B: Contemporary Photography - Bennett Hall © 2009

Examples of clients using Oakland images:

University of California Rowing Center

US District Courts, Oakland

SECTION A - HISTORY

Oakland City Hall, 1917
This majestic Beaux-Arts building was the first government building designed as a skyscraper.
The railroad track being laid (foreground) is for the Western Pacific Passenger Service to Sacramento.
The Lionel J. Wilson “Flatiron” building is at the corner of Broadway.

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Old City Hall, 14th and Broadway, circa 1895
The Old City Hall building (condemned in 1899) was demolished when the new City Hall
was completed in 1913 to makeCity Hall Plaza, rededicated in 1996 to be Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.

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City Hall - Construction Process
Oakland City Hall was the tallest building west of Chicago at the time of its completion in 1913.
Old City Hall (foreground) was demolished to make way for what is now Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.

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View North on Broadway at 13th, circa 1910
Electric street cars began servicing the area on Broadway in 1891.
Union Savings Bank (1903), Oakland’s first high-rise, is on right,
and the Flatiron Building is now the Lionel J. Wilson building.

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Canoeing on Lake Merritt, circa 1880
Viewing west is Holy Names College (center), future site of the Kaiser Center,
Old Boat house (left), 1st Presbyterian Church (background) and the Piedmont Baths (far right).

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Sailing on Lake Merritt, circa 1880
View east across Lake Merritt from the future site of Laney College.
Houseboats reside on the 8th Street Damn adjacent to the sailboats
From a photographic series by Rodolph on early Oakland.

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Brooklyn Basin, Oakland Harbor, circa 1900
View north from Alameda toward the San Antonio District
and 13th Ave., with Montclair and Glenview in distance.
Photograph taken prior to construction of Government Island.

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Oak Tree at 5th and Clay Street, 1884
This tree was part of a gathering of Oaks that greeted new arrivals to Oakland,
for which the City was named in 1852.
Noted writer Bret Harte (1836-1902) lived on this block while he was in Oakland.

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