Object number:
H98.62.1
Object name:
booklet
Title:
The Metropolitan Oakland Area
Production organization:
Tribune Press
Date made:
Circa 1939
Material/Technique:
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
H: 13.125 in, W: 9.75 in
Credit line:
Lay Beng Peh
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
This is a booklet in magazine format
Content description:
produced by the Metropolitan Oakland Area Committee, William P. St. Sure, Chairman in 1939. It is a promotional piece for Oakland and the East Bay, primarily Alameda County. "The Metropolitan Oakland Area, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Hayward, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro and the country communities of Alameda County, California, U.S.A. Treasure Island's Mainland." The cover is in full color, showing a stylized "modern" skyscraper in white with various colored airplanes flying around in a black sky. The back cover shows a full color image of Lake Merritt and the Alameda County Courthouse. The inside has many photographic images of scenes in and around Oakland, starting with the "Bridges!", "A Paradise of Beautiful Homes," "Jewel at Sunset," "Metropolitan Retreat," "Western Athens," "Paramount in Education," "Guardianship," "Year 'Round Play Makes Champions," "Spacious Living," "Pageant of the Pacific, 1939," "Scenic Drives on a Skyline," "Floral Millions for Milady!", "Vista!", "Hotels of Friendliness," "Indistrial Center of the West," "Avenues of Progress," "All Modes of Transportation," "Sunbeams Condensed," "Where Nature Yields Abundantly," "White Gold and Power," "Skyway Center of the West," "Center of Scenic California," "Beautiful Temples of Worship." There's also a small map showing Alameda County. The Metropolitan Oakland Area Committee is listed on the last inside page.
Concepts:
hen; City Hall; firefighter; police; painting; child; school; education; duck; cygnet; agriculture; archery; swan; speedboat; Pardee Dam; bird; architecture; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; hydro-electric power; Oakland Airport; Alameda Naval Air Station; Fisherman's Wharf; stained glass window; Jesus; cowboy; grape; wine; ship; tennis; lawn bowling; beach; sailing; swimming; diving; golf; train; airplane; Electric Train; streetcar; mechanic; baseball; fishing; gardenia; Oakland Hotel; industry; hotel; orchid; interior; garden; reading; Golden Gate International Exposition; Redwood Tree; automobile; Lake Merritt Hotel; Claremont Hotel; football; sheep; cattle
Places:
Golden Gate Bridge; Muir Woods National Monument; Monterey Peninsula; Lake Tahoe; Marin County, California; Caldecott Tunnel; Mission San Jose; Emeryville, California; Hayward, California; Piedmont, California; Lake Merritt; San Leandro, California; Alameda County, California; Chinatown, San Francisco; Treasure Island, California; East Bay; Half Dome; San Francisco; San Francisco Bay; Berkeley, California; Oakland; Alameda, California; Albany, California
Persons:
William P. St. Sure; J. J. Amaral; Ray L. Billings; A. C. Carrington; Don Budge; Helen Wills Moody; Frank Dusterberry; Carl M. Friden; Dudley W. Frost; Edwin W. Geary; Dr. F. Leslie Herrick; Porter Giles; Carl Hoffman; J. Russell Knowland; A. J. LaCoste; Arthur E. Manter; Dr. W. J. McCracken; Orton Lucas; Lawrence Moore; Luther Nichols; T. W. Norris; Mrs. Beatrice Raymond; Harrison S. Robinson; R. U. St. John; H. W. Saunders; Chas. R. Schwanenberg; H. G. Spaulding; Digby Smith; Hollis R. Thompson; Lea Staiger; Harold D. Weber; Hal Webster; Charles D. Carroll
Organizations:
Paramount Theatre; University of California, Berkeley; Oakland Auditorium; Metropolitan Oakland Area Committee
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