Object number:
2013.1.365
Object name:
photograph
Maker:
Russ Reed
Date made:
Feb 17 1970
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 11 in, W: 14 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Aerial photograph of downtown Oakland. Brooklyn Basin in top right corner. Lake Merritt in top left corner with Kaiser Center in front. Downtown Oakland on right side. Construction of freeway running diagonally from bottom left corner. Stamped on reverse in blue ink: "Tribune photo by Russ Reed from Pacific States Aviation Plane, Concord", "Feb 17 1970". Handwritten on reverse in black ink "Oakland- showing end of Gron-Shafts Freeway" (?) Original envelope reads "Oakland aerials and vistas 1971-
Concepts:
aerial photograph; highway; Kaiser Center
Places:
Oakland; Lake Merritt; Brooklyn Basin; Kaiser Center
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