Object number:
2013.1.274
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
5/2/1962
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:
Original envelope read, "Oakland aerials and vistas, 1960-1969; #1." From caption pasted on back, "Avenues to Sea, Oakland streets cut broad paths through the business district to reach the Estuary - the community's life-line to World Commerce and the route of sea-going ships to the terminals of Oakland's Inner Harbor." Aerial photograph of downtown Oakland. Oakland-Alameda Estuary visible in background. Kaiser Center building visible in center of photograph adjacent to Lake Merritt.
Concepts:
estuary; downtown; aerial photograph
Places:
Oakland; Richmond Inner Harbor
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