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    Plaque Dedication Invitation

    THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Invites You to their PLAQUE DEDICATION Marking the Site of OAKLAND S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL at Fourth and Clay Streets in Oakland 11:00 a.. Saturday, Oct. 9,...

    THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Invites You to their PLAQUE DEDICATION Marking the Site of OAKLAND S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL at Fourth and Clay Streets in Oakland 11:00 a.. Saturday, Oct....

    • oakland
    • invitation
    • public school
    • dedication
    • 1976
    • 11am saturday

    The Port of Oakland

      USS Potomac

      • oakland
      • california
      • bay area
      • potomac
      • fdr
      • wwii
      • roosevelt

      History of the Transbay Ferry

      History of the Transbay Ferry  Ferry service between Oakland and San Francisco has played a vital role for over 145 years. The earliest licensed operator was Captain Thomas Gray who started his...

      History of the Transbay Ferry  Ferry service between Oakland and San Francisco has played a vital role for over 145 years. The earliest licensed operator was Captain Thomas Gray who started his...

      • oakland
      • transbay
      • ferry
      • 1851

      The Approximate Location of a Building

      THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF A BUILDING THE LOFT OF WHICH LIVE OAK LODGE U.D. FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIF.WAS INSTITUTED ON AUG. 19, 1854. THAT MEETING WAS THE BEGINNING OF...

      THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF A BUILDING THE LOFT OF WHICH LIVE OAK LODGE U.D. FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIF.WAS INSTITUTED ON AUG. 19, 1854. THAT MEETING WAS THE BEGINNING...

      • oakland
      • bay area
      • jack london square
      • california
      • masons
      • 1854

      Jack London 1876-1916

        Used for Shipping Lumber and Supplies

        This is the approximate site of the first wharf authorized by the townof Oakland and constructed by Horace W. Carpentier at the foot of Main Street (now Broadway) in 1852.The wharf was used for...

        This is the approximate site of the first wharf authorized by the townof Oakland and constructed by Horace W. Carpentier at the foot of Main Street (now Broadway) in 1852.The wharf was used...

        • jack london square
        • oakland
        • bay area
        • california

        Jack London Statue

         "I would rather be ashes than dust.I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in...

         "I would rather be ashes than dust.I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me...

        • oakland
        • bay area
        • jack london square
        • california

        Pony Express Ferry "Oakland"

        • bay area
        • california
        • oakland
        • jack london square
        • pony express

        Origins of Oakland

        • jack london square
        • oakland

        Cheemah, Mother of the Spirit-Fire

        Information about the Cheemah project here.

        Information about the Cheemah project here.

        • oakland
        • bay area
        • jack london square
        • california
        • spirit
        • fire
        • spirit-fire
        • cheemah

        The United Nations, Jack London Square

        UN Plaque in Jack London Square, Oakland "THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED 1945 SYMBOL OF WORLD COMMUNITY THIS FLAGPOLE RAISED MAR. 26, 1966AND DEDICATED OCT 24, 1975UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OFTHE UNITED...

        UN Plaque in Jack London Square, Oakland "THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED 1945 SYMBOL OF WORLD COMMUNITY THIS FLAGPOLE RAISED MAR. 26, 1966AND DEDICATED OCT 24, 1975UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OFTHE UNITED...

        • jack london square
        • oakland
        • united nations

        Jack London Square Development

        Jack London Square Development The building behind you was the Port of Oakland headquarters from late 1961 until 1990. An aluminum skin now covers what was a 1920s cold storage building, the...

        Jack London Square Development The building behind you was the Port of Oakland headquarters from late 1961 until 1990. An aluminum skin now covers what was a 1920s cold storage building, the...

        • oakland
        • bay area
        • jack london square
        • california
        • inconsistent...
        • disrespect f...

        Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.

        • oakland
        • ellis
        • grubb
        • redevelopment
        • jack london square
        • heinold's

        Jack London's Cabin

        Jack London's Cabin In 1968 Russ Kingman, and area businessman with a passion for Jack London, headed an expedition to the Alaskan wilderness to authenticate a tiny cabin discovered in the woods...

        Jack London's Cabin In 1968 Russ Kingman, and area businessman with a passion for Jack London, headed an expedition to the Alaskan wilderness to authenticate a tiny cabin discovered in the...

        • oakland
        • bay area
        • jack london square
        • california
        • cabin
        • alaska
        • jack london
        • half fake

        Jack London

        "Jack London January 12 1876 - NOvember 22, 1916 Oakland's famed native son was the noted author of 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Sea Worl', and 'South Sea Tales'. He was at various times a sailor,...

        "Jack London January 12 1876 - NOvember 22, 1916 Oakland's famed native son was the noted author of 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Sea Worl', and 'South Sea Tales'. He was at various times a...

        • jack london square
        • oakland
        • jack london