DavidGallagher, 12 days ago to random

Added today to SFMemory.org! 158 new old images from the Emiliano Echeverria / Randolph Brandt collection. I real mix of stuff from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo, Early 70's Market Street Muni construction, Key System Accidents, Ferries https://sfmemory.org/search/index.php?q=sfm011&_ds=1&bn=0&bs=50&so0=contains&so1=contains #sfhistory #oaklandhistory #ppie

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diygene, 2 months ago to Oakland

Finally stopped to get a photo of #4 of the series of Black Panther Party murals by Refa One #Oakland #OaklandHistory #Mural

This is on the side of the former Greyhound bus station on San Pablo

diygene, 1 year ago to random

#TodayInOaklandHistory May 9, 1882, Henry J. Kaiser was born. Locally people associate the name with Kaiser Permanente, but Kaiser got his start in construction and made one of his most notable impacts with shipbuilding during WWII. Kaiser was also in aluminum, steel, cement, and even cars.

The namesake Kaiser Center was once the tallest building in #Oakland. It included a penthouse apartment where Kaiser lived for a time. The adjacent parking garage includes a lovely roof garden. The garden is accessible to the public during regular business hours.

https://oaklandwiki.org/Henry_J._Kaiser

#OaklandHistory #OaklandWiki

B&W portrait of Henry J. Kaiser. Courtesy Kaiser Permanente.
Showroom for Kaiser-Frazer motors new 1952 Kaiser "Virgininian". The circular showroom at Broadway and MacArthur has one car inside and another on the roof.
Kaiser Center reflected on Lake Merritt. The nearby Ordway Building (which is actually taller, but looks shorter because of the perspective) is next to it.