Then & Now – Oakland School Part 16

In this series of posts, I hope to show Then and Now images Oakland Schools.  Along with a bit of history of each school, I highlight. Some of the photos are in the form of drawings or postcards, or from the pages of history books. Note: Piecing together the history of some of the older schools is sometimes... Continue Reading →

Wrecker Uses Sherman Tank To…

Project Gateway - West Oakland The world's largest and fully mechanized mail handling facility designed to serve central California and the Pacific ocean areaPostmaster General - Aug 1959 It was announced the facility would be built on a 12-block site in West Oakland bounded by Peralta, 7th and Wood Streets, and the Southern Pacific railroad... Continue Reading →

Calvin Simmons

Simmons became musical director of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra at the age of 28 in 1978.  He was one of the early African-American conductors of a major orchestra.

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