Oakland Unfolded
A bit of history of the automotive industry in Oakland from 1911 to the mid-1960s. After surveying the coast, the leaders of General Motors decided Oakland was the logical place to build a new plant. Oakland was ideal, with facilities for Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Western Pacific railroads and deep-water ports.
In the late summer and early fall of 1893 residents of Elmhurst began building a simple and dignified wood-framed church.
Iveywood and the Iveywood Extension are subdivisions in the Elmhurst District of Oakland.
Bancroft Avenue was to become a major thoroughfare linking San Leandro and Oakland, relieving the traffic on MacArthur, Foothill, and East 14th (now International)
A bit of history of AC Transits Holiday Bus. Nickolas P. Alevizos played Santa Claus for more than 40 years.
Phillip Richard Springer (1874-1952) was the first black man in Oakland to own a taxicab.
In May 1921, The Key System began operating a motorcoach service. The first line opened to Mills College on May 16, 1921; a week later, on May 21, service to Montclair began.
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