Oakland Unfolded
Harold "Slim" Jenkins was an African American entrepreneur and owner of the renowned Slim Jenkins Supper Club on 7th Street in West Oakland. Exterior entrance of Slim Jenkins nightclub and coffee shop. E. F. Joseph Photograph Collection Liquor Store and Market SF Examiner Slim Jenkins saw the economic opportunity in the business district and opened a liquor store... Continue Reading →
As I take a little break from my series on the schools in Oakland, I thought I would share this little bit of history with you. Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Thomas Mahoney House, 69 Eighth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca0013/>. These photos have... Continue Reading →
I hope to show Then and Now images of Oakland Schools in this series of posts. Along with a bit of the history of each school, I highlight. Some 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... Continue Reading →
I hope to show Then and Now images of Oakland Schools in this series of posts. Along with a bit of the history of each school, I highlight. Some 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... Continue Reading →
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 →
Oakland Schools covered: Castlemont, Franklin, Dewey,Hamilton. Sequoia, Fremont, and Frick.
The Stephen's Family a successful African American family in Oakland. They owned a successful restaurant. Virginia, their daughter was the first African American woman to receive a law degree from University of California Boalt School of Law in 1929.
Royal Edward Towns (February 10, 1899–July 23, 1990) was one of the first African American firefighters in Oakland . He was born in Oakland in 1899
In June of 1965, the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) began what was called a "Beautification Program."
Growing up in Montclair (for me), Thornhill Drive was always just Thornhill Drive. But come to find out it was once called Thorn Road (sometimes Thorne Road). Thornhill is a more delightful-sounding name than Thorn. But there is a perfectly good reason why it was called Thorn Road. Thorn Road William J. Dingee 1878 Map... Continue Reading →
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