San Francisco, CA May 15, 1962 - Giants pitchers Billy Pierce, left, and Stu Miller enjoy a winning game snack after defeating the Cardinals 6-3. Previously unpublished. (Howard Erker / Oakland Tribune)
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REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DIES
Oakland, CA April 8, 1968 - A young boy wipes away tears as a Alameda County Peace and Freedom Party and Black Panther Party sponsored march heads east on 49th Street. Sign at left references the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (Russ Reed / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Crowd at City Hall Plaza for a service in honor of MLK held by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (Bill Crouch / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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IT’S BASEBALL SEASON
Actress and baseball fan Mamie Van Doren visiting Concord, California October 10, 1963.
(Ron Riesterer / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Lena Horne & Jeanne Noble
Berkeley, CA February 15, 1966 - Singer, actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne (left) visited the Helmet Club along with Eastbay, Contra Costa and San Francisco chapter members of the National Council of Negro Women. To Horne’s right is Dr. Jeanne Noble, associate professor at the Center for Human Relations Studies at New York University and the first director of Women’s Job Corps.
(Photo by Robert Stinnett / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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ALCATRAZ CLOSES
50 years ago on March 21, 1963, famed Alcatraz Prison was ordered closed by Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
In the first photo, guard Gordon Gronzo leaves his station at the dock tower for the last time. (Photo by Keith Dennison / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Photo 2: April 1957 aerial (Photo by Russ Reed Plane flown by Warren Boggess / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Photo 3: January 17, 1968 - Inmate graffiti inside Alcatraz (Russ Reed / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Photo 4: March 16, 1956 - A guard on the main cell block during the first press open house. (Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Slideshow of the prison then and now: http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/03/20/tourists-flock-to-alcatraz-island-50-years-after-prison-closes/
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A’S SPRING TRAINING
Bradenton, Florida March 1, 1968 - In these previously unpublished photos, Reggie Jackson (back to camera) talks with manager Bob Kennedy and new consultant Joe DiMaggio #5.
In the second photo DiMaggio meets Sal Bando #6.
1968 was the Athletic’s first season in Oakland, California.
(Photos by Howard Erker / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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PRESIDENT’S DAY
Oakland, CA November 2, 1960 - Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy greets supporters at de Fremery Park in West Oakland.
(Photo by Leo Cohen / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
San Francisco, CA May 30, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King speaks at the “Religious Witness for Human Dignity” rally at the San Francisco Cow Palace.
(Photo by Don Mohr / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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SNOW WEEK
Hayward, CA January 21, 1962 - Snowballs fly on McBridge Lane. (Photo by Roy H. Williams / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
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HAPPY HANUKKAH
December 11, 1968 - Mushi Wolff, Julie Brown and Sharon Korr light the final candle of the menorah on the eighth night of Hanukkah.
(Jim Edelen / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
