Oakland, CA February 27, 1931 - To raise funds for the hospital in Chinatown, a lion dance was performed. The lion “ate” offerings of lettuce and money hung from the windows of stores and was followed by firecrackers. (Oakland Tribune Photo)
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FIRST VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA
Oakland, CA November 8, 1911 - Emma Tom Lueng (left) and Clara Lee were the first Chinese women to register to vote in California. They are shown here at the Alameda County Court House. From left are Mr. Tom Lueng, Emma’s husband, Dr. Charles G. Lee, Clara’s husband, and County Clerk W. B. Reith.
(Edward “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune)
Story can be read by following this link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/702888/november-8-1911.pdf
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MING QUONG CHINESE HOME
High school girls from the Ming Quong Home, formerly an orphanage at Eighth and Fallon Streets, who graduated from the Red Cross Home Nursing Class are shown in this photo from December 1944.
In the back row, left to right are : Lessie Wong, Harriett Jung, Frances Choy, Bessie Wong, Sue Leon and Elaine Gee.
Front row, left to right are: Lillian Cope, Junnie Wong, Bobbie Mai Ung and Sally Woo.
In the second photo, some of the 40 women from Oakland’s Chinatown gathered daily at the Ming Quong Home to prepare bandages and clothing for relief of stricken people in the Sino-Japanese war areas during September 1947.
Three of the women are identified but not where they appear in the photo. They are: Mrs. Joe See, Mamie Lee and Mrs. Y. P. Lai. If you can identify these or any of the other women, please contact us.
(Photos by the Oakland Tribune)
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Oakland, CA October 8, 1947 - Groucho Marx (center) and his wife, Kay Gorcey stopped to chat with patients at the Veterans Administration Hops ital. The pair also gave a show for patients. Shown with them are Neil McMullen, William Kirkbride, Louis Reed and Willis Wilson (left to right). (Oakland Tribune Photo)
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Oakland, CA April 26, 1939 - Lee Ya-Ching arrives at the Oakland Airport aboard her red and yellow “Spirit of New China” plane on her campaign to raise funds for China’s 30 million war refugees. She was greeted by China’s vice-consul to San Francisco Patrick Sun.
Lee studied and earned her license at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, California in 1935.
(Oakland Tribune Photos)
If you are interested in learning more about Lee, Air & Space magazine, a publication of The Smithsonian, has a very knowledgable article about her on their website http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/Chinas_First_Lady_of_Flight.html
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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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Oakland, CA January 16, 1971 - The Knicks’ Dave DeBusschere can’t stop lay-up by Fritz Williams. (Kenneth Green / Oakland Tribune)
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Members of Aunt Elise’s Club, children’s clubs formed around the popular Sunday Tribune section, performed at the American Theatre (formerly the Reliance) in the 1920s. (Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
A slideshow of Oakland theaters is now online, http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/05/05/trip-in-time-theaters-of-yesteryear/
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CLIFF HOUSE
San Francisco, CA Early 1900s - Ladies wade at the beach with their long skirts tucked only knee high by the old Cliff House. This eight-story version of the Cliff House opened in 1896 and was destroyed by fire in 1909. (Edward “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune)
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Oakland, CA March 2, 1928 - Dale Winter and husband Henry Duffy break ground for the Dufwin Theater at Seventeenth Street, between Telegraph and San Pablo.
(Mose Cohen / Oakland Tribune)
