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)
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
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)
Oakland, CA May 1, 1937 - Children weave streamers around the May pole at the Oakland Zoological Gardens in part of the country celebration of May Day.
(Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Broadway and Telegraph at 15h Street circa 1956. (Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Workers install the neon marquee in 1931. (File Photo)
A slideshow on the restoration of the theatre is now online: http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/04/24/the-restoration-of-the-paramount-theatre-is-celebrated-at-the-art-deco-preservation-ball/
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Exterior of Delger Building at 13th and Broadway Streets in Oakland home to Owl Drug and New York Hat Stores circa January 1934. The building just peeking behind is City Hall. (Mose Cohen / Oakland Tribune)
Owl Drug Co.
Men and women have lunch at the soda fountain inside the Owl Drug at 13th and Broadway circa January 1934. (Mose Cohen / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
May 2, 1935 - Clara Bow signs autographs at the Oakland Auditorium while attending a boxing match staring friend Maxine Rosenbloom. Previously unpublished. (Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
VICTORY
1943 Oakland Tribune Yearbook illustrated by Paul A. Schmitt.
