Historic Photos of Oakland
Its place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the world’s most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against comparison from the start. It has greeted that challenge by asserting its identity as an effervescent international port city with a richly diverse, uniquely creative, and highly resilient population.
Oakland consistently finds itself at the forefront of the rapid pace of change that California has helped to drive, with its history of daring experiments in social, scientific, and cultural innovation.
The camera has preserved glimpses into the impacts of that change—and the ways in which Oakland has adapted to sustain itself as a charming and welcoming gateway to the Pacific. Historic Photos of Oakland collects a small fraction of the record the cameras have left behind, providing a compelling view of the colorful past of the "second” City by the Bay.
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Book details
- Author
- Steven Lavoie
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Oakland, California · California history · black and white photography · historical photos · urban history · West Coast America
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420858
About the author
STEVEN LAVOIE is a librarian, historian, and co-founder of the Black Bart Poetry Society. His books include Historic Photos of Oakland and Oakland’s Lake Merritt.
Lavoie holds two degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as a librarian in the Oakland History Room of the Oakland Public Library and previously worked as a librarian and staff writer at the Oakland Tribune, contributing columns, features, and editorials.
When he’s not writing, Lavoie draws on his work as a librarian and local historian, including publishing poetry through the Black Bart Poetry Society. His books reflect his standing as a Bay Area local history expert.
Steven lives in Oakland, California.