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Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley, 1868, oil on canvas William Keith, Early Oakland, 7th and Adeline Streets, The Southern Pacific Depot, 1867, watercolor The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA (formerly the Oakland Museum) is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California.
History of Oakland, California. The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon in the 19th century. The area now known as Oakland had seen human occupation for thousands of years, but significant growth in the settlements ...
African American Firefighter Museum: Los Angeles: California: 1997 [15] African American Military History Museum: Hattiesburg: Mississippi: 2000 [16] African American Multicultural Museum: Scottsdale: Arizona: 2005 [17] African American Museum: Dallas: Texas: 1974 [18] African American Museum and Library at Oakland: Oakland: California: 1994 [19]
Asian Pacific arts, culture and history Oakland Aviation Museum: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Aviation: Formerly the Western Aerospace Museum, over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators Oakland Museum of California: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Multiple
African American Museum and Library at Oakland. African-American Vernacular English and education. Afro-American Association. All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50. Allen v. City of Oakland.
The story of the Oakland fire is a major plot element of the children's book Tikvah Means Hope, by Patricia Polacco. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 0-385-32059-0; The 1993 ABC TV movie Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, starring Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton and Michael Gross was based on the Oakland Hills fire. It ...
California Zephyr. (1949–1970) The California Zephyr was a passenger train that ran between Chicago, Illinois, and Oakland, California, via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Winnemucca, Oroville and Pleasanton in the United States. It was operated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) and Western Pacific ...
The Downtown Oakland Historic District, in the Downtown Oakland area of Oakland, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 43 contributing buildings, one contributing site and one contributing object. The district is a roughly L-shaped irregular area comprising about 11 city blocks.