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Oakland, San Pablo Ave near Broadway Sep 9, 1904

View northeast across San Pablo Avenue to Admission Day Parade. Native Daughters of the Golden West marching south in white dresses with parasols. Later, this area became Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. In the background at right is the Playter Block at the gore corner of San Pablo and Broadway, a large portion of which was demolished in 1906 and replaced by the First National Bank of Oakland Building (completed 1908) which stands in 2025 renamed as the Lionel J. Wilson Building. In the Playter Block, Bowman's Drugs (1201 Broadway), Standeford's Candies (10 San Pablo), Southern Pacific ticket office (12 San Pablo).
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Oakland, San Pablo Ave near Broadway Oakland, San Pablo Ave near Broadway

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