Oakland postcard
I love them for their vintage-y goodness, but honestly, Curt Teich & Co., Inc, could have done better picking images for inside the letters. It has:
O - Alameda County Courthouse
A - City Hall
K - Lake Merritt
L - San Francisco Bay Bridge
A - Posey Tube
N - Municipal Auditorium (aka the Kaiser Convention Center)
D - Wild Ducks on Lake Merritt
(Searching on Oakland Municipal Auditorium to confirm that it was the Kaiser Convention Center lead to this interesting picture, showing the building being used as a hospital during the 1918 flu pandemic.)
So my question, dear readers, is what would you include for the 7 images for Oakland if you were creating this today? My partial list is:
- Lake Merritt
- Tribune Tower
- Redwood Regional Park
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5 comments:
Hmm...I might throw in the Mormon Temple or the new cathedral, the Fox or Grand Lake Theater, and maybe the Fairyland sign. There are also a bunch of buildings I love, but they probably don't scream "Oakland" to the average person.
The Albany bulb sculptures? The Creative Growth sign?
K had two good ideas: the cranes in West Oakland, and some graffiti or one of the many murals.
Gene,
Check out this photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileenrose/3223445235/
That's awesome! Looks like:
O - city hall
A - Chinatown
K - oranges(?)
L - Tribune tower
A - Fox Theater
N - courthouse
D - redwoods
all with a nice background of Lake Merritt.
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