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California Perspectives on American History

Depression Era: 1930s

Depressionread more »view slideshow »

  • Man Beside Wheelbarrow #
  • View of "Pipe City," at the estuary in Oakland, California #
  • Pipe City #
  • White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco #
  • Imperial Valley #
  • Migrant Mother #
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  • Midcontinent #
  • Migrant Mother #
  • Migrant Mother #
  • Free Way #
  • "Pipe City" #

Second Generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) before WWIIread more »view slideshow »

  • Nisei Grill, San Francisco, CA #

Watsonville Riotsread more »view slideshow »

  • Asparagus labor camp & field workers #
  • Filipino farm workers harvesting lettuce #

Repatriation for Mexican & Filipino Farm Workersread more »view slideshow »

  • Imperial Valley – People in Camps #
  • Native American farm worker in labor camp #
  • A young Mexican farm worker plays guitar and sings in a Coachella Valley labor camp #
  • Mexican apricot pickers #
  • A man and young child harvesting carrots in the Imperial Valley during the Great Depression #
  • Stoop Labor #
  • Field Workers – Carrots – Imperial Valley #

Racial Status Quo, Mostlyread more »view slideshow »

  • An integrated parade of black and white men in Oakland, California #
  • Archie Williams crossing the finish line #

Chinatown: De Facto Segregationread more »view slideshow »

  • Young Chinese boys runs alongside a dragon in San Francisco's Chinatown parade along Sixth Street #
  • Chinese man drives a Signal delivery truck for the company, Chew Hing Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, through a residential neighborhood #
  • Chinese telephone operators at a switchboard #

Education: Locally Decidedread more »view slideshow »

  • A group portrait of Oakland High School's R.O.T.C. band #
  • Eighth graders pose for a group portrait at Webster School, Oakland, California #

Amelia Earhart, Local / National Heroineread more »view slideshow »

  • Photo of aviator Amelia Earhart speaking to the press #
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Integrationread more »view slideshow »

  • Thanksgiving dinner at the Ringside Bar on Franklin Street in Oakland, California #

“Bloody Thursday” & Other Labor Strikesread more »view slideshow »

  • May Day, 1934 – Crowd at Labor Rally #
  • A group of Chinese demonstrators at the waterfront in San Francisco carrying signs protesting the sale of scrap iron to Japan #
  • Last West #
  • Salinas Lettuce Strike #
  • Last West, Kern Co., Calif – Lettuce Strike #
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  • Early California: pre-1769–1840s
  • Gold Rush: 1848–1860
  • Early Statehood: 1850 – 1880s
  • Progressive Era: 1890–1920s
  • Depression Era: 1930s
  • World War II Homefront Era: 1940s
  • Homogenization, Protests & Outright Rebellion: 1950s
  • Unforgettable Change: 1960s
  • Cultural Realignment & Economic Recession: 1970s
  • The Reagan Years: 1980s
  • 1990s to Present

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