40th at Grove 1939


Description:

Sacramento Northern train 18 (only running Sundays, to Sacramento), 40th Street just east of Grove Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) (looking west), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Sacred Heart Church (demolished) is seen behind the train.Attached note reads: Train coming from San Francisco on 40th Street passed the late Sacred Heart Church at M.L. King Way. Earthquake-damaged church had been dismantled in 1993. Rebuilding announced Feb. 1997. On back of photo: "(Cars from train 1, which had come from Yuba City. Would leave all but 2 cars at Shafter) (S. Heart Church scrapped 4/93. Resurrection started 2/97)" (Ted Wurm notes)

Date of Document:
15-Oct-39

40th at MLK 2005


Description:

40th Street just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Way (formerly Grove Street) (looking west), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Highway 24 and BART tracks pass overhead. Sacred Heart Church and school are at the center of the photograph.

Date of Document:
11-Jun-05





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