40th and Broadway aerial 1958

Description:
Aerial photograph of 40th Street (looking north), intersecting with Broadway (on the right) and Manilla Avenue (at the far left), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Broadway Auto Row reached this far north, as evidenced by the OK Body Shop, Chevrolet dealership, and car repair on the west side of Broadway below 40th Street. In the lower right is the King s Daughters Home, a hospital for incurables designed by Julia Morgan and completed in 1912. The building was designated a City of Oakland landmark in 1980. Stamped in purple ink on reverse: "Photo of / Carl Bigelow / Oakland Tribune / Oakland - Calif / Mar 11 1958

Date of Document:
1958

Document Author:
Carl Bigelow / Oakland Tribune

Geographic Location:
40th Street and Broadway, Oakland, Calif.

Context:
In the latter part of the 19th century, Temescal was the name used to refer not just to the small village that had grown up where Telegraph Road crossed Temescal Creek (today s 51st Street), but to the area extending north from the Oakland city line, at about 38th Street, to the Berkeley border, and from Broadway on the east, to the Emeryville border on the west. Broadway, extending north from Oakland s waterfront, was a key avenue established early in the city s development. In time, the street was extended further north it was known as New Broadway in the vicinity of today s Temescal and Rockridge districts continuing to just west of Lake Temescal. Streetcar service along this northern stretch of Broadway continued along College Avenue.