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Photographs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Silva Oakland and Alameda waterfront photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0080
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of longshoremen at work and Oakland and Alameda waterfront environs from 1978 to 1986 taken by longshorman and photographer, Frank Silva. Silva's images document a significant period of change from break cargo handling to mechanized containerization and the advent of globalization. Silva's subjects are the men he worked alongside and the machinery and equipment used on the docks.

Dates: 1978-1986

Nate Thornton photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0081
Abstract

Contains five photographs belonging to activist Nate Thornton, a volunteer for the International Brigades assisting the Popular Front during the Spanish Civil War, and an active member of the Bay Area Post of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Dates: undated

Union WAGE (Women's Alliance To Gain Equality) records

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0004
Abstract The Union WAGE collection contains the office files of the organization. Types of materials include the minutes and correspondence of the Executive Board, the organization's constitutions, convention documents, administrative records, membership documentation, general correspondence, information on other feminist groups and the women's movement internationally, ephemera from Union WAGE events, financial records, newspaper correspondence, membership opinion surveys, newsclippings,...
Dates: 1971-1982