Oakland Housing Authority photographs : construction of Peralta Villa and Campbell Village, 1940-1942

Demolition at the future site of Peralta Villa, January 1940.
Demolition at the future site of Peralta Villa, January 1940. Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center.

Photographs, taken 1940-1942 by M. L. Cohen Co. General Photographers of the construction of two early Oakland Housing Authority projects, Campbell Village and Peralta Villa. Photographs document all stages of construction, including the demolition of the existing housing stock of mainly single family homes.

 
(OHC COLL 2020-8)
29 folders in 2 boxes, .9 linear feet

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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.