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Oakland, California, circa 1957, and another motoring mishap -- an Avila Meat Co. truck that seems to have broken through the sidewalk. View full size.
Found in the Oakland Tribune, March 12, 1957, Page 20:
NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICATION TO OPERATE A CABARET.
Notice is hereby given that Philip M. Brooks, doing business as La Palmera, has filed an application to operate a cabaret at 477 - 9th Street, Oakland.
Notice is hereby further given that a hearing on said application will be held by the City Manager at his office, Room 318, City Hall, Oakland, California, on Wednesday, the 13th day of March, 1957, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m., at which time and place any persons interested may appear and file their objections if any they have.
GLADYS H. MURPHY
City Clerk
If you don't like my driving, stay off the sidewalk!
The continuing images of the 1957 automotive "mishaps" in Oakland would make a fine coffee table book especially when a 1956 Kaiser shows up at right.
[A 1956 Kaiser would deserve its own chapter! -Dave]
I've seen something like that before, many years ago back in Chicago.
I can only imagine what treasures could be found in the stores of that era!
477 9th St, between Washington and Broadway. Our photographer seems to be sticking to the same neighborhood, and not a particularly salubrious one even then. Two blocks East and half a block North of the Buick/Mercury encounter.
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