[ALAMEDA COUNTY/OAKLAND.] A large grouping of early to mid-20th century ephemera relating to Alameda County, California development and real estate, and other civic and municipal subjects, including tract maps, periodicals, annual reports, promotional material, newsletters, etc., the majority concerning Oakland, comprising over 75 pieces:  1.) OBSERVER, THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WEEKLY (7 editions), from 1952 to 1963. 2.) OAKLAND BUSINESS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT/PROMOTION: Downtown Oakland Property Owners Association fold-out posters, 17" x 22," "Penny Picks Locations Right" and "W. T. Grant Company Grows in Oakland" (3/duplicates); two W. T. Grant Company Annual Reports (1939, 1940); and four smaller flyers/brochures, including for "The Clinton Park Story, One of Oakland's Good Neighborhoods Becomes Better Through Urban Renewal." 3.) PLANS/ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS: A 1904 typescript Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, signed by County Clerk, John Cook; Department of Reappraisal, 1928;  letter Climate Research Department, 1954; Summary of Industrial Growth in Alameda County, 1954; The Oakland Police 1955 Annual Report; Oakland General Plan, 1956; Alameda County Industry Committee of Oakland Chamber of Commerce, 1956 (7); Preliminary Report on Review of Oakland General Plan, 1961. 4.) TRACT/PROMOTIONAL MAPS AND RELATED: Fold-out Newark Townsite tract map (23 1/2" x 32 3/4"); fold-out Map of Central Business District, Oakland from 1940 census (36 1/2" x 21 1/2"); 1927 Thomas Bros. Oakland map with penciled notes such as "1935 'Hot Spot'" (losses) (33 1/2" x 22"); and several other smaller misc./assorted. 5.) REAL ESTATE REPORTS, LISTS, VALUATIONS, ETC.: A Montclair Highlands price list; 1931-1932 Downtown Oakland property owners valuations; four various Oakland Real Estate Board reports, social program, membership roll, and approx. 10 assorted others. 6.) ASSORTED BROCHURES, BOOKLETS, MISC.: Approx. 20 various pieces, with subjects including transit, foster care, tax rates, Recreation Dept., Sewage Disposal System, Sheriff's Association Souvenir, 1955 brochure/Map of San Leandro; A Hundred years of Pleasanton Centennial booklet; Fernside development; and Metropolitan Oakland Area.