Friday, November 21, 2025

pictures from the Berkeley Library digital collections

I love libraries and archives!  There are so many wonderful ones out there and kudos for the Univ of California Berkeley Library Digital Collections for these images.  h/t to tweakbod on these.

These are ordered by date and the title given in the archive is listed as well.  18 of these 27 images are high resolution.

1922 Shooting Gallery on the North side of Market St. between Leavenworth & City Hall Ave. Dec. 1922

1922 Shooting Gallery, North side of Market between Leavenworth & City Hall Ave. Dec. 1922
this photo is special because you seldom get to see behind the counter

1932-02-23 Sergeant Theobald McCarthy, raid

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps
including this as an example of how the details on photos were tracked

1934-05-07 150 slot machines smashed and burned on city dumps

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1935-12-17 School kids playing baffle board at Seventeenth and Sanchez

1936-02-07 Judge G.W. Schonfeld and slot machines
on the right: 1926 Play Ball by Exhibit Supply

1936-04-03 Helen Allen, pinball slot machine
Line-O-Lite does not appear on IPDB

1936-05-22 Hugo Radbruch with slot machines, Court House
1935 Gold Award by Rock-Ola spotted
 

1937-12-21 Slot machine raid, 118 First Street

1937-12-21 Slot machine raid, 118 First Street

1938-09-14 Lieutenant L. Tackney, slot machine raid, Northern Station
upright clawfoot slot on the left, probably circa 1900s. Many of the slot machines feature mint side-vendors

1938-09-14 Lieutenant L. Tackney, slot machine raid, Northern Station
at the front is a Pipe-Eye, The Darby, Steeplechase

1938-10-04 Girl arrested on slot machine charge

1938-10-04 Girl arrested on slot machine charge

1938-10-17 Gambling raid on pin-ball game

1938-10-17 Gambling raid on pin-ball game

1939-1940 Journalists [Giovanni Artieri and Lynn Louis Heinzerling, at slot machine]
this is a full-sized pajatso machine!  What on earth is it doing here?  I love it so much.

 

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