A good Samaritan tracked down the owner of photos dumped on the street after a robbery.
has its own Wiki page. By now, most Oaklanders have learned to ignore junk they see piled on the sidewalk.
In July 2021, Tolford was driving home through Oakland's Clinton neighborhood when he spotted a dozen binders scattered next to a garbage can. Intrigued, he pulled over. When he flipped one open, he was awestruck by what he found inside: Each book contained hundreds of Kodachrome slides, tiny photo copies that analog photographers use to analyze images before printing them full-size.
Two people and a tiger in the back of a Datsun pickup during the 1978 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Oakland.The collection included an incredibly wide range of subjects, from Gov. Jerry Brown sporting a full head of hair to sunsets over the San Francisco Bay. There were even a few tasteful nudes.
That’s when he contacted me, hoping I could help him track down the Coopers. I’m the host of “East Bay Yesterday,” a podcast focused on local history. Tolford wasn’t the first person to reach out with a request like this; indeed, people often contact me to help solve mysteries regarding urban myths, dusty old maps and mysterious relics found in grandmas’ attics. I’ve even received offers from people who want to donate their old high school yearbooks .
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