The City of Stockton was founded in 1849 in the Central Valley of California, eighty-three miles east of San Francisco. Stockton's location on the eastern edge of the San Joaquin Delta that feeds into San Francisco Bay has made it a major shipping port. This collection of historic photographs documents the history of Stockton with an emphasis on the waterfront and downtown areas. Most of the images are of buildings, streets, and businesses. Many aerial views of the city are also included. Images in this collection date from approximately the 1860s to the 1960s.
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![Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14296/thumbnail.jpg "Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'] by Van Covert Martin")
Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle']
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P79-6955 -
![Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14205/thumbnail.jpg "Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background by Van Covert Martin")
Unemployed-Stockton-small hovels near Stockton [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P78-4080 -
Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified African American man sitting in the doorway of a house reading a newspaper, "Tuskegee Records Show 15 Lynchings In 1934"
Circa Date: circa 1934
Identifier: P78-4078 -
![Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified men camping in ditch [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14206/thumbnail.jpg "Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified men camping in ditch [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background by Van Covert Martin")
Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified men camping in ditch [Hooverville or 'hobo jungle'], train in background
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P78-4081 -
Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified men sleeping on the floor of Midnight Mission, 229 S Hunter St.
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P78-4079 -
![Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified woman cooking in soup kitchen [possibly at Midnight Mission or Salvation Army building] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14295/thumbnail.jpg "Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified woman cooking in soup kitchen [possibly at Midnight Mission or Salvation Army building] by Van Covert Martin")
Unemployed-Stockton-unidentified woman cooking in soup kitchen [possibly at Midnight Mission or Salvation Army building]
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P79-5014 -
![Urban Renewal-Stockton-various scenes from ceremonies for the demolition of Stockton's oldest brick building [built in 1854] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14037/thumbnail.jpg "Urban Renewal-Stockton-various scenes from ceremonies for the demolition of Stockton's oldest brick building [built in 1854] by Van Covert Martin")
Urban Renewal-Stockton-various scenes from ceremonies for the demolition of Stockton's oldest brick building [built in 1854]
Circa Date: circa 1967
Identifier: P77-0635 -
Vegetable Gardening-Stockton-assortment of garden produce
Circa Date: circa 1890
Identifier: P77-1045 -
Veterans-Stockton-Grand Army of the Republic, Armistace Day group portrait in front of the San Joaquin County Courthouse
Date Original: 1919-11-11
Identifier: P77-2192 -
![Veterans-Stockton-Grand Army of the Republic picnic at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14051/thumbnail.jpg "Veterans-Stockton-Grand Army of the Republic picnic at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park] by Van Covert Martin")
Veterans-Stockton-Grand Army of the Republic picnic at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park]
Circa Date: circa 1878
Identifier: P77-2123 -
![Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Army veterans [possibly in front of Stockton Civic Auditoriun] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14208/thumbnail.jpg "Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Army veterans [possibly in front of Stockton Civic Auditoriun] by Van Covert Martin")
Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Army veterans [possibly in front of Stockton Civic Auditoriun]
Circa Date: circa 1930
Identifier: P78-4198 -
Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of four men and elderly woman attending war veterans' reunion
Circa Date: circa 1940
Identifier: P77-3860 -
![Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Grand Army of the Republic, Stockton chapter at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park] by Van Covert Martin](https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/hsp/14053/thumbnail.jpg "Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Grand Army of the Republic, Stockton chapter at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park] by Van Covert Martin")
Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Grand Army of the Republic, Stockton chapter at Goodwater Grove [now Oak Park]
Circa Date: circa 1918
Identifier: P77-2193 -
Veterans-Stockton-group portrait of Veterans of Foreign and other military officers and officials, in front of Stockton Civic Auditorium, poster "Cooties Delouser"
Circa Date: circa 1925
Identifier: P79-3026 -
Veterans-Stockton-miniature portraits of servicemen in military uniforms, "Presented to Chief R.E. Thompson In Memory of Geraldine "Gerry" Weber By Her Parents, Dec. 1945"
Circa Date: circa 1946
Identifier: P77-2218
