Annalee Allen

Annalee Allen, longtime Oakland Tribune landmark columnist and Oakland Tours program coordinator, spent time in the newsroom morgue, bringing these precious images back into the light. She tells the tale of both the city's largest newspaper and the vibrant and colorful city that grew up around it, highlighting well-known Oaklanders including industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, parks director William P. Mott, Oakland mayor Lionel Wilson, and Robert Maynard, the Tribune's publisher and editor-in-chief...See more

Annalee Allen, longtime Oakland Tribune landmark columnist and Oakland Tours program coordinator, spent time in the newsroom morgue, bringing these precious images back into the light. She tells the tale of both the city's largest newspaper and the vibrant and colorful city that grew up around it, highlighting well-known Oaklanders including industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, parks director William P. Mott, Oakland mayor Lionel Wilson, and Robert Maynard, the Tribune's publisher and editor-in-chief from 1982 to 1992. See less