Victor Pressing Plant, Oakland

Opened on May 6, 1924, pressings at this plant are signified by a small "o" above the Nipper logo (see images).

The Oakland plant was designed to house 24 record stamping presses, operated by between 200 and 350 employees (compared to the 8,500 employees of the Camden plant). Manager of the pressing plant was George Hall. The July 1924 Talking Machine World reported that the first record pressed by the new plant on May 6, 1924 was Victor 19325 (released on May 30, 1924).

On the second floor of the plant was a recording studio that went into operation on June 18, 1924. Recordings made in Los Angeles were also pressed in Oakland for distribution in the Western United States.

Late Oakland pressings (e.g., Victor 25006 or Victor 25042, from mid-1935) show an "o" only on one of their sides.

The plant closed in 1935 or 1937; the latter year is the last one in which it appears in city directories.