claycord online museum

This photo shows Main Street in the City of Clayton in 1979. This photo was taken near on Main near Marsh Creek,…

The ticket stub shown above is from an Air Supply concert at the Concord Pavilion in 1982. QUESTION: What was the first…

This photo is of King Norman’s Wonderland in Concord. It was taken on Easter in 1961 and features Ellen Woodrow and Mark…

This is an aerial view of the Sunvalley Mall in the late 1960s. If you look on the left hand side of…

Look at that, it’s the old BART cars, complete with carpet and cloth seats. Memories. ABOUT THE CLAYCORD ONLINE MUSEUM: The Claycord…

This is an old advertisement for the Terminal Shopping Center on Clayton Road in Concord, across the street from Concord BART. This…

This advertisement is from Lollapalooza at the Concord Pavilion in 1997. Anybody out there go to this concert? ABOUT THE CLAYCORD ONLINE…

Who remembers ‘The Happy Steak’? It was located at 1450 Monument Blvd. in Concord. They also had a location inside the County…

This old matchbook was given away many, many years ago at the Chick’s Golden “Do-Nuts” shop in Concord. The legendary donut shop…

If you’ve lived in Claycord for the past 35+ years, you’re gonna want to watch this Walnut Creek driving tour from Feb.22,…

We’ve shown this one before, but it’s worth repeating. Not long before the days of Comcast, Wave (Astound), Dish, etc., there was…

This is a “10 Gallon Club” card, which was passed out at local A&W restaurants a long, long time ago. This one…

Have a nuclear plan? Contra Costa County did in the 1960s. This “Community Emergency Plan” was sent out to all Contra Costa…

Katherine sent this old advertisement, which shows business in the City of Clayton & the Clayton Valley area of Concord. The ad…

This video was found on YouTube, it was posted by user Vicci Nolan. The description of the video says “Back in 1973,…

Of course you all remember Long’s Drugs. They had over 500 locations before they sold their company to CVS in 2008. Did…

Here are a few pictures of the old mall, featuring Montgomery Ward. This mall was located where Kohl’s, Dick’s, etc. is now…

This postcard of John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek is from the late-60s. John Muir opened its doors on June 16, 1965. At…

This photo of the Clayton Club was taken in the 1980s after a storm flooded downtown Clayton. A beautiful, but very eerie…