Claycord Online Museum

Thanks to “The Black Knight” for this great piece of history. Here’s what “The Black Knight” said about the item. “I came…

This postcard is from the mid to late-1960s, and it shows the Clayton City Office in Downtown Clayton. Looks nice and cozy. Anybody…

This old advertisement is for the Pine Hollow Gardens subdivision in Clayton. Carol sent us this flyer, along with the following information….…

This is the old sign that used to mark the main entrance to Park-N-Shop on Willow Pass Road in Concord. It was…

Here’s a photo of the old Concord Community Hospital (now John Muir Concord). Did you know? Tom Hanks was born at Concord…

Thanks to Carol Putman for this advertisement for 4-Corners Pizza in Concord. This ad was in a Diablo Valley College (DVC) Ski Club…

Thanks so much to Tim Score for this ticket stub from a 1990 show featuring Frank Sinatra and Don Rickles at the…

This advertisement, which featured an opportunity to travel to the beautiful Mount Diablo Country, was placed in the San Francisco Call newspaper…

This is a postcard from the City of Pleasant Hill. It shows an aerial view of the old Montgomery Ward’s shopping mall.…

Here’s a “then & now” shot of Ygnacio Valley Rd. (back then some called it Ygnacio Valley Freeway) in Concord, near Ayers.…

The top photo shows an article from the Contra Costa Times in 1968. It talks about the Concord Planning Commission’s approval of…

Who remembers when Circus Vargas used to coming to town for a few days every year? They’d set up in a shopping…

In 2012, the McDonald’s on Clayton Rd. in Concord, which stood for over 40 years, was demolished. It was torn down to…

We just can’t get enough of the historic spirit poles (which should be recreated by the way). You might have heard, back…

Who remembers Bob’s Big Boy on Treat Blvd. in Concord? It was located on Treat at Bel Air Dr., where Huckleberry’s is…

This photo came from a Claycordian named Chuck Reeves. Chuck also wrote the following message…. Some time ago I sent you some old…

Fantastic picture! Thanks to Ron Stewart for sharing this aerial photo of the Crossings with us. It was taken in the mid-70s.…

Here’s are “during” and “after” photos of the old Los Medanos Hotel in Pittsburg. The hotel was located on East 10th St.…

Look, it’s the old Tower Records sign on Willow Pass Rd. in Concord. The building is now home to the Hobby Lobby…