Claycord Online Museum

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…

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.…

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

Here are a few of the many pictures we received just over 13 years ago when it snowed in the City of…

Look at all those channels. Too bad we don’t have that many options now. Anyone remember Televents? ABOUT THE CLAYCORD ONLINE MUSEUM:…

 “Come Downtown” is a music video produced in 1991 for the City of Walnut Creek. It’s….well….just watch it. ABOUT THE CLAYCORD…

Remember when Emporium Capwell was in the same spot as the Macy’s Men’s store in the Sunvalley Mall? If you look close,…

Here’s a blast from the recent past. This photo, which was taken sometime after 1991 but before 1999, shows the old YardBirds…

Thanks to “nytemuvr”, who sent these photos of the 1962 flood in Concord. The photos were taken in the area of Park-N-Shop…

55-years-ago today, on Jan.2, 1968, this ad was placed in a local newspaper for the Pleasant Hill Motor Movies, which was located…

Let’s keep going with this donut theme we all know and love. Who remembers Winchell’s Donut House? (now AllStar Donuts). They had…