This vintage postcard shows the old fountain at the Sunvalley Mall in Concord. The fountain, which was taken out after the deadly…
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Claycord Online Museum – The Dinosaur In Downtown Concord
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comWho remembers the giant dinosaur on top of the old Keenan Heinz Company on East St. in downtown Concord? The dinosaur was…
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Claycord Online Museum – Concord Community Hospital, The Birthplace Of Tom Hanks
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comHere’s a photo of the old Concord Community Hospital (now John Muir Concord). Did you know? Tom Hanks was born at Concord…
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Claycord Online Museum – The Flood Of 1962 In Concord
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThanks to “nytemuvr”, who sent these photos of the 1962 flood in Concord. The photos were taken in the area of Park-N-Shop…
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Claycord Online Museum – A 79-Year-Old Thanksgiving Day Menu (Cigarettes Included)
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis is a 79-year-old Thanksgiving Day menu from the U.S. Naval Barracks at Port Chicago. Delicious, and you even get cigarettes for…
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Claycord Online Museum – Clayton Valley Bowl (Then & Now)
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThanks to Jack Slater for this amazing picture of Clayton Valley Bowl, back in the mid-1960s. And the bottom picture is how…
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The Claycord Online Museum – The Original Safeway In The Clayton Valley Shopping Center On Ygnacio Valley Rd. (Then & Now)
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis is a picture of Safeway in the Clayton Valley Shopping Center on Ygnacio Valley Rd. in Concord. It was taken in…
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The Claycord Online Museum – An Old Mess Hall Tray from the Concord Naval Weapons Station
Since today’s Veterans Day, we’re posting something related to Veterans. This is an old mess hall tray from the Concord Naval Weapons…
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Claycord Online Museum – The National Enquirer Article About Concord’s Legendary Spirit Poles
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comWe just can’t get enough of the historic spirit poles (which should be recreated by the way). You might have heard, back…
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Claycord Online Museum – The Old IHOP In Downtown Concord
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis is the old International House of Pancakes in Downtown Concord. The old IHOP did business where Brenden Theatre is…
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Claycord Online Museum – 1964 Homecoming Game In Pleasant Hill, PHHS -vs- CVHS
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comHere’s an old event flyer for Pleasant Hill High School’s homecoming football game in 1964. It featured The Pleasant Hill Rams -vs-…
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Claycord Online Museum – The Concord Auto Movies
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis is an old advertisement for the Concord Auto Movies (drive-in), which was located across from Buchanan Field on Concord Avenue, in…
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Claycord Online Museum – The History Of The Walnut Festival In Walnut Creek
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comToday, we celebrate the history of the Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek. The video above was created in the early-1990s, and includes…
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The Claycord Online Museum – The Concord Pow-Wow Parade in 1952
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThe photos above are from the Concord Pow-Wow Parade in 1952. They were taken near the intersection of Salvio & Grant. ABOUT…
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The Claycord Online Museum – Melo’s Pizza & Pasta In Pleasant Hill
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis old matchbook is from Melo’s Pizza & Pasta on Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. Anybody out there love Melo’s? ABOUT…
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Claycord Online Museum – A Party At Lehmer’s For The 1958 Oldsmobile
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comHere’s an old newspaper advertising the arrival of the 1958 Oldsmobile at Lehmer’s in Concord. Lehmer’s, as most of us know, is…
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The Claycord Online Museum – Mt. Diablo In The 1950s
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comIt’s Mt. Diablo, sometime in the 1950s. Anyone remember when the area looked like this? The main road you see going from…
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The Claycord Online Museum – Aerial View Of The Montgomery Ward’s Shopping Mall in Pleasant Hill (Before the Dome)
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comThis is a postcard from the City of Pleasant Hill. It shows an aerial view of the old Montgomery Ward’s shopping mall.…
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The Claycord Online Museum – Pipers Smorgasbord In Walnut Creek
by CLAYCORD.comby CLAYCORD.comAnybody remember Pipers Smorgasbord on Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek? Pictured above is a matchbook from the restaurant. They also had…