Claycord Online Museum

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…

Thanks to Carol Putman for these old advertisements showing Shakey’s Pizza and Straw Hat Pizza, which were both on Clayton Rd. in…

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…

Who remembers C.C. Ole’s? This restaurant was around for years on Clayton Rd., in between IHOP and the fire station, before it…

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…

We received these images from “Clayton Valley Highlander”, who says they were part of a 1990 Concord Leisure Services mailer highlighting Concord’s…

Here’s an ad from TG&Y in 1975. TG&Y was located on Clayton Rd. in Concord (TJ Maxx shopping center in the old…

Thanks to Carol Putman for this advertisement from the Concord Daily Transcript, Friday, June 17, 1960. Who remembers when A&W was across…

Many of you have probably traveled on N. Larwin Dr. or S. Larwin Dr. in Concord. The streets, which surround the Crossings…

Anybody out there remember the Captain Cook Restaurant & Distillery at 2153 Oak Grove Rd. in Walnut Creek? The building burned down…

This is an advertisement for the old Sport Chalet on N. Main St. in Pleasant Hill. Anybody remember this place? Thanks to…

This is a matchbook cover for the old Navlet’s Garden Center on Monument Blvd. in Concord. This was located where the homes…

These photos, which were taken in 1976, show snow on the ground in Concord, and the aerial view is of the land…

“Bumbling with laughter, Buzzing with fun.” (except for the part where Bambi’s mom gets shot and killed, right?) Who used to watch…

The Lindsay Wildlife Experience, a wildlife museum in Walnut Creek, announced Wednesday that it will reopen its Exhibit Hall next week, completing…