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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 is an 80-year-old Thanksgiving Day menu from the U.S. Naval Barracks at Port Chicago. Delicious, and you even get cigarettes for…

Did anybody get in on this deal in 1975? Now you can’t get one for under $1M. Click on the image for…

If you’ve lived in Claycord for the past 50+ years, you’re gonna want to watch this Walnut Creek driving tour from Feb.22,…

Look at that, it’s Rollerworld in Concord. This advertisement (and picture next to it) came from the 1983 Clayton Valley High School…

Here’s an old event flyer for Pleasant Hill High School’s homecoming football game in 1964. It featured The Pleasant Hill Rams -vs-…

Today, we celebrate the history of the Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek. The video above was created in the early-1990s, and includes…

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

This is the old International House of Pancakes in Downtown Concord. The old IHOP did business where Brenden Theatre is currently located…

This is a ticket stub from “Net Day ’96”, which was an event that kicked off a drive to connect California public…

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

Anybody remember Pipers Smorgasbord on Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek? Pictured above is a matchbook from the restaurant. They also had…

This advertisement for Clayton Valley Food Center is from 1972. Clayton Valley Food Center was located at 4700 Clayton Rd. in Concord,…

These coins are from the old Chuck E. Cheese “Pizza Time Theatre” in the Willows Shopping Center in Concord. This location, which…

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…