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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.…

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…

These badges were given away back in the 1980s by the Concord Police Department’s own Officer Friendly. Due to budget cuts, we…

Thanks to “Martinez Guy” for these great photos, which show the old Nation’s on Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. It was…

Check these out! These aerial photos were taken WAAAAAAAAY back in the year 1991. Here’s a message from the photographer, Clayton resident…

 “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,…

Hey, look at that, it’s BART’s old brown carpet (yes, carpet) and brown seats from way back when! Actually, it wasn’t too…

This vintage postcard shows the old fountain at the Sunvalley Mall in Concord. The fountain, which was taken out after the deadly…

Who remembers the giant dinosaur on top of the old Keenan Heinz Company on East St. in downtown Concord? The dinosaur was…

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

Thanks to Jack Slater for this amazing picture of Clayton Valley Bowl, back in the mid-1960s. And the bottom picture is how…

This is a picture of Safeway in the Clayton Valley Shopping Center on Ygnacio Valley Rd. in Concord. It was taken in…

Since today’s Veterans Day, we’re posting something related to Veterans. This is an old mess hall tray from the Concord Naval Weapons…