Quilt depicts children reading various books. It is currently hanging on the wall in the children's area in the Ygnacio Valley Library. Quilt was donated to the library in 2001 by artist Liz Piatt.
Depicts Pleasant Hill history, displaying the WWI monument, Pleasant Hill High School, Rodgers Ranch, Mangini Farm, Heritage oak tree, Mt. Diablo and the Dome Theater.
Advertising.; Branding (Marketing).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Martinez (Calif.).; Swett, John, 1830-1913.;
Fruit box picture from John Swett’s ranch. Rectangular advertising image of a young woman surrounded by green grape vine leaves and red grapes with the caption “Swett’s grape juice made from mountain grapes -- refreshingly tart and high flavored....
Antioch (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Antioch Library Chronology
A group of Antioch citizens forms a library club with each member contributing $5 (1893).
M. Williams opens the Antioch Free Reading Room at the back of his store on Main Street (1906).
Antioch Woman’s Club organizes a...
Antioch (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Prewett (GenOn Gateway Center for Learning Library) Chronology:
Dedication of Antioch Branch Library at 501 West 18th Street (March 30, 1968).
Antioch City Council, recognizing the need for library services in the rapidly growing neighborhoods of...
Antioch (Calif.) -- History.; Historic buildings.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Reference side and charging desk at the Antioch Carnegie Library.
Antioch (Calif.) -- History.; Historic buildings.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
The current Antioch Library under construction in 1967. Photograph taken from inside a vehicle.
Antioch (Calif.) -- History.; Historic buildings.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Image of the reference corner at the Antioch Carnegie Library.
Antioch (Calif.) -- History.; Historic buildings.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Image of the current Antioch Library right before opening in Spring of 1968.
Antioch (Calif.) -- History.; Historic buildings.; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Image of Bertha Hellum and local dignitaries present at the future site of the Antioch Library.
Antioch (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Antioch (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the Antioch Library built with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie corporation. The Classical Revival building served the community as a library from 1916 to 1967.
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; West (U.S.) -- In art.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; West (U.S.) -- In art.; Navarro, Chris, 1956-;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; West (U.S.) -- In art.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; West (U.S.) -- In art.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 19th Century.; Art, American -- 20th Century.; Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States.; West (U.S.) -- In art.; Remington, Frederick, 1861-1909.;
In 1995 The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation donated 24 bronze sculptures to the Contra Costa County Library System. The Foundation was bequeathed an extensive artwork collection from the late Dean Lesher. Mr. Lesher was an avid collector of...
Art, American -- 20th Century.; Alvarado Adobe (San Pablo, Calif.).; Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882.; Local artists -- California -- Contra Costa County.
The Alvarado Adobe, a California Historical Landmark, is a 20th century replica of the home of Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo, Governor of Alta California from 1836-37 and 1838-42. The painting was sponsored by the Exchange Club of San...
Art, American -- 20th Century.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Local artists -- California -- Contra Costa County.; Veale, Richard R., 1864-1937.; Veale, Richard R., 1864-1937 -- Portraits.;
Portrait of Richard R. Veale (March 27, 1864 – October, 1937) in Knights Templar regalia by Margaret Pearson, 1915. Elected in 1895, Veale served as Contra Costa County Sheriff for 40 years. He initiated the use of fingerprints in crime-solving,...
Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, American -- 19th Century.; Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Painting depicts development in Pleasant Hill, California around the early 1960's when it was established. The painting includes an image of the Pleasant Hill library, the school, home construction, farm land, and the Veteran's Monument.
Art, American -- West (U.S.).; Art, American -- 19th Century.; Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Painting depicting original Native American settlers of present day Pleasant Hill, California and Spanish explorers.
Bay Point (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Bay Point (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Bay Point Library Chronology:
Contra Costa County Library establishes Bay Point Library in hospital room of the Bay Point Lumber Company (October 15, 1914).
Bay Point Library moves to bandstand on Carroll Street (1918).
Bay Point Library changes...
