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Orinda Library Chronology:
County Library opens deposit station with a small book collection located at the Orinda Park School (1914).
Orinda Library moves to a 4x4 foot bookcase in the Orinda Store (1925).
Library moves into combination fire...
Kensington (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Kensington (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Kensington Library Chronology:
County Library opens Kensington Park Branch in the home of the Caudron family (October 13, 1922).
Branch moves to the home of Miss Eleanor J. Loudon (1925).
Branch moves to Sulliger real estate office (1931).
Branch...
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Boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps, February, 1935. The boys are planting trees on the face of the dam, which is not an acceptable practice nowadays. The CCC worked around the Reservoir from at least 1933 to around 1940, building roads,...