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Representatives of church, civic, and fraternal organizations in Pleasant Hill organize the Pleasant Hill Library Committee (June 1953).
Friends of the Library raise funds to renovate abandoned Pleasant...
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Photographs showing various stages of construction of the Pleasant Hill Library in 1960. The bottom image includes former County Librarian Bertha Hellums on the left.
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Photograph of the Pleasant Hill Library in its pre-1961 location.
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1968 photograph of the Pleasant Hill library rotunda interior busy with students and adult patrons.
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.
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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.
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Painting depicting original Native American settlers of present day Pleasant Hill, California and Spanish explorers.
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Located in Orinda. Said to be the only remaining part of Moraga's Rancho past, located on a hill above Moraga Valley. Construction began in 1841; originally 3 rooms. Made of bricks to form 36" width exterior walls. Redwood cut from Moraga...
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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...
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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...
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