Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Public libraries -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.).;Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the Pleasant Hill Library in its pre-1961 location.
Danville (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Danville (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the San Ramon Valley Library shortly after opening in its new location in 1962. The name was changed to the Danville Library when the San Ramon Library opened in 1989.
El Sobrante (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- El Sobrante (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of a sign in the shape of a book at the edge of an orchard announcing the building of the El Sobrante Library. The sign reads: "Title: El Sobrante Library site, Author: Friends of the El Sobrante Library League, Dedicated to: the People...
Walnut Creek (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Walnut Creek (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph showing the entrance to the Walnut Creek Library building erected in 1961 and demolished in 2008 to make way for the new building dedicated in 2010.
Walnut Creek (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Walnut Creek (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph showing the south entrance to the Walnut Creek Library building erected in 1961 and demolished in 2008 to make way for the new building dedicated in 2010.
Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Public libraries -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
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.
Concord (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the Concord Library built in 1917 with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation on Salvio Street in the Plaza area. It was demolished in 1959.
Concord (Calif.) -- History.; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). -- Photographs.;
Photograph of the interior of the Concord Library that was built in 1917 with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation on Salvio Street in the Todos Santos Plaza area. It was demolished in 1959.
Concord (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph of the interior of the Concord Farm Bureau Club House Branch Library. Standing on the left is County Librarian Alice G. Whitbeck; on the right is school librarian Margaret Greene.
Concord (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
CC Times photograph of the interior of the Concord Library in August, 1969.
Concord (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph of the Concord Farm Bureau branch in the Concord Farm Center Club House in a then-rural part of town.
El Cerrito (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- El Cerrito (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the home of librarian Faye Breneman and Dr. Joseph T. Breneman that housed the Rust Library, renamed the El Cerrito Branch Library in 1916. (The name of the town of Rust was changed to El Cerrito in 1916.) The home served as the...
Kensington (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Kensington (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph of the Kensington Branch Library building opened August 30, 1965.
Lafayette (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Lafayette (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1920s era photograph of the building that housed the Lafayette Post Office, Telephone Company and Lafayette Branch 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.
Lafayette (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Lafayette (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1962 photograph of the recently opened Lafayette Library building on Moraga Road.
Lafayette (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Lafayette (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1962 photograph of the interior of the Lafayette Library on Moraga Road a month after opening.
Martinez (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Martinez (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1929 photograph of the children's area of the Martinez Library.
Bookmobiles -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History -- Photographs.; Libraries -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph, circa 1956, of the newly purchased Library Bookmobile.
Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Pleasant Hill (Calif.) -- History.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1968 photograph of the Pleasant Hill library rotunda interior busy with students and adult patrons.
Pinole (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Pinole (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1926 photograph of the building that housed the Pinole Library, the fire house garage, community hall above (with apartment for janitor), and jail in the rear.
Pinole (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Pinole (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph ca. 1917 of the eight by ten foot Pinole Branch Library in front of Annette Brandt's home.
Pinole (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Pinole (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1926 photograph of the interior of the Pinole Branch Library.
Concord (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Concord (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the front of the Concord Library built in 1917 with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation on Salvio Street in the Todos Santos Plaza area. It was demolished in 1959.
San Pablo (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- San Pablo (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
1962 photograph of the San Pablo Library building opened in 1961 at the corner of Market and Twenty-first Street.
Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.;
Photograph of the Walnut Creek Library built in 1916 on Main St. with a $2,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. It served as the community library until the dedication of the new location on Broadway in 1961.
El Cerrito (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs.; Library buildings -- History -- El Cerrito (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
Photograph of the home of librarian Faye Breneman and Dr. Joseph T. Breneman that housed the Rust Library, renamed the El Cerrito Branch Library in 1916. (The name of the town of Rust was changed to El Cerrito in 1916.) The home served as the...
The Moraga Adobe was abandoned until 1939, when Katherine Brown White Irvine, wife of James Irvine, began to restore the house and expand it. The family lived there until 1950. The Moraga Adobe became California Registered Landmark No. 509 in 1954...
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...
Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Selby, Prentiss.; Richards, Charles.; Smelting.; Smelting furnaces.; Quality of work life.; Labor.; Work.;
Orinda (Calif.).; Library buildings -- History -- Orinda (Calif.).; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).;
The Orinda Library in 1962. Dedicated in 1958, the Irwin Way building served as the community library until construction of the new library building on Orinda Way was completed in 2001.
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.;
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.
