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.
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...
Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Lafayette (Calif.) -- History.; Brown, Elam.;
This lantern was brought from Missouri to California in 1840 in a covered wagon train by Elam Brown, the founder of Lafayette. In 1847, he brought the lantern to the Lafayette area when he purchased the 3,328 acres of the Acalanes Rancho and built...
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...
Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Real property -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.; Land tenure -- California -- Contra Costa County -- History.;
Explosions.; Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Contra Costa County (Calif.).; Pinole (Calif.) -- History.; Relocation (Housing).; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.;
