“Preserving the Past for the Future”

Ephemera

Neptune Beach Revisited

Dan X. Solo reminisces about his time at Neptune Beach amusement park, and reveals a few tricks of the carnival trade along the way! Many thanks to the Alameda Free Library for sharing this link.

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"More than Words"




Former Alameda Free Library staff member Althea Hagemann gives a behind-the-scenes look at the old Carnegie Library, and explains why it was especially busy in the 1930s.

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Transcontinental Railroad Plaque

Interested to dive into the background research on the Transcontinental Railroad Plaque article published in the Winter 2010 Quarterly? Click here to load a PDF file (4 MB) with all of the newspaper clippings.