90 Years of East Bay Regional Parks. Today, the East Bay Regional Park District features 73 parks and is the largest regional park district of its kind in the nation. The Park District manages over 126,809 acres of parklands, 55 miles of shoreline, and over 1,330 miles of trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, available for hiking, biking, swimming, horseback riding, boating, fishing, picnicking, camping, and nature discovery. Learn more about the history of this park system.
Alameda info has information and historic images, such as old postcards, photos and maps, mainly of Alameda City and County, in California.
Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection – This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the process. The goal of the Alameda Japanese American History Project is to reach and educate the world wide general public.
Alameda Japanese American History Project – For the past three years, Densho has been working with the Alameda Japanese American History Project to research, document and preserve the history of the Japanese Americans of Alameda who lived through the era of forced removal, incarceration and post-war return.
Ardenwood Historic Farm — East Bay Regional Parks District website on the Patterson House and the surrounding farm.
BARTalk – BART once had an employee-only magazine, and 87 issues from 1981-2003 have been digitized. Learn more about what BARTalk covered.
California Bricks — Dan Mosier co-author of “History of Tesla, a California Coal Mining Town” has a website on California Bricks. There were several brick yards in Fremont which provided material for local buildings and structures, and they are listed and discussed on his site.
Dorothea Lange Exhibit – Dorothea Lange was in the Washington Township in 1942 as part of the War Relocation Authority project, 1942-1945
Kristi Yamaguchi
- Team USA Hall of Fame Bio
- The Enduring Legacy of Kristi Yamaguchi, Skating Authority
- Olympics.com Bio
- Kristi Yamaguchi, AAPI History
- Wikipedia
- Barbie Inspiring Women Kristi Yamaguchi Collectible Doll in 1992 Winter Olympics Fashion
Nancy Pratt’s historical artwork, featuring Bay Area locations, including Fremont, Newark, and Mission San Jose.
Ohlone/Coastanoan Information: Alameda County Library
Paleontology: Alameda County Library
Paleontology: Wesley Gordon Collection (Boy Paleontologist)
Pacific Bus Museum — The Pacific Bus Museum, an active organization of “bus enthusiasts” based in Northern California, is dedicated to honoring the history of this unique form of transportation.
San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society
Washington Hospital Healthcare System History & Historic Photos — A history of the hospital.
Visit the hospital in person to view a large selection of colorized photographs of Washington Township history. These photos line the walls of the main hospital and the Morris Hyman Critical Care Pavilion.
Wines and Vines of California: a treatise on the ethics of wine-drinking by Frona Eunice Wait
250 page book, scanned, text-only view – mentions Santa Clara and Alameda Counties, among many others.
