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Then and Now: Mission San Jose

A selection of photos pulled from the past and paired with a corresponding modern-day view. Click on each historical photo to explore the location further in our online collection at California Revealed.

Have a place in mind that you’d like to see featured here? Email us at info@museumoflocalhistory.org and we’ll do our best to add your historic place suggestions to this ongoing “then and now” project.

Mission San Jose (The Mission)

Also known as: The Mission, MSJ, Mission San Jose, Old Mission San Jose, Old Mission San Jose Museum, Mission Church
Location: 43300 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
Historic Mission San Jose website

Mission San Jose, 1910-1915

Old Mission San Jose, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Mission San Jose Grammar School

Also known as: Mission San Jose Elementary School
Location: 43551 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539

Mission San Jose Grammar School, year unknown

Mission San Jose Grammar School Building, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Ehrman General Store

Also known as: Ichen Art Academy, S. Ehrman Merchandise Store, Ehrman Building
Location: 43319 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
Ichen Art Academy website

S. Ehrman Merchandise Store, 1898
(see page 18)

Ichen Art Academy, Ehrman Building, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Livery Stable

Also known as: Kell’s Livery Stable, Baker’s Livery Stable, Fry’s Shoe Shop, Fremont Tiny Tots Building, My Mother’s Hug Preschool
Location: 43327 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
My Mother’s Hug Preschool website

Livery Stable, year unknown

My Mother’s Hug Preschool, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Darrow-Quaresma House

Also known as: Darrow House
Location: 109 Emory Common, Fremont, CA 94539

Darrow-Quaresma House & Winery, 1920s

Darrow-Quaresma House, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Mission Blvd. View North

Also known as: View north on Main Street, View north on Vallejo St.
Location: Mission Blvd looking north near 43393 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539

Looking North on Main Street (Mission), 1900

Looking North on Mission Blvd., Mission San Jose, 2021
(Photographer: Kel Kanady)

Tri-City Towns: Then and Now

Alvarado

Centerville

Decoto

Irvington

Mission San Jose

Newark

Niles

Warm Springs

190 Anza Street
Fremont, CA 94539

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