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
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
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)
