Posted in Historical Photographs on Saturday, November 10, 2007 | No Comments »
The Ocean View Grocery run by the Villa family was located in the 900 block of San Pablo Avenue. Ocean View was officially incorporated in 1908. After the city changed its name to Albany in 1909, the Villas changed the name of their store as well. Later photos of this building show the sign changed to read [...]
Posted in Historical Photographs, Uncategorized on Friday, October 5, 2007 | No Comments »
The Masonic Avenue control tower stood at the northeast corner of the intersection of Masonic and Solano Avenue. In this photograph, a southbound Santa Fe train is about to pass the tower and cross Solano Avenue. If you stood facing the same way at the southwest corner of this intersection today, you’d see the BART [...]
Posted in Historical Photographs, Library Programs, tagged Albany Historical Society, cake, Friends of the Albany Library, Karen Sorensen on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 | No Comments »
When I was a young working mom, and had to miss my children’s bedtime, my kids would ask if I was going to a “meeting with cake.”
Tomorrow night, at 7:30 p.m., the Friends of the Albany Library and the Albany Historical Society will celebrate the publication of Images of America: Albany. Author Karen Sorensen will present some of the [...]
Posted in Historical Photographs on Friday, September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
The Spring Construction Company paving San Pablo Avenue, circa 1910. Notice the streetcar in the distance.
Posted in Historical Photographs on Friday, August 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Karen Sorensen and the Albany Historical Society have assembled a new book on the history of Albany, published by Arcadia Press as part of its “Images of America” series and featuring over 200 photographs covering the history of Albany decade by decade. The book draws heavily on the Albany Library’s Historical Photograph collection, including early photos [...]
Posted in Historical Photographs on Saturday, August 4, 2007 | No Comments »
In 1916, Albany’s City Hall was located at 1049 Solano Avenue, adjacent to Thompson’s Cash Store. Nestled next door to City Hall in the same building was the first Albany Library. At the far right the Red Train has stopped to pick up passengers.
Posted in Historical Photographs on Thursday, July 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Albany Library’s Historical Collection includes nearly a thousand photographs, some dating back to the turn of the last century. Each week we’ll post a different historical photo here on our blog. Sometimes we won’t know much about the content of the photo and are hoping you can help us identify it. In any event, [...]
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