Postcards of Alameda, CA - Page 7 of 7

Alameda Airport
AKA Curtiss-Wright Airport and Pan American Airways Field.
Dedication 03/02/1929. Ceased Operation 1936. Became part of Naval Air station 11/01/1940.
source: Aerofiles. Civil Airports of California. May 25, 2007. <http://aerofiles.com/airports-CA.html>


Alameda Airport ca 1929
Also Known As:
Curtiss-Wright Airport 1931
Pan American
Airways Base 1935
Pan Am Seaplane Moorage
Alameda Naval Air Station 1940
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Alameda Airport
National Geographic
Magazine Article
December 1936

Alameda Airport
National Geographic
Magazine Article
December 1936

 

Seaplane base at Alameda
Opened to passenger travel
October 1936.
8,200 mile journey to Manila
by way of Honolulu
in 60 flying hours.

 

San Francisco Bay Airdrome
Dedication 08/16/1930. Ceased Operation 1941.
source: Aerofiles. San Francisco Bay Airdrome. May 25, 2007. <http://aerofiles.com/SFBA/SFBA.html


San Francisco Bay
Airdrome
Alameda, CA
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also: (see map)
Great Site:
San Francisco Bay Airdrome
 
     

Alameda Golf Course
North Course: Construction 1925-1927. Dedication May 27, 1927
South Course: Bond Issue 3/08/1955, Construction 6/1/1955 to 6/29/1957
Driving Range: First opened in 1959, new driving range dedicated 08/05/1978


source: Minor, Woodruff, "Alameda at Play" 2001: 102-109


Municipal Golf Course
Alameda

Alameda Golf Course
Machine Gun Nest
on Roof!
  

Alameda Golf Course
36 Holes
 

U.S. Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA
Nov 1, 1940 to April 30, 1997
Also Known As Alameda Point


Alameda Naval
Air Station Entrance
Main Gate
 

Naval Air Station
Administration Building

Alameda Naval
Air Station Chapel
 
 
Alameda Naval
Air Station Chapel
 

Naval Air Station
Operations Tower

Before Naval Air
Station land fill

Alameda
Naval Air Station
 

Naval Air Station
ca 1970s

Alameda Naval Air  Station
(in service 1940 to 1997)
 

Naval Air Station
circa 1960s

 

Naval Air Station,
Officers Club Construction
 

Officers Club Naval
Air Station, Alameda
Mailed 1960

Alameda
Naval Air Station
Commissioned
Officers' Mess
 

Alameda
Naval Air Station
White Hat Club

Alameda, CA
Naval Air Center
Match Book

U.S. Maritime
Service Officers'
Training School.
Administration Building
Alameda, CA

Government Island, U.S. Coast Guard, Alameda, CA


Estuary, Inner Harbor
before the Bay Bridge

Government Island
Alameda, CA
 

U.S. Coast Guard Base
Government Island

U.S. Coast Guard Base
Government Island

Government Island
Alameda, CA
 

Coast Guard Station
Government Island
mailed 1943
 

U.S. Coast Guard
Government Island
mailed 1942
 

Sports at
Government Island
mailed 1942

Government Island
Drum and Bugle Corps
mailed 1943
 

Government Island
Drum and Bugle Corps
April 1943
 

Government Island
Alameda, CA
mailed 1942

Government Island
Alameda, CA
matches ca 1940s
 

General Dry Dock, Alameda, CA


Minesweeper made at
General Engineering and 
Dry Dock,
Alameda, CA

Minesweeper made at
General Engineering and 
Dry Dock Alameda, CA
 

Minesweeper made at
General Engineering and 
Dry Dock Alameda, CA

Forward Gun Crew
Minesweeper
Made In
Alameda, CA

From Wheelhouse
Minesweeper
Made in Alameda, CA
 

The Aft Gun Crew
Minesweeper
Made in Alameda, CA

Alameda Estuary


A Calm Day
Estuary
mailed 1908
 

House Boats on Canal

House Boats
circa 1908

House Boats
mailed 1910

Alameda Yacht Harbor
Alameda, CA

Boating on
Alameda Estuary
 

Boating on
Alameda Estuary
 

Greetings from
Alameda, CA

Alameda Theatre


Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933
 

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933
 

South Shore, Alameda, CA


South Shore
Alameda, California
Notice Cliff at Shore
 

South Shore
Alameda, CA

South Shore Lagoon
Alameda, CA

"Man-made lagoons allow
leisure living in Alameda"
Alameda, California
 

Aerial View
South Shore
Alameda, CA

South Shore Center Sign
seen from Park Street
Stores included:
Lucky, Walgreens,
JC Penny, Woolworth
 
   

Restaurants, Bakeries & Bars in Alameda


Hofmann Bakery
Christian Hofmann and
918 Central Ave
Alameda, CA
 

Hofmann Bakery
918 Central Ave
Bakery Truck
Alameda, CA

 
 

Ole's Waffle Shop
1507 Park St
Alameda, CA
mailed 1941
 

Ole's Restaurant
1507 Park St, Alameda
and
368 14th St, Oakland
mailed 1945
 

"We both eat at Ole's"
Alameda and
Oakland, CA locations.
 

Ole's Waffle Shop
1507 Park St
Alameda, CA
 

Brass Rail
1901 Park St
matches
 

Brass Rail
1901 Park St
ashtray

Brass Rail
1901 Park St
ashtray

Mel's Drive-In
South Shore
at Park St
Alameda, CA
 

Vlado's Restaurant
2320 Central Ave
 

Red Sails
Foot of
Park St Bridge
Alameda, CA
 

Red Sails Restaurant
Park Street
Broiled Swordfish
$2.95
 

Red Sails Restaurant
Park Street
Stuffed Trout
$2.85

The Driftwood
1313 Park St
Alameda, CA
 

Step Inn Club
1313 Park Street
Alameda, CA

Park Club - Mixed Drinks
"We Cash Paychecks"
1535 Park St
 

Le Bou
Restaurant
matches

Neptune's Galleon
Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA
 

Neptune's Galleon
Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA
 

The Galleon
Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA

Neptune's Galleon
Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA

Blue Moon Cafe &
Oyster Bar 2337 Blanding
"estuary at Park St"
 

Spike Africa's
Fish House
matches
 

Ancient Mariner
matches
(Later Chevy's)
 

Ancient Mariner
Behind Posey Tube

 

Rusty Pelican
matches
 

Rusty Pelican
matches

Whale's Tail
1144 Ballena Blvd
Ballena Bay
 
 

Sambo's Restaurant
1919 Webster Street
Alameda, CA
 

Sambo's Restaurant
1919 Webster Street
mailed 1973
 

Sambo's
1919 Webster Street
 

Sambo's Restaurant
postcard

 

Sambo's
Alameda - Token
 

The Front Room
San Francisco's
Favorite Pizza
1821 Webster Street
Alameda, California
 
 

Alameda Sea Cave
and Steak House
1518 Webster St

Tim's Waffle Shop
& Cocktail Lounge
Open 24 Hours
1619 Webster St
Alameda, CA
(same location and
before Mexicali Rose)
 

Mexicali Rose
1619 Webster St
Alameda, CA
 

Mexicali Rose
1619 Webster St

Romano Pizza
105 Maitland Dr
Alameda, CA
 

Royal Oak
The Pub in Alameda
879 Island Drive
Alameda, CA
 
   

Other businesses in Alameda


E.B. Keene Druggist
Park Street
Alameda, CA 1876

Advertisement by
E.B. Keene Druggist
Park Street 1876
 

F.Boehmer & Co
Park St at
Santa Clara Ave.
 

H. Hauch & Co.
Grocers
1411 Park St.
mailed 1912

Citizens Bank
of Alameda
mailed 1911

Good Chevrolet
1630 Park St.
mailed 1968
 

Golden Jersey Dairy
1508 Webster Street
Alameda, CA
 

Alameda First
National Bank
matches
 

Hooper's Chocolates
2333 Clement Ave
Alameda, CA

Alameda Laundry
2255 Lincoln Ave
Alameda, CA

Lou's Liquor Store
1717 1/2 Park Street
Alameda, CA

B.P.O.E. 1015
2255 Santa Clara
Alameda, CA
 

Alameda Hospital
2070 Clinton Ave.
Alameda, Calif.
 

Alameda First
National Bank
Alameda, CA
 

Alameda Television &
Radio ashtray
2524 Santa Clara Ave.
Alameda, CA

Ben's Radio and TV
two Alameda stores
1804 Webster Street
1303 Park Street

Bay Farm and San Leandro Bay


San Francisco Bay
good view of
Bay Farm
 

Shows new land fill at
Bay Farm and
Oakland Coliseum
 
 

Oakland Airport


Boeing
School of Aeronautics
Oakland Airport
1929

Oakland Airport
showing extensive
marshland -- now gone
 

Oakland Airport
 

Oakland Airport
showing extensive marsh
area around
San Leandro Bay

Oakland Airport
1941

 

Oakland Airport
Oakland, CA
mailed 1943

 

Oakland Airport
Present and Future
Runways
mailed 1947

 

Oakland Airport
Hangar No. 1
Oakland, CA

Metropolitan Oakland
International Airport

Oakland Airport
Savrin Room
Hunt Room for Banquets
mailed 1965
 
 

Edgewater Inn
Oakland Airport
455 Hegenbger Rd
and Nimitz Freeway
Oakland, CA
 

Royal Inn
Oakland Airport
150 Hegenberger Rd.
Oakland, CA

Oakland Hilton Inn
Oakland International Airport
#1 Hegenberger Road
at Doolittle Drive
Oakland, California
 

Nearby areas and other


Alameda, California
 

East Bay Iceland
Berkeley, CA
 

Vote for Caldwell
for Congress 1930
Favors establishing
Unemployed Pay
 
 
     
 

Neptune Beach
Alameda, California

Claremont Hotel
Berkeley, CA

Hayward, CA

Frontier Village
San Jose, CA

 

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