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  2. Neptune Beach (California) - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Neptune Beach, c. 1925 Bathing pavilion, 1917. Neptune Beach was an amusement park on the shore of San Francisco Bay in the city of Alameda, California, in operations from 1917 until 1939. [1] The park was served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and ferries from San Francisco. It was nicknamed, the "Coney Island of ...

  3. Crown Memorial State Beach - Wikipedia

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    Bathing Pavilion, Neptune Beach, Alameda, California in 1917. From the 1880s until the U.S. entry into World War II in December, 1941, the area around the visitor center was part of Neptune Beach, an amusement park and resort community that featured bathing spas and waterfront houses. It was formally called Alameda Beach and nicknamed "Coney ...

  4. Alameda Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Alameda Museum is a history museum about the history and culture of Alameda, California. It is located in Alameda, California, in the United States. The museum includes exhibitions about old dioramas, model ships and toys, Native American culture, the Alameda fire department, Neptune Beach and Phyllis Diller. The museum also features ...

  5. List of defunct amusement parks in the United States

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    Los Angeles: 1910–1914 Formerly Chutes Park: Luna Park: San Jose: 1910–1916 Marine World/Africa U.S.A. Redwood City: 1968–1986 Marineland of the Pacific: Rancho Palos Verdes: 1954–1987 Marshal Scotty's Playland Park: El Cajon: 1967–1998 Neptune Beach: Alameda: 1917–1939 Neverland Valley Ranch: Santa Barbara County: 1988–2006 Ocean ...

  6. Park Street Historic Commercial District - Wikipedia

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    The Park Street Historic Commercial District, also known as Park Street District, is the downtown neighborhood in Alameda, California.It is on the east side of the island of Alameda, near the Fruitvale Bridge and across the water and from Jingletown in Oakland, California; and is roughly bounded by Oak Street, Park Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, and Encinal Avenue.

  7. Alameda, California - Wikipedia

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    Neptune Beach, established in 1917. In 1917, a private entertainment park called Neptune Beach was built in the area now known as Crab Cove, which became a major recreation destination in the 1920s and 1930s. Both the American snow cone [20] and the popsicle [21] were first sold at Neptune Beach.

  8. Alameda Free Library - Wikipedia

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    The Alameda Free Library is located across the street from the Alameda City Hall, another NRHP-listed site. [2] Alameda Free Library building. C. H. Foster and his son G. J. Foster designed the building in an eclectic blend of multiple architectural styles, including Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival, and Baroque Revival. The two-story building ...

  9. China Clipper flight departure site - Wikipedia

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    The China Clipper flight departure site is listed as California Historical Landmark number 968. [1] It is the site from which Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) initiated trans-Pacific airmail service on November 22, 1935.