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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Both the American snow cone [20] and the popsicle [21] were first sold at Neptune Beach. The Kewpie doll became the original prize for winning games of chance at the beach – another Neptune Beach innovation. [22] [23] The park closed down in 1939. The Alameda Works Shipyard was one of the largest and best-equipped shipyards in the country ...
The Croll Building, in Alameda, California, was the site of Croll's Gardens and Hotel, famous as training quarters for some of the greatest fighters in boxing history from 1883 to 1914. James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jefferies, Jack Johnson, and many other champions all stayed and trained here. Today this building is home to 1400 Bar ...
Neptune Beach: Alameda: 1917–1939 Neverland Valley Ranch: Santa Barbara County: 1988–2006 Ocean Park Pier Santa Monica: 1926–1956 Pacific City Coyote Point Park, San Mateo: 1922–1923 Pacific Ocean Park: Santa Monica: 1958–1967 Pierpoint Landing: Long Beach: 1948–1972 The Pike: Long Beach: 1902–1979 Playland at the Beach: San ...
Location of Alameda County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...