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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 ...
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 ...
An attempt to pass a parcel tax to build a new main Alameda Free Library failed in 1996. In 2000, Alameda voters passed Measure O to approve a bond to pay for a new main library building. A California state bond measure provided matching funds to cover the new building's total cost of $26.1 million. [4]
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 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 ...
Schools in Alameda, California (8 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Alameda, California" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
History of San Leandro, California (3 P) Pages in category "History of Alameda County, California" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.