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Woven into History: The Missing Tapestries of Piedmont High

From the Living New Deal website : New Deal Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP) Site Survival: No Longer Extant Description: One of the...

Feb 6

Before the Piedmont Hotel was built, Mark Twain visited the Piedmont Springs while on a lecture tour in Oakland in 1868. Photographer...

Feb 5

From Piedmont Civic on March 8, 2019: In honor of Women’s History Month, Dress Best For Less shares the origins of Dress Best for Less....

Oct 7, 2024

From The family of Requa; 1678-1898 by Requa, Amos Conklin, written in 1839: Isaac L., son of Capt. Jacob, whose picture appears...

Jul 14, 2024

"Under Miss Nace's supervision and management, Piedmont Canyon became beautiful Piedmont Park" Overland Monthly 1915-06: Vol 65 Iss 6, p...

Jun 27, 2024

Fighting Hugh Craig is known as the " First Mayor of Piedmont, " but this title is not entirely accurate. While he is popularly...

Jun 25, 2024

If you like looking at historical photos -- this video is for you. Introduction by Chris Peeples (5:30). Slides and talk by Ted Wurm...

Feb 28, 2024

1929 A Look to the Future by Patricia Canty The future expansion of the Oakland Harbor is practically assured. The present rapid...

Jan 16, 2024

PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE EAST BAY. Civics 1929. Compiled by Helen Cox. CHAPTER v. MISS RANSOM AND MISS BRIDGES' SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Miss...

Jan 15, 2024