Alameda, California Postcards - Page 7 of 8

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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Great Site:
San Francisco Bay Airdrome
 
     

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

Before Naval Air
Station land fill
mailed 1947
 

Before Naval Air
Station land fill

Naval Air Station
ca 1970s
 

Alameda, California
Naval Air  Station
 

Naval Air Station
Alameda, California
circa 1960s
 
 

Officers' Club
Naval Air Station
Alameda, California
Mailed 1960
 

Naval Air Station,
Officers' Club
Construction
 

Commissioned
Officers' Mess
Alameda N.A.S.
 

Commissioned
Officers' Mess
Alameda N.A.S.
 

Alameda, CA
Naval Air Center
Match Book
 

White Hat Club
U.S. Naval
Air Station
Alameda, California
 

Acey Ducey Club
Petty Officers' Mess
Naval Air Station
Alameda, California

Airport Runways
Naval Air Station
Alameda, California
1956

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


Estuary, Inner Harbor
before the Bay Bridge

Government Island
Alameda, CA

Government Island
Alameda, CA
 

U.S. Coast Guard Base
Government Island

U.S. Coast Guard Base
Government Island
 

Coast Guard Station
Government Island
mailed 1943
 

U.S. Coast Guard
Government Island
mailed 1942
 

Sports at
Government Island
mailed 1942

Government Island
Alameda, CA
mailed 1942

Government Island
Drum and Bugle Corps
mailed 1943

 

Government Island
Drum and Bugle Corps
April 1943

Government Island
Alameda, CA
matches ca 1940s
 

U.S. Maritime Service Officers' Training School


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

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 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
mailed 1947
  

Alameda Golf Course
36 Holes
 

Alameda Theatre


Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933
 

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933

Alameda Theatre
Program
June 1933
 

Alameda Theatre
Program
Nov. 26, 1951
 
     

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
 
   
     
 
current features


Sunset
Alameda, Cal.

 

Ships in port
Oakland, California
 

Idora Park
Oakland, California

 



Haywards Hotel
Hayward, California
 
Alameda PC 1 Alameda PC 2 Alameda PC 3 Alameda PC 4 Alameda PC 5 Alameda PC 6

Alameda Island

Posey Tube

San Leandro Bay

Linoaks Motel

Jack London Sq

Fairyland

Idora Park Piedmont Park Hayward Claremont Hotel Mt Tamalpais Nut Tree
Mystery House Frontier Village Bay Bridge Santa's Village Redwood Tree Southern CA
SF PC 1 SF PC 2 SF PC 3 SF PC 4 SF PC 5 SF PC 6

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