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930 Pacific Avenue

930 Pacific AvenueErected 1889 for Mr. & Mrs. George H. MastickThe Alameda Chapter of the American Red Crosswas founded here in 1898,Mrs. Mastick was elected first president.Dedicated 1982 by the...

930 Pacific AvenueErected 1889 for Mr. & Mrs. George H. MastickThe Alameda Chapter of the American Red Crosswas founded here in 1898,Mrs. Mastick was elected first president.Dedicated 1982 by the...

    George A. Posey Tube (West)

      George A. Posey Tube

        Alaska Packers Association

        The Bay Area once lead the world in the export of salmon. In nineteenth-century San Francisco, more than a dozen companies were involved in packing and distributing salmon harvested from Alaskan...

        The Bay Area once lead the world in the export of salmon. In nineteenth-century San Francisco, more than a dozen companies were involved in packing and distributing salmon harvested from...

        • fishing
        • sailing
        • maritime industry
        • port

        Wildlife at Alameda Point

        The waters of San Francisco Bay surrounding the island of Alameda support a rich diversity of life. The rocky shoreline of Alameda Point provides a surface where many different kinds of plants and...

        The waters of San Francisco Bay surrounding the island of Alameda support a rich diversity of life. The rocky shoreline of Alameda Point provides a surface where many different kinds of plants and...

        • east bay reg...
        • alameda point

        Mary B. Mikkelson

        In loving memory of Mary B. Mikkelson (1923-2016)Navy vet, teacher, and athlete who loved nature and was a champion for social justice....

        In loving memory of Mary B. Mikkelson (1923-2016)Navy vet, teacher, and athlete who loved nature and was a champion for social justice....

        • memorial
        • alameda point

        The View from Here

        Looking across the Bay you can see the expanse of estuarine water and distant hills of South San Francisco and San Mateo. There, Spanish explorers first viewed San Francisco Bay less than 250...

        Looking across the Bay you can see the expanse of estuarine water and distant hills of South San Francisco and San Mateo. There, Spanish explorers first viewed San Francisco Bay less than 250...

        • east bay reg...
        • alameda point

        Poultry Producers

          Western Pacific RR

            American Bag Co

              The Port of Oakland

                Where the World Comes to Oakland

                The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 made way for new trade routes that led to a shipping boom in the post-war world of the 1920s. By 1925, Oakland was ready to capitalize on growing...

                The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 made way for new trade routes that led to a shipping boom in the post-war world of the 1920s. By 1925, Oakland was ready to capitalize on...

                • shipping
                • harbor
                • port
                • maritime industry

                An Era of Dramatic Change

                Historically Alameda was a peninsula, rich in natural resources. Native peoples gathered food and materials from bay salt marshes, abundant oak forests, and nearby shorelines. From the early...

                Historically Alameda was a peninsula, rich in natural resources. Native peoples gathered food and materials from bay salt marshes, abundant oak forests, and nearby shorelines. From the...

                • transcontine...
                • san francisc...
                • east bay reg...

                Moving the World's Cargo

                • containers

                Herbert Stovall

                IN MEMORY LIEUTENANT HERBERT B. STOVALL FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE AND GIVNG HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AUGUST 16, 1995

                IN MEMORY LIEUTENANT HERBERT B. STOVALL FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE AND GIVNG HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY AUGUST 16, 1995

                  The Jimmy Doolittle Pier

                    Ocean Guardians, Citizen Scientists

                      First Presbyterian Church, Alameda

                        Nurtured by the Soil From Each State

                        • sequoia
                        • lincoln 10ksteps.org