A history of Piedmont,
since 1907
Postcards, papers and photographs of Piedmont from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The original neighborhood of Piedmont was larger than the current municipality of Piedmont, with the Mountain View Cemetery considered full part of the Piedmont neighborhood.
Residents initially sought incorporation in 1907. Two elections were held among the citizens of Piedmont in 1907, both of which narrowly upheld the decision for Piedmont to become a separate city, rather than become a neighborhood within the city of Oakland.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Piedmont’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Architect and engineer of Cal…, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Piedmont
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Piedmont, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Architect and engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1910) (1910) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.