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The public archives hold only 2 old photos of San Pablo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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A. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of livestock. Total time consumed in the destruction of the head was…, 1924 · Wikimedia Commons

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The city of San Pablo is on land once occupied by the Cuchiyun band of the Ohlone indigenous people. This Ohlone territory was claimed for the king of Spain in the late 18th century, and was granted for grazing purposes to the Mission Dolores located in today's San Francisco, but these church properties were secularized (or made separate from the Catholic church) when Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821.

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1920s2 items · A. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final en…Commons
1930–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA. Britto and Co. Dairy. The fina…, 1924: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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1920s2 items
A. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of livestock. Total time consumed in the destruction of the head was…CommonsA. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of lives…1924A. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of livestock. Total time consumed in the destruction of the head was…LOCA. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of lives…1924
1930s–
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Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A. Britto and Co. Dairy. The final end of 801 head of livestock. Total time consumed in the destruction of the head was… (1924) and it appears here side by side.

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