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One photograph mounted on cardboard. Photographer: J. G. Brayton. Undated. Click photo for a larger view. If you have any […]
Author Archives: Alexandria Brown
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One photograph mounted on cardboard. Photographer: Mark h. Strong. Undated. Click photo for a larger view. If you have any information about […]
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Three photographs mounted on cardboard. Photographer: L. E. Rea. Undated. Subjects appear to be soldiers. Click each photo for a larger view. Photo 1: […]
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We’ve come a long way since the August 24, 2014, South Napa earthquake shook the Goodman Library. All of our historical books, documents, maps, and suchlike are back up on […]
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This past Saturday, on the evening of All Saints Day – aka the Day of the Dead – Napa County Historical Society held its first ever Downtown Napa Ghost Tour. […]
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Monday, August 6, 1945 At 8:15am Japan time, the United States dropped an atomic weapon on Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki was also bombed. Nearly 200,000 people were killed during […]
I heard we had a Japanese Internment Camp in Napa. Is that true? Over the years many patrons have come to Napa County Historical Society asking about a rumored Japanese […]
The Summer 2013 Tidings is another installment of Dr. Felicia Shinnamon’s fascinating oral histories on Pope Valley. The following is an excerpt of that oral history. To get your copy […]
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Summer means vacation time for many people, but here at Napa County Historical Society it means new interns. This summer we brought on five (!) interns. Three are students working […]
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This Independence Day, celebrate Napa County’s history with this cool slideshow of images from the NCHS archives. See how Napans way back when celebrated the Fourth of July!