NEWSLETTERS - 2020 to Date

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Check every issue about the last Duarte Garage project, Hagemann Ranch Open House, Hagemannn Ranch Heritage Garden, an Events Calendar, Postcard notice of events, Calls for volunteer roles, New Members (yay!), and a "What-is-it" artifact.

2024.11 Abraham Anspacher, Anspacher Brothers, Garrison Gerst, Duarte Garage windmill display, State of the Guild, Don Meeker, Livermore City Council Records, Hagemann Ranch, Hagemann Ranch Garden and Windmill, Coast Manufacturing, Fuse Works, Farmers and Merchants National Bank Stock Certificate

2024.08 Schenone Building, Luigi Schenone, Phil Bardsley, spaghetti squash, Coast Manufacturing Fuse Works, Hagemann Happenings, Joey T, Sugar Bear, Amazing Cervantes, Frank Bono Marionettes, Alison Eberly, Scale Model of Hagemann Ranch, Hit and miss farm engines, Lumarzo Italy, Flying Saucers, UFOs, George True, Alexander Duvall, Chateau Bellevue, Detjens, Airco ignition gauge, Oilometer, Kathryn McGlinchey Laughlin, John McGlinchey, Delia Savage, City Historian Bio: Alan Frank

2024.05 Capital Campaign to move Midway School, Spring in Hagemann Ranch Heritage Garden, Hagemann Ranch Bundle Wagon, Volunteer help needed at Hagemann Ranch and at Alameda County Fair, Sickle Bar Mower, Foot-powered Grinding Wheel, Early Midway School teachers: Ann Freisman Schofield and Mildred Pritchard, Drag racing in Livermore in 1950s - 1960s, Livermore Block Busters car club, Board Bio: Jeff Kaskey

2024.02 Welcome arches (and arrow) to Livermore, Cats in Hagemann Ranch Heritage Garden, Carol Jean Display at History Center (See also Issue 2017.08), Early Midway School teacher Clara Patterson and Early Livermore teacher Beatrice Bright, Hagemann Ranch Agricultural Implements, John Green and Greenville, Durant 1926 Star Pick-up Truck, Board Bio: Sylvia Chatagnier


2023.11 Memoriam: Fred Deadrick projects at Garage, Garden meditation for Thanksgiving, Cider press and Corn Sheller at Ranch, 4H Paddocks Upgrade, State of the Guild, Inman and Beck Pioneer Families, Car Radios in 1930's, Bio: Pompi, Oaks at Ranch, New Phone Booth in front of Greyhound Bus Station (1971), Summary of 50th Anniversary Year, 1876 issue of Livermore Enterprise, Volunteer Bio: Greg Pane - SIXTEEN pages!

2023.08 Our Second 25 Years, Hagemann Orchard and Activities, Mally's Hotel and Restaurant, Firehouse Lightbulb history, Autograph Album, Fuel dipstick (literal sticks), Scholarship award to Brenna Powell, call for Nominations, Gala Dinner and Sponsors (thank you!), fresh display about Carnegie library building, burning of old homes as a fire exercises. SIXTEEN pages!

2023.05 25th Anniversary (reprint from 12/1998 Newsletter), Heritage Garden, 'How it All Started' Event scheduled, Hagemann History, Ladies Auxilary of VFW (1940s-1970s), Freisman and Holdener Dairies, Pre-visible Gas Pump at Duarte Garage, Harold Anderson Pony Cart

2023.02 50th Anniversary Events schedule, Heritage Garden and Wagon Project, 1927 Thesis about Robert Livermore and Land Grants, Charles Smith Urn, Livermore Drug Stores, ancient auto parts still available, Volunteer Bio: John Slover


2022.11 Fifieth Anniversary Volume, Number 1 - Landscape plan progress at Ranch (flowers, trees, new orchard), State of the Guild report, A variant Hay Trolley and Hay Derricks, Future plans for Ranch, Docenting at History Center, Coastal Native hat, Glass bulb fire grenade, AGM Team report, Member Bio: Susan Canfield

2022.08 Star auto at Garage, Early hardware stores, 1958 photo of Garage pumps and Livermore arrow sign, Horses and baby Pygmy goats at Hagemann, Memories about Nax Baer, Newspaper history: Pioneer News (1942-1962), Five pioneer cemeteries. Bowser oil pump (fully restored), Pigweed and Hogweed in Heritage garden

2022.05 Heritage Award: Master Carpenters Phil Dean and Don Bartel, Youngest Volunteer: Bailey Pritchett, Cyclone Smut Killer, Watling Penny Scale, Robert Livermore (Sr) Three-piece Mexican Californio edge-embroidered Suit and Hat, Cornelia Farm on Pleasanton Road

2022.02 Manongs (Filipino men) in Livermore enclaves, Book Review: Klondike News from Livermore Residents, Duarte Cottage Fence Mending, Hagemann Activity, Centennial: Bank of Italy Building (now The Independent newspaper), Wood water pipe system and gutters in Livermore, long lost Livermore Grammar School 1923 lobby painting (in honor of teacher Margaret McKee) displayed at Savoy home, Board Bio: Madelynne Farber


2021.11 - Memoriam: Bill O'Neal, Hagemann Ranch (Summer harvest at Heritage Garden, Landscape Team (Lormand/Jefferson), Open Houses, 2021 Beautification Award), A 1904 Christmas Letter, Duarte Garage Open Houses, Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society publications (part 2), Member Bio: Richard Finn

2021.08 - Memoriam: Chuck McFann, Duarte Garage (New Displays), Hagemann Ranch (Garden, Re-Opening), B-17 prototype displayed in 1939 at Treasure Island, Totem Pole after 50 years, Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society publications (part 1), Election process, Auction as part of AGM, LHG Scholarships, Ruth Burden framed art

2021.05 - Memoriam: Russ Bearrows, Duarte Garage (Sign mounted, Bowser Oil Tank); Railroad Avenue Fire, Hagemann Ranch (Flowers, New Entrance Gate, Restored Front Porch, Pygmy Goats); 228 North K Street history, tatted covers from 1870's with initials of Robert Livermore, Jr. and wife Teresa Bernal, Member Bio: Gale Hudson

2021.02 - Heritage Award: Tim Sage, Chinese Railroad Crews in Valley, Granada Green Team, Hagemann Repairs, Marx-Rosenthal Building, Restoration: Champion Spark Plug Cleaner, Board Bio: Loretta Kaskey


2020.11 - 1918 Spanish Flu, Heritage Garden Harvest, Inventory of Hagemann Antiques, Dow Airport, Scholarship: Keliss Bradley, Restoration: Zenith Tube Radio, Filipino Vineyard Workers Bungalow, Hitch Hardware for Walking Plow, Board Bio: Will Bolton

2020.08 - Centennial: Seagrave Firetruck, Midway School project, Hagemann Ranch (Garden harvest, horses, washhouse restoration, Singletree components); Housing Tracts of Livermore, Signs newly found at Duarte Garage, History Bio: Alice Meyners, Book: Life Story of Mary Ann Smith

2020.05 - Member Bios: Barry Schrader and Virginia Fellingham, South Side Homes, Hagemann Ranch (Garden, Scotch Broom, Miner's Lettuce, 4-H Foals), Oral Histories, YouTube Channel, Manley Popocorn Popper Interview, Board Bio: Susan Junk

2020.02 - History Bio: William Mendenhall, Book: Charm of Old Livermore, Burroughs Adding Machine, Nearby Museums, Hagemann Ranch History, Livermore Depot State Award, Kwik-Way valve resurfacing machine, Suppository Machine (1895 patent), Board Bio: Donna Stevens


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