Brochures & Pamphlets

The first step toward a Fairfield Civic Center began on November 24, 1953, when the City CouncIl voted to proceed with purchase from the Federal Government of a thirty-three acre site just north of the City's Central Business District. This site was well known as Wateman Park and had been a World War II temporary housing project of 315 unots with a central recreation center and cafeteria. At the time of purchase the City Council intended that the site become Fairfield's Civic Center. The City Hall building is the largest of the five building complex. [...]

The Civic Center is constructed on a portion of the former 33 acre Waterman Park Housing property. The remainder of the site is master planned as a governmental center, to include a library, post office, theater-auditorium, State and Federal offices and school administration building, surrounding the large lake in the center of the site. The Civic Center design is the winning entry of Architect Robert Hawley in the City's design competition that attracted over 40 entries from Northern California architects..

Official Program for the Chief Solano Statue Unveiling Ceremonies on June 3, 1934. The statue was built by William Gordon Huff and installed in Suisun Valley On State Highway 4 miles west of Fairfield. Sponsored by the Massassoit Tribe of Fairfield and the Redmen of the Reservation of California. Dr. [...]

This booklet is presented with the hope that it will bring you closer to your local government. Self government is the foundation of the American system of local government. A government of this type can be efficient and effective only when supported by an interested, active, informed citizenry. We hope that a study of this booklet will serve to acquaint you with the government of Solano County so that you will be encouraged to take a more active part in it..

Classified Business and Professional Directory of Fairfield and Suisun. Contains the Names, Addresses and Phone Numbers of Representative Businesses. Trades and Professions of Fairfield, Suisun and Vicinity. This is not a complete directory. [...]

Solano County California, The Land of Fruit, Grain and Money. Issued by the Solano County Board of Supervisors in 1905. Nestled in the foothills of the Coast Range on its Western border, and extending across broad acres of the most fertile land in bounteous California, till its Eastern confines are marked by the majestic Sacramento River, lies Solano County..

Published monthly for the Benicia Arsenal Employees Association. This December 1951 issue includes the following topics: Our Own Navy, One Million Dollars a Month, Three Hundred Pints for the Blood Bank, First Masonic Temple, and the Pine Lake Dam. A holiday message is included by Col. R. [...]

Vallejo salutes the United States Navy and all those connected with it on this the 100th anniversary of the Mare Island Navy Yard! For the past 100 years Mare Island officers, enlisted personnel and civilian men and women have contributed to the building and maintenance of the fleet which proudly displays the Starts and Stripes in the protection of the free world..

Pacific Center for Naval Repair and Construction, Vallejo CA. - To the men and women who have served our country in this fighting line, and in the production line. We dedicate this pictorial history of Mare Island, Strategic Pacific Center for Naval Ship Construction and Repair. The assistance of the Public Information Office at Mare Island, in supplying much informational material and many pictures for this book, is gratefully acknowledged. [...]

Your Introduction to Solano County, CA. A County whose history is shot through with the golden lore of a Golden State, whose cities fought to become that State's capital in its swashbuckling days. A County of breathlessly beautiful scenery and gigantic industrial plants, miles of orchards and countless acres of grain. Great herds of livestock and quay walls of mighty warships, prairie lands that became vast natural gas producing fields, a County of lakes and bays and sloughs and channels, picturesque valleys and rolling hills that is Solano County, America's Little California..