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  1. Untitled [Ken Nordstrom Accepts Trophy for World Championship Jumper Sweepstakes] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Ken Nordstrom Accepts Trophy for World Championship Jumper Sweepstakes], 1973. Black and white 8 x 10 Cow Palace photo of Ken Nordstrom with his horse accepting trophy in arena. Blanketed dark horse with garland and ribbons around neck on proper right side of photo. Ken wears english riding uniform and holds reins. Charles De Limur stands on proper left side of photo, holding trophy. Other standing figures and audience in back ground. "...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Ken Nordstrom Accepts Trophy for World Championship Jumper Sweeps
  2. Untitled [General Manager John Root At His Desk] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [General Manager John Root At His Desk], 1982. Black and white 10 x 8 Cow Palace photo of John Root, general manager of Cow Palace at his office desk. John is smiling and rests both hands on his desk. He wears a dark suit jacket with diagonally striped tie. Notepad and papers related to Cow Palace on desk top, and double pen stand in foreground. Image of Cow Palace arena with riders on horses, in formation for seated audience, mounted on...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Scott Harvey Recieving Award for All Around Cowboy], 1984
  3. Untitled [SF Mounted Police Recieving Trophy for Color Guard Competition] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [SF Mounted Police Recieving Trophy for Color Guard Competition], c. 1980-1989. Black and white 8 x 10 Cow Palace photo of four mounted policemen with flags recieving tophy from unidentified woman, who stands infront of a fifth rider. Riders are dressed in police hats and uniforms with badges. Horses have metal stars on center of breast plates. Unidentified woman presenting trophy wears dark blazer over white shirt and dark skirt trimmed...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [SF Mounted Police Recieving Trophy for Color Guard Competition],
  4. Untitled [Outdoor Holding Pens with Rodeo Livestock] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Outdoor Holding Pens with Rodeo Livestock], 1981.Black and white 8 x 10 Cow Palace photo of outdoor holding pens containing horses and cows. Large rectanular sign mounted on two tall metal poles over walkway, has white lettering on dark background: "RODEO STOCK". Horses are contained in the pens to the left of walkway, and portions of cows are partially visible in the pens on right side. Pens are constructed of wood rail fencing and hav...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Outdoor Holding Pens with Rodeo Livestock], 1981
  5. Untitled [Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff Recieving Trophy for Fine Harness Horse Championship] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff Recieving Trophy for Fine Harness Horse Championship], 1973. Black and white 8 x 10 Cow Palace photo of Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff, in single-horse carriage in indoor arena, recieving first place trophy for Fine Harness Horse Championship. Horse stands on proper right side of image, with floral garland around neck. Pritzlaff is seated in carriage in center and large bowl trophy is presented by Mrs. Farquharson and Jos...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff Recieving Trophy for Fine Harness Horse Ch
  6. Untitled [Marty Staneart on Bucking Bull in Arena with Rodeo Clown] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Marty Staneart on Bucking Bull in Arena with Rodeo Clown], c. 1980 - 1989. Black and white 8 x 10 Cow Palace photo of Marty Staneart riding dark horned bull with white face, while unidentified rodeo clown runs towards them. Marty and bull are on left side of image, and rodeo clown is on right. Marty wears white cowboy hat and high contrast plaid shirt, dark leather chaps with light toned fringe and scrolling applique on thigh, over midt...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Marty Staneart on Bucking Bull in Arena with Rodeo Clown], c. 198
  7. House, Redwood City, c. 1880-1890. - Print, Photographic

    House, Redwood City, c. 1880-1890. A single-story house is partially obscured by trees. To the left, on an unpaved street, three children are posing with a carriage drawn by two horses. There is an apparently unpainted picket fence along the street, and a man and another child are posing behind the fence. A woman holding a baby is posing on a back porch to the right. The house has roof cresting in a style typical of Victorian Queen Anne or S...

    Record Type: Photo

    House, Redwood City, c. 1880-1890
  8. Woodside Store in 1895 - Print, Photographic

    Woodside Store in 1895. Sepia-colored photograph mounted to cardboard with an embossed floral border shows a three-quarter view of the Woodside Store owned by Robert O. Tripp in Woodside. Several carriages and bicycles are parked out front, and three female figures appear on the porch of the building at left. The overall image is slightly blurred.

    Record Type: Photo

    Woodside Store in 1895
  9. Untitled [Woodside Store] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled [Woodside Store], c. 1940s. Black and white photograph shows a view of the western side of the Woodside Store building. Two large trees flank the building and throw strong shadows over the building and ground. A section of Tripp Road is visible in the foreground.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Woodside Store], c. 1940s
  10. The Woodside Store Built in 1854 - Print, Photographic

    The Woodside Store Built in 1854, c. 1880s-1890s. Black and white photograph of the Woodside Store as viewed from corner of Kings Mountain Road and Tripp Road. Sign says "Woodside Family Groceries." There are three roof peaks and porches across the building fronts. Grassy foreground, trees in background. 15 people in photo, none readily identifiable. Horse-drawn wagon, one horse, 6 people in wagon. Two boys at left on platform at tree.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Woodside Store, Built in 1854
  11. Summit Springs House - Print, Photographic

    Summit Springs House, c. 1850-1880. Horse-drawn wagon with 4 horses. 15 people, none readily identifiable, in foreground and in wagon. Photograph was titled "Huckleberrying Party." Building has three doors and vertical windows on ground floor, 5 square windows on second floor, board and batten walls, and a shake roof with a single metal pipe vent visible at the center of the roof. Summit Springs House was located on the south side of Kings M...

    Record Type: Photo

    Summit Springs House, c. 1850-1880
  12. Pastor in Church, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Pastor in Church, c. 1880-1890. Pastor in unidentified church. Church decorations appear to be for Easter.

    Record Type: Photo

    Church Interior, Redwood City
  13. House, c. 1860-1890 - Print, Photographic

    House, c. 1860-1890. House is 2-story and has a white picket fence. An unidentified man is standing behind the fence, and an unidentified woman is standing on the porch. There may be agricultural land visible to the right behind the house.

    Record Type: Photo

    House, c. 1860-1890
  14. Church of the Good Shepherd Bell, c. 1870-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photo of a church bell. Embossed inscription is "PRESENTED.BY. / HENRY.SCOTT.JEFFREYS. / FOR.CHURCH.OF.THE. / GOOD.SHEPHERD, / BELMONT, / CAL."

    Record Type: Photo

    Church of the Good Shepherd Bell, c. 1870-1890
  15. Old Congregation Sunday School Class c. 1890 - Print, Photographic

    Old Congregation Church Sunday Schol class posing on front steps of church.

    Record Type: Photo

    Old Congretation Church Sunday School Class c. 1890
  16. Huckleberry Picnic, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Group of 7 children eating small fruit, huckleberries or grapes, at a picnic in a cultivated hillside. This photo is in a sequence of huckleberry picnics. One girl is holding a bunch of fruit that could be huckleberries or grapes. The plants behind the group could be cultivated huckleberry plants or a vineyard.

    Record Type: Photo

    Children at Picnic
  17. Group Posing on Van Court's Front Porch, Belmont, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Group of 10 posing on Van Court's Front Porch, Belmont

    Record Type: Photo

    Grup Posing on Van Court/s Fron Porch, Belmont
  18. Group Posing With Redwoods, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Group of about 25 men, women, and children posing in front of redwood trees. The people appear to be dressed for a formal occasion.

    Record Type: Photo

    Group Posing with Redwood Trees.
  19. Group Posing With Tent, c. 1880-1890. - Print, Photographic

    Group of 17 men, women, and children posing in front of a tent, c. 1880-1890.

    Record Type: Photo

    Camping Trip, c. 1860-1890
  20. Lodge Group at the Court House, Redwood City, c. 1880-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Lodge group at the courthouse. A group of about 40 men is posing in front of the San Mateo County Courthouse in Redwood City. They are dressed on ways that indicate a ceremonial occasion, but it is not identified. Two children, apparently passers-by, are in the lower left and blurred because they were moving as the picture was taken.

    Record Type: Photo

    Lodge Group at Courthouse, c. 1880-1900
  21. Whiskey Hill, Woodside - Print, Photographic

    Whiskey Hill, Woodside, late 1880's. Sepia photograph shows a group portrait with people posing along a rural street. Groups sit in horse-drawn carriages and wagons or stand together in clusters in front of a row of wooden buildings. The center of the photograph shows a two-story structure next to a single-story building with "P. Hanson's Exchange" on a signboard above the front entrance. A note with the photograph reads, "LARGE BUILDING IS NOW P...

    Record Type: Photo

    Whisky Hill, Woodside, late 1880's
  22. Shingle Barge at Tacoma Mill Company, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    Shingle Barge at Tacoma Mill Company, c. 1880-1890. Photograph is also identified by an accompanyng note "Redwood Creek at Bradford Street."

    Record Type: Photo

    Shinge Barge at Tacoma Mill Company, c. 1880-1890
  23. "First Infantry, Company D" Boy's Group. c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    "First Infantry, Company D" boy's group. A group of 13 boys, clearly too young to be of age for the military, in uniform posing with a U.S. flag and a banner. None are identified. One has a drum, one apparently a fife, and several are holding apparent wood replicas of rifles.

    Record Type: Photo

    "First Infantry, Company D" Boy's Group.  c. 1880-1890
  24. Large Group Posing, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    A large group of men and boys posing. None are identified. Two drums and two U.S. flags apparently indicate this is related to a Fourth of July Parade. An unidentified building, possibly a barn, is partially visible in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    Large Group Posing, c. 1880-1890
  25. John Christ and his Float, c. 1880-1890 - Print, Photographic

    John Christ and his Float, c. 1880-1890. Five men are posing on or in front of a horse-drawn parade float. None are identified. A banner at the top of the float reads "JOHN CHRIST FOR MMY THERE" CEMENT LIME PLASTER FLOUR FEED PRODUCE" [The section "MMY THERE" may be partially obscured]. A sign at the bottom reads "Our motto Progress". "& FEEDS" is visible on a sign on the building behind the float.

    Record Type: Photo

    John Christ and his Float, c. 1880-1890

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