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1. Upholstered Eastlake Armchair - Armchair

   Upholstered Eastlake Armchair, c. late 19th C. Carved dark wood armchair with moss green upholstered back, seat, and arms. Turned front legs with casters. Crestrail features a panel of stick and ball fretwork.

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2. Wooden Side Table - Table

   Wooden Side Table, c. late-19th C. Wooden Jenny Lind style side table with wavy rectangular tabletop and rounded corners. One shelf fixed to the legs 14 inches from the base. Four vertical turned spindle posts fixed to two matching pedestal bases on either end. One turned spindle post connects the two bases at the center horizontally. Wood has very dark varnish, almost black. Possibly walnut.

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3. Decorative Wooden Clogs - Clog

   Decorative Wooden Clogs, c. 1898-1923. Two wooden clogs hand carved by Redwood City's resident, philanthropist, first librarian, and photographer James Van Court for Laurine Elizabeth Holmquist Crockett. The clogs are a medium (maple looking) shade of brown wood. The clogs have a light varnish or wax on the outside. Each clog has a floral (or leaf) pattern carved into the top. On the outside of the toe area is a four petal (or leaf) design, and o...

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4. Boy Scout Cow Palace Scout-O-Rama Patch - Patch, Fraternal

   Boy Scout Cow Palace Scout-O-Rama Patch, 1972. Iron-on patch in the shape of a hot-air balloon with dark blue border. Front features an embroidered red-and-white-striped hot air balloon with a band across the center with a scallopped edge that reads "1972 / SCOUT-O-RAMA"; below "COW PALACE / MAY 20".

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5. Flower Show Award Ribbon - Ribbon, Prize

   Flower Show Award Ribbon, 1961. Red bookmark-style ribbon award for second place at the Annual Flower and Rose Show in Redwood City. There is a small metal eyelet at the top with a yellow string attached. A paper tag fixed to the back notes the date, April 22, 1961, name, Mrs. Fredrick Hall, and class, 10, of the awardee. Text on front is foil printed.

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6. Flower Show Award Ribbon - Ribbon, Prize

   Flower Show Award Ribbon, c. 1959-1961. Kelly green bookmark-style ribbon Special Award from the Burlingame Annual Festival Flower Show. A green string attached to a metal eyelet fixed to the top of the ribbon. A paper tag fixed to the back. Text on front is foil printed.

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7. Male Hagoita Badminton Paddle - Paddle

   Male Hagoita Badminton Paddle, c. 1940s. Wooden badminton paddle with decorative traditional male figure. Wooden paddle has yellow and foliate designs painted on top of fabric overlay in the front. Back of paddle is painted with a foliate design with a pink flower in the middle surrounded by green and red leaves directly onto wood, nail and twine attached to hang. Male figure has shoulder length hair is made with various brown-toned fabrics. Hand...

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8. Female Hagoita Badminton Paddle - Paddle

   Female Hagoita Badminton Paddle, c. 1940s. Wooden badminton paddle with decorative traditional female figure in a colorful kimono. Front of paddle is covered in red fabric. The female figure has her hair up with a decorative headpiece with hanging metal dangles. Her head is surrounded by various motifs including a die, radish, fish, coin, drum, and scroll with japanese text. Back of paddle is painted with cherry blossons and other foliate designs...

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9. Boys Day Display Decorative Taiko Drum Stand - Decoration, Holiday

   Boys Day Display Decorative Taiko Drum Stand, 1987. Black laquered lightweight plastic drum stand. One side of the outward facing stand has gold interior details withfoliate patterns throughout with a flower in the center. Opposite side has the same foliate details but is black all the way through.

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10. Boys Day Plastic Shield and Staff - Decoration, Holiday

    Boys Day Plastic Shield and Staff, 1987. Gold toned plastic shield with green fabric band knotted around the front. A rust-colored tassle is fixed to the front bottom by a jump ring. Staff is a black and red painted stick with orange brocade fabric wraped at the last inch of one end. A rust colored tassle and lace is fixed just below the brocade strip. Sits on 2023.033.015A

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11. Boys Day Black Plastic Stand - Decoration, Holiday

    Boys Day Black Plastic Stand, 1987. Three part black plastic stand to hold the plastic fan (2024.033.010). Bottom support piece slots into the two veritcal support pieces. One side of each vertical part is ornamented with etched floral pattern, this side faces the viewer.

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12. Boys Day Black Plastic Stand - Decoration, Holiday

    Boys Day Black Plastic Stand, 1987. Three part black plastic stand to hold the plastic shield and staff (2024.033.011). Bottom support piece slots into the two veritcal support pieces. One side of each vertical part is ornamented with etched floral pattern, this side faces the viewer.

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13. Aerial Photo of La Questa Vineyards - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Aerial Photo of La Questa Vineyards,1945. Black foam-core mounted, black and white aerial photograph of La Questa Vineyards. There is a piece of paper attached to the top of the foam-core, which reads, "Aerial photo showing two of the 37 acres of the La Questa Vineyard around 1945 // The house at top was built by the D'Amico Family. The house at right belonged to the Dickinson // Family, whose son still lives in the smaller house below. Across t...

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14. Spring Tooth Harrow - Harrow, Spring-Tooth

    Spring Tooth Harrow. Two each spring tooth harrow units have three rows each of two, three and three on one and two, three and two on the other of C-shaped springs with flat, dull pointed bottoms for popping out weeds. Four-loop harness mounts in fronts. Vertical spring wire levers mounted to back axles along notched D-shaped iron piece and used for adjusting wheel height. No wheels present.

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15. John Deere Iron-beam Plow, c. 1900-1930 - Plow

    John Deere Iron-beam Plow, c. 1900-1930. John Deere iron-beam single horse-drawn walking plow. Single blade plow is iron, painted green, with wooden handles attached at "V" behind blade and mounted to front bar with iron braces that have been painted red. Wooden handles are finished with a clear laquer.

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16. McCormick "Daisy" Reaper - Reaper

    McCormick "Daisy" reaper. Large seated mower eliminates the need for a buck rake. When it cuts the grain, it mows it, puts it on the platform and then sweeps it off so that it is in a row. The platform and sweeping rakes, two vertical and one horizontal are wood. Iron metal cutting blades are located at right front corner of platform. One blade is vertical extending above height of platform and other is horizontal extending its entire width....

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17. Holt Scraper, 1909 - Weeder

    1909 Holt scraper is solid iron with a 2x4-inch wooden crosspiece above box. Back beam handle is curved iron. Box has a curved back, flat sides and open front. Top wooden beam is affixed via iron nuts and bolts to one of many notches in thick iron bracket that is mounted to sides and extend in front of and above box for adjusting scraper angle. Two looped iron rods extend out front and are mounted to inside sides of box.

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18. Spring-tooth Harrow - Harrow, Spring-Tooth

    Solid iron metal spring-tooth harrow has three rows each of two, three, and four springs that are c-shaped and flat on the bottom for popping out weeds. Four-loop harness piece in front. Back has a spring-wire lever mounted to a notched gear for making height adjustments. Half of unit. Second half is missing.

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19. Rotary Harrow - Harrow

    Solid iron metal wheel cultivator or rotary harrow is painted red. Wheel-shaped walking harrow has five-spoke horizontal wheel with spikes hanging below outer wheel and spokes. Unit spins on vertical rod to which V-shaped handles with curved grips are mounted. Point of handles attached to meter bar that extends out front. There is a large rounded metal piece extending left and below handles. This type of cultivator is especially useful in orc...

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20. Syracuse Hillside Plow - Plow, Hillside

    Single row horse-drawn Syracuse side-hill walking plow. Plow is iron, painted red, with a small iron wheel, panted green, and curved wooden handles. Red iron cross-piece of handles is notched to place lever, that extends the length of the plow, into one of three settings to adjust wheel position. Blade is shaped like an arrow with the back shaft being bulbous instead of concave. Its two sharp sides allow it to scrape from either side. A smal...

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21. Apple Butter Paddle - Paddle, Apple Butter

    Solid wood hand-carved apple butter paddle is made of a single piece of unfinished blonde wood. Spade is rectangular in shape with a flat back, sloped sides and a slightly flared bottom. Cylindrical handle flares into hand-carved blade.

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22. German Rake - Rake

    German rake. Hand-held rake has a four-foot head with 25 tines between two thick spokes. Affixed 2/3s up toward top of handle is a smaller metal handle with a wooden grip. Head has two metal pieces coming from top and attached to long handle, forming a triangle. A center metal piece attached to top of head is affixed over woodn handle lower end.

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23. The Good Roads Machinery Company Road Grader - Scraper, Earth

    The Good Roads Machinery Company Road Grader. All metal (iron) grader with wood beam between front wheels. Front wheels turn left and right on an axle while back wheels are affixed to the metal body. Two levers (left and right) above and in front of back wheels for adjusting scraper height. Scraper blade is rectangular and sits at a diagonal across the entire width of the grader in the center. It is attached via a giant eye-bolt and can pivot lef...

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24. Scraper - Scraper, Earth

    Scraper. Used for moving dirt. Large solid iron blade is painted gray and bent at an obtuse angle with wooden sides affixed with bolts and framed at top and bottom with metal until the wood tapers into rectangular arms used as handles. Metal chain with loop on end is used for attaching to horse.

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25. Howard Family Silver Candlestick, early-20th Century - Candlestick

    Howard Family Silver Candlestick, early-20th Century. Sterling silver candlestick has hexigon-shaped base with a smooth taper up to a narrow beaded band, above which is the six-sided body which tapers up from the band to a wider flat top that decreases into a narrow stem. The top of the stem is beaded, above which is a small bowl with a large flared neck that ends in a flat top with a beaded edge and a recess in the center for holding the candle....

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