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1. Selena Ho Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2013 - Plaque, Award

   2013 Selena Ho Sports Hall of Fame Plaque. Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Selena Ho of Carlmont High School who was inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on June 11, 2013. Plaque includes image of Ho and a brief biography: "One of the most prolific three-point shooters of her generation, she set basketball records at Carlmont High School and then took her considerable offensive skills to the University of the Pacific. Her lon...

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2. Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder-I Wish That You Belonged to Me - Phonograph, Cylinder

   c. 1913 to late 1920s Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder "I wish that you belonged to me" by Ada Jones and Billy Murray is cylindrical in shape with a hollow center, made of celluloid plastic, and is blue in color. The outer edges (1/2" each end) are smooth, while the center of the cylinder is rough/ridged. The song title is written on one end. The inside is lined with plaster of paris and is ribbed. This cylinder plays.

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3. Cup Recovered from City Centre Plaza - Cup, Demitasse

   Cup Recovered from City Centre Plaza

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4. E.A. Husing Grocery Store, 1878 - Lithograph

   E.A. Husing Grocery Store, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting E.A. Husing grocery store. The image shows a square white building with columns along the outside, a red roof and an "E.A. HUSING." sign on each side at top of building. There are men and women standing on the porches of the store. A two-horse-drawn wagon is on the left side...

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5. Residence of C. Hanson in Redwood City, 1878 - Lithograph

   Residence of C. Hanson in Redwood City, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of C.Hanson in Redwood City. Image shows a white house with a water tower and a stable with a horse in front in a fenced-in yard landscaped with vegetation. There is a field and hills in the background with water in between, upon which are three boats. ...

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6. Residence of W.H. Lawrence, San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

   Residence of W.H. Lawrence, San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Framed lithograph depicting the residence of W.H. Lawrence in San Mateo. A large white and pink house in center has a grey roof and three chimneys and sits on a large plot with curving paths and grass landscaped with trees. There are two white buildings depicted to the back right of the house and there is...

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7. Painting of South San Francisco by Earl Chamberlin, 1986 - Painting

   1986 Painting of South San Francisco by Earl Chamberlin. Acrylic on canvas mounted inside a painted silver colored wooden frame with a white linen cloth inner border. A brass engraved rectangular plaque mounted to bottom center front of frame reads, "FRED GELLERT FOUNDATION / COLLECTION OF SAN MATEO COUNTY SCENES / EARL CHAMBERLAIN / SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO / PRESENTED BY ART-RISE 1986." Image depicts a cityscape in the foreground with lar...

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8. Ayer Clear Glass Bottle, n.d. - Bottle

   Ayer Clear Glass Bottle, n.d. Clear glass bottle. Elongated oval base with oval body. Two seams extend length of bottle to just below mouth. Body tapers to narrow straight neck. Raised ring just below mouth tapers to rounded lip. Bottle is empty. Raised ring below rounded lip is irregular with uneven and creased edges. Several air bubbles throughout glass.

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9. Jar Lid Recovered from City Centre Plaza - Jar

   Jar Lid Recovered from City Centre Plaza

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10. Assistencia - Painting

    Asistencia by Mary Bresnahan, 1994. Framed and matted watercolor painting depicts Pacifica's Assistencia, a Mission Outpost for Mission Dolores at the current site of the Sanchez Adobe. Depicted on the left is a white U-shaped building with a cross in the center of the yard and on a peak of the rooftop. Also in the yard is a cart filled with fruit and two figures. In the foreground are two oxen, a donkey, three chickens and a carreta. On the rig...

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11. San Mateo Blues Autographed Baseball, 1992 - Baseball

    San Mateo Blues Autographed Baseball, 1992. Baseball autographed by the San Mateo Blues at the "Old Timer's" game at Victorian Days in the Park put on in San Mateo the by the San Mateo County Historical Association.

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12. M1917 Helmet, c. 1917-1918 - Helmet, Military

    M1917 Helmet, c. 1917-1918. Round metal helmet, brown in color. At top of helmet head is a starburst engraving at the center. A bolt goes through the top of the helmet to connect the head adjustment contraption. The rounded helmet flattens at the edges with a folded over seam of metal. The head adjustment contraption is black leather on the outer edges and tan leather on the inside. The black leather is connected to tan cloth net webbing to a...

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13. WWII Navy Scarf, n.d. - Scarf

    WWII Navy Scarf, n.d. Black silk scarf with hand stitched black lines across the borders and corners of the scarf. In the middle of the scarf, is some unreadable white printed writing that is visible from front to the back of the scarf.

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14. Pillow sham, n.d. - Sham, Pillow

    Pillow sham, n.d. Rose satin pillow sham with 3.5 inch ecru lace border on two sides. Decorative stripes 5.750 inches in from each side, where pieces are joined with embroidery. Tag sewn on the inside reads: "Carlin Comforts / AT SAKS Fifth Avenue / NEW YORK"; second tag reads: "RAYON / & / Silk".

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15. Cast Iron Cobbler's Shoe Mount - Stand, Cobbler's

    Cast Iron Cobbler's Shoe Mount. Cast Iron piece has a T-shaped base with a pointed bottom and holes for mounting. Same piece of metal extends up vertically with a curve at the top. The tall piece is half-moon shaped so that it is hallow in back where a rod is mounted connecting a tiny lever at the top center of the base of the T to a ribbed iron, oval-shaped metal piece at the top. Oval piece tilts forward and back as lever is moved.

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16. Women's Hat, c. 1940s - Hat, Straw

    Women's Hat, c. 1940s. White straw hat has a flat top, straight 3" sides and a 1.25" horizontal brim. Around the sides is a wide brown band that forms a bow in front. band appears to be made of some type of plastic raffia wrapped in light brown tulle netting. Wider black netting covers the entire front, hangs approximately 2.5" below brim and is affixed to back beneath brim via two black velvet hat pins. Two four-prong hair combs are affixed...

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17. Fishing Net Sinker - Sinker

    Fishing Net Sinker. Granite stone net sinker is oblong in shape with a worn recess extending all the way around the center.

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18. Scarf, 1861 - 1897 - Scarf

    Scarf, 1861 - 1897. Pale mauve gray and cream embroidered and beaded scarf. Base of scarf is a micro net tulle in pale gray. Outer border contains scrolling branches and multiple types of small multi-petaled flowers, accented with dark gray beads. Each end of scarf has a central mirrored pattern of large curling scrolls trimmed with flowers. Across the center of the scarf is a scattering of 14 flower and leaf motifs. Once belonged to R...

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19. Band-Aid Container - Container, Medicine

    Band-Aid Container, c. 1926-1939. Johnson & Johnson brand Band-Aid rectangular, lithographed, metal, container, with a hinged lid. The front of the container has text which reads, "BAND-AID // MERCUROCHROME // (H. W. & D. No. 311) // + // A SPEED BANDAGE FOR // MINOR INJURIES". Below that text, in script, it reads, "Johnson & Johnson". Below that it reads, in text, "NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. CHICAGO, ILL.". The "+" is a large, red-cross symbol, which i...

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20. Spirits Alcoholmeter, c. 1920-1940s - Alcoholometer

    Spirits Alcoholmeter, c. 1920-1940s. Glass thermometer(A) has a 6.5" long .25" cylindrical section that is labeled on the inside with numbers counting by 10s 0-100 on either side of text that reads, "Richter & Tralles for Spirit.Abramson Bacon & Heunick, San Francisco." Above this is an egg-shaped bulbous section 1" in diameter and 1.5" long and an additional 1.375" cylindrical section that tapers to a .5"x.875" ball-shaped bulbous section that...

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21. White Wax Tapers, c. 1850-1899 - Taper

    White Wax Tapers, c. 1850-1899. Red cardboard box containing 17 approx. 16" wax tapers for lighting gas fires and general household use. One taper is slightly blackened at end.

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22. Matalan Auxiliary No. 2068 VFW Banner, n.d. - Banner

    Matalan Auxiliary No. 2068 VFW Banner, n.d. Banner is a single layer of red silk(?) fabric. A center 28.25" x 19.25" rectangle has a 5" red border border. Top of red border reads, "MATALAN POST / 2068" in hand-painted 2" gold letters. Similar 2.75" letters on bottom red section reads, "V.F.W." At center of banner is mounted a 11" x 11.5" blue paper star with a white 1.5" x 2.875" paper rectangle on which "278" is printed in blue .5" text. ...

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23. Residence of W.J. Fifield, 2d T.P., 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of W.J. Fifield, 2d T.P., 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Colorized lithograph by Britton & Rey printed on paper and mounted behind glass beneath an off-white mat with a gold-colored inner border inside a brown wooden frame. Image depicts a Red brick building with a large arched doorway and a white sign at top of 2nd floor that reads, "TIMES & GAZETTE." A second sign on the right side of the building reads, "TIMES & G...

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