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  1. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. Folded greeting card. Card has an illustrated lace border; inside the border is an illustration of a photo with pick roses in the corner and a pink ribbon border tied in a bow on the left side. Inside the image is a drawing of two blue doves carrying, via a blue ribbon, a card with an illustration of white baby shoes with pink bows surrounded by blue and pink flowers. Inside the card is a faded pink with...

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  2. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. White folded stock card with illustrations. Illustration on the front of the card shows a baby in a white and pink floral bassinet with a blue blanket; a black-haired woman in a pink long-sleeve shirt and pearls is hovering over the baby. Imprinted on the front, and the same color of the card, are images of cubes, rattles, bottles, and safety pins. On the inside cover is an illustration of pink and blue ...

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  3. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. Image on the card depicts a baby, in a blue outfit and pink bonnet, in a wicker basket with a pink bow and wrapped in a brown blanket in a field of yellow, pink, and blue flowers. The texture of the blanket is felt. The card is cut in the shape of the front cover image. There is a tag on the wicker basket. On the inside cover, is a drawing of a pin bonnet with blue ribbons and pink and blue shoes.

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  4. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. On the front of the card is an illustration of a baby with its left hand covering its left eye and its right hand covering its chin; hanging above the baby is a bundle of, what appears to be, mistletoe wrapped in a red ribbon. On the inside cover is another image of a baby waving its left hand and its right hand covering its mouth. On the back of the card, on the upper right hand corner, is a bundle of mistle...

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  5. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. Card has a pink wood grain background; at the forefront of the card is an illustration of a pinned photo of a blonde, blue-eyed baby laying on its stomach with its hair tied in a pink bow. There are drawings of blue flowers drawn sporadically on the front and two of the same flowers on the inside cover.

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  6. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1946. White birthday card with an illustration of a blonde baby, dressed in a pink sweater, white diaper, pink and white socks, and black shoes, sleeping on a blue blanket surrounded by various toys. Under the baby's proper left arm is a blue and yellow teddy bear; under its proper right arm is a red train car with yellow wheels that can be pulled with a string. Two blocks, one yellow and one green, lay at the baby...

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  7. Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945 - Card, Greeting

    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945. White stock card with a hole punch on the top right corner. Illustration on card is outlined and drawn in mostly a shiny silver color. Five vertical lines go down the card on the left side; mid-way through the lines it is broken by a silver, wavt box, with an image of a baby laying on its stomach under the cover of a pink and blue blanket. Along the bottom of the card is a silver vine with images of pink...

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    Baby Greeting Card to JoAnn Semones, 1945
  8. Binder of JoAnn Semones' awards and certificates, 1969-2004 - Archive

    A black binder with three metal rings inside. These documents were complied throughout JoAnn Semones' life of the certificates, achievements and awards that she obtained. Documents include: awards, certificates (including several certificates from EPA (2017.8.56.3.27-28; 33-35; 39-40; 48A-B; 50-51; 54 (photocopy of original); 61-62; 68; 70-72; 75), and programs.

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  9. Binder of JoAnn Semones' memorablia, 1951-2001 - Archive

    A blue plastic binder with three metal rings inside. These documents were complied throughout JoAnn Semones' life from her 5th birthday to her work as an Ombudsman for the California Department of Aging. Documents include: programs, pamphlets, certificates, school report cards, graduation commencement programs, two envelopes with letters unopened, newsletters as editor (JoAnn, and her sister Vicky) for San Fernando Valley State College (2017.8.40...

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  10. Documents related to JoAnn Semones' early writings from her youth to her time in college, 1962-1986 - Archive

    These documents were complied and utilized by JoAnn Semones as early writings that she did in her youth to her college years. Items in collection include first stories she ever wrote as a child, her camping story with her family in Sequoia National Park (2017.008.041.1.6), journalism papers, poetry, her letter to Robert Kennedy on the Cuban missile crisis and the advantage of sea power (2017.008.041.1.19) and responses from that letter (2017.008....

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  11. Documents related to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1896-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: letter and email correspondence, photographic forms, postcards, laminated photos, film strips, originals and photocopies of images. Originals of copied items 2017.008.014.016-2017.008.014.019, 2017.008.014.055, and 2017.008.014.83 are locat...

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    Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers
  12. Documents related to Pigeon Point Lighthouse keepers, 1873-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research about lighthouse keepers of Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: letter and email correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine and newsletter articles, an oral history CD, typed and handwritten notes, original and photocopies of images, and other information regarding the head keep...

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    Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers
  13. Documents related to research including convergence about Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1887-2016 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research including convergence about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Whales, Wharves & Warfare. Items in collection include: letter and email correspondence, biography, journal, newspaper and website articles, obituaries, photos, book pages, cd with jpg photos on convergence of Pigeon Point Lighthouse, images and film strips on convergence of Pigeon...

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    Whalers, Wharves, and Warfare
  14. Documents related to research of the life of Galen Wolf, 1922-2016 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research of the life of Galen Wolf. Items in collection include: images of Galen Wolf artwork and Galen Wolf himself, articles written by JoAnn Semones in magazines, photos, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, email correspondence, transcripts of interview of Galen Wolf, stories, original and copies of booklets of Coastline and The Town That Was, transcript, and copies of letter c...

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  15. Documents related to research on E.D. Patrick, 1947-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on E.D. Patrick by JoAnn Semones due to her experiences as a child aboard the E.D. Patrick at age 3 & 6. Items in collection include: Photographs, newsletters, email and letter correspondence, a telegram from Mr. George Semones to his wife, copies of newspaper clippings, a magazine article by JoAnn Semones (2017.008.011.023), thank you cards from various people who bo...

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  16. Documents related to research on local California lighthouses for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2001-2011 - Archive

    These documents were complied and used as research on local California lighthouses for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary by JoAnn Semones. Items in collection include a typed up summary of each lighthouse, photos and general information on each lighthouse, clippings and articles (some written by JoAnn Semones, and Julie Barrow), pamphlets, a small paper bag from Pigeon Point Lighthouse (2017.008.087.24), reprints of cards with watercolor...

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  17. Documents related to research on Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1916-2016 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Whales, Wharves & Warfare. Items in collection include: letter correspondence, biographies, notes, photos, newspaper clippings, magazine and website articles, an article by Mitchell P. Postel in La Peninsula [2017.008.016.001.030], obituaries, pamphlet, historical structure report, genealogy family hist...

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    Whalers, Wharves, and Warfare
  18. Documents related to research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1852-2009 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Images, image permission forms, invoices, email correspondence, engravings, postcards, articles written by JoAnn Semones on Rydal Hall, and other information regarding the shipwrecks of ships, and the people associated with these ships in the thirteen chapters of t...

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    Hard Luck Coast
  19. Documents related to research on Point Pinos Lighthouse, 1849-2013 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Pinos Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Pirates, Pinnacles and Petticoats. Items in collection include: Notes, newspaper clippings, website articles, email correspondence, pages from journal, biography, story, book review, references, obituaries, shipwreck database information, and other information regarding the shipwrecks, and the people associated ...

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    Pirates, Pinnacles, and Petticoats
  20. Documents related to research on Point Pinos Lighthouse, 1875-2014 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Pinos Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Pirates, Pinnacles and Petticoats. Items in collection include: photos, letter and email correspondence, image permission forms, newspaper clippings, pamphlet, magazine articles, information on keepers, notes, and other information for the purposes of inputting information and images for the book Pirates, Pinnac...

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    Pirates, Pinnacles and Petticoats
  21. Documents related to research on Point Pinos Lighthouse, 1895-2013 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Pinos Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Pirates, Pinnacles and Petticoats. Items in collection include: Shipwreck database information, images, newspaper clippings, letters, website articles, notes, book pages, biographies, certificates, licenses, magazine articles, and other information regarding the shipwrecks and the people associated with these sh...

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    Pirates, Pinnacles and Petticoats
  22. Documents related to research on Point Sur Lighthouse, 1874-2011 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Sur Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book Sea of Troubles. Items in collection include: Images, email correspondence, image permission forms, shipwreck database information, newspaper clippings, invoices, postcards, badge, stickers, and other information regarding the shipwrecks and the people associated with these ships in fourteen chapters of the book Se...

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    Sea of Troubles
  23. Documents related to research on the San Juan shipwreck near Pigeon Point Lighthouse including trial and lawsuit, 1912-2014 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research by JoAnn Semones on the San Juan shipwreck near Pigeon Point Lighthouse including trial and lawsuit. Items in collection include: Letter correspondence, newspaper clippings, article by JoAnn Semones in magazine [2017.017.001A-D], wreck reports, passenger manifest, photos, first accounts, trial/lawsuit documents, book pages, and other information regarding the wrec...

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    2017.008.015.1.23A
  24. Documents related to research on the ship New York, 1864-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on the ship the New York by JoAnn Semones to be utilized for her books. Items in collection include: Images, notes, newspaper clippings, biographies, letter correspondence, newsletter, and other information associated to the shipwreck of the New York and the people associated with the ship New York. The series for these documents ranges from 2017.008.020.005.001-20...

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  25. Documents related to research on the ship New York, 1883-2008 - Archive

    The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on the ship the New York by JoAnn Semones to be utlized for her books. Items in collection include: Newspaper clippings, notes, journals, memoirs, images, and other information associated to the shipwreck of the New York and the people associated with the ship New York. Original of copied item 2017.008.020.004.043A is located in CLP 66-55.5 in SMCHA archives. The s...

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