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1. A.P. Giannini Branch of Bank of America, February 7, 1964 - Negative

   A.P. Giannini Branch of Bank of America, February 7, 1964. Black and white photo negative of A.P. Giannini Branch of Bank of America on corner of 3rd and El Camino in San Mateo. Part of series on downtown San Mateo buildings built in 1960's. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Bank of California Building in San Mateo, 1964 - Negative

   Bank of California Building in San Mateo, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Bank of California Building on Northwest Corner of 4th Avenue & El Camino Real San Mateo 1964. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Beautiful Burlingame - Film, Motion Picture

   Beautiful Burlingame, 1937. Color silent film promotes the city of Burlingame as, "An ideal community where 20,000 people enjoy the pleasures of a suburban life in a perfect climate glorified by beautiful homes, gardens and healthful recreation." Scenes include: residential homes, apartments, and estates; flower gardens; parks; sports facilities; downtown shops; government buildings; transportation facilities; views of the landscape. Recorded on ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Beresford Garden Center in San Mateo, 1977 - Negative

   Beresford Garden Center in San Mateo, 1977. Black and white negative of the Beresford Garden Center in San Mateo, California. The image shows a landscape with large boulders and an octagonal gazebo built over a pond. The gazebo appears at upper left in the image with large wooden poles at each corner. It has a shingled roof with a ring of tall rods surrounding an octagonal block of wood at the top. A wooden walkway with a railing leads from the g...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Borel Place Building under Construction, April 16, 1965 - Negative

   Borel Place Building under Construction, April 16, 1965. Black and white photo negative of Borel Place Building under construction. (Aberthaw Construction Co project). Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Carolands Chateau Covered Entrance, 1964 - Negative

   Carolands Chateau Covered Entrance, 1964. Black and white negative shows a covered entranceway to the main doors at the Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough, California. The entrance has several shallow steps leading up to double doors flanked by columns at right in the image. The scene also includes a potted plant at left and ornate wall sconces. The house is built in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. Part of a series.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. City Hall in San Mateo, March 11, 1964 - Negative

   City Hall in San Mateo, March 11, 1964. Black and white photo negative of City Hall in San Mateo. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Coastside Residential Architecture, February 10, 1964 - Negative

   Coastside Residential Architecture, February 10, 1964. Black and white photo negative of exteriors of Coastside residential homes. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Courthouse Redwood City - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Courthouse Redwood City, c. 1882-1903. Sepia-colored photograph shows the second San Mateo County Courthouse built in Redwood City, also known as the Lady Justice Courthouse for the statue adorning the top of the building. The Courthouse is a Neoclassical two-story structure with a single-story addition on the back. It is photographed in three-quarter profile looking northeast. A short picket fence surrounds the building grounds along an unpaved ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Daly City Box Houses Off Skyline Boulevard, 1964 - Negative

    Daly City Box Houses Off Skyline Boulevard, 1964. Black and white negative shows multiple houses in Daly City off of Skyline Boulevard. A guardrail appears in the foreground in the bottom of the image in front of a hillside filled with rectangular "box" houses. A row of houses can be seen in the background at upper left near an undeveloped area of land. Daly City housing developments such as these inspired Malvinia Reynolds to write the popular s...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Daly City Houses off Skyline Boulevard, 1964 - Negative

    Daly City Houses off Skyline Boulevard, 1964. Black and white negative shows box houses in Daly City off of Skyline Boulevard. A section of roadway appears in the foreground separated by a grassy median strip. A guardrail on the far side of the Boulevard extends across the image at center. Beyond the guard rail is a hillside with multiple rectangular houses. Similar houses inspired Malvinia Reynolds to write the folk song "Little Boxes".

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Daly City Houses off Skyline Boulevard, 1964 - Negative

    Daly City Houses off Skyline Boulevard, 1964. Black and white negative shows box houses in Daly City off of Skyline Boulevard. A row of houses with similar rectangular construction curves along a roadway from the foreground at right into the distance at upper left. Another cluster of buildings appears at left. A guardrail is just visible across the bottom of the image in the foreground, and exit signs appear in the background at upper right. Simi...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Daly City Theater - Print, Digital

    Daly City Theater, 1942. Monochromatic photograph shows the front facade of the Daly City Theater. The marquee shows Ann Sheridan in Wings for the Eagle with Dennis Moran and William Gargan and Close Call for Ellery Queen with M. Lindsay. An inscription at bottom center reads, "ON WEST SIDE OF THE STREET / 1942 DALY CITY TH EATRE / NORTH EAST OF TOP OF THE / HILL, NEAR WELLINGTON ON / MISSION STREET."

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. El Camino Real Bell in Burlingame, November 23, 1963 - Negative

    El Camino Real Bell in Burlingame, November 23, 1963. Black and white negative of El Camino Bell at Corner of Carmelita and El Camino, Burlingame. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Filoli: Family Home, Historic Garden, Living Museum - Filoli Center

    Filoli: Family Home, Historic Garden, Living Museum by Filoli Center, 2017. Shire Publications, Oxford, Great Britain. A history of the Filoli estate (also known as the Bourn-Roth estate) with chapters on the family, house, garden, its historical significance and future vision. Published to coincide with Filoli's centennial. Includes color illustrations, glossary, and index. 120 pages

    Record Type: Library

    
16. Filoli Self-Guided Tours of the House and Garden - Pamphlet, Instruction

    Filoli Self-Guided Tours of the House and Garden, c. 2010s. Paper brochure provides information on the history of the Filoli country house and gardens to visitors of the Estate. The guide is printed in green and yellow ink on off-white paper and includes photographs and maps. 15 pages

    Record Type: Archive

    
17. Historic Resources Evaluation Report for 1007 East 5th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 - Report

    Historic Resources Evaluation Report for 1007 East 5th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402, October 2018. Report prepared for Laura Watanuki by Denise Bradley (Landscape Historian) and Ward Hill (Architectural Historian). The report includes a description of the house, site history, historical contexts, and evaluation as a Historic Resource. Includes appendices with 10 illustrations and 59 photographs.

    Record Type: Archive

    
18. "Little Box" House in Daly City, March 12, 1964 - Negative

    "Little Box" House in Daly City, March 12, 1964. Black and white photo negative of a "Little Box" house in Daly City. Part of a series of layout photos to illustrate the song "Little Boxes". Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Masonic Temple in Burlingame, February 1964 - Negative

    Masonic Temple in Burlingame, February 1964. Black and white negative of the Masonic Temple on the corner of Park Road and Howard Avenue in Burlingame, California. The Masonic Temple is a large three-story building with neoclassical architectural elements. The words "MASONIC TEMPLE" are written across the top of the builidng. Masonic symbols and imagery appear on parts of the building. Caine Cleaners, a laundromat, appears next to the temple at l...

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Moving Day at the San Mateo Times, 1964 - Negative

    Moving Day at the San Mateo Times, 1964. Black and white photo negative of moving van outside San Mateo Times on San Mateo Drive, moving to new plant on Amphlett Drive. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
21. Moving of the Miller House on Oak Grove Avenue, August 1948 - Negative

    Moving of the Miller House on Oak Grove Avenue, August 1948. Black and white negative shows the Miller house being moved from Oak Grove Avenue at Linden Avenue in Burlingame, California. The photograph was taken looking down Oak Grove Avenue toward the Miller house, which appears in the distance above center in the image. The house is raised onto a set of wheels and there are ropes leading down the street away from the building. Two men are visib...

    Record Type: Photo

    
22. Mrs. Wolf's recollections of the James Johnston house near Half Moon Bay - Manuscript

    Mrs. Wolf's recollections of the James Johnston house near Half Moon Bay, c. 1938. Manuscript handwritten in graphite with cursive script on five sheets of yellow lined paper.

    Record Type: Archive

    
23. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Timby House - Document, Digital

    National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Timby House, March 2024. PDF copy of NPS Form 10-900 for nomination of the Timby House at 621 Knoll Drive in San Carlos to the National Register of Historic Places. The form was prepared by Sara Timby and John Rawlings in August 2021 and revised in March 2024 by Betsy Frederick-Rothwell, Curator and Head Archivist of the Environmental Disign Archives, University of California, Berkeley. Illu...

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24. New Building at Borel Place, March 8, 1965 - Negative

    New Building at Borel Place, March 8, 1965. Black and white photo negative of one of the newly completed buildings at Borel Place. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
25. Residence of Charley Brown Esq. - Print

    Residence of Charley Brown Esq. drawn on July 28, 1850, by William H. Dougal. Copy print of original drawing depicts the residence of Charles Brown built near Portola Valley. The image shows several buildings in a clearing surrounded by tall pine and deciduous trees. A single-story adobe appears at center, and a two-story A-frame building stands just to the right. Vertical fencing creates a yard around the clearing and follows the roadside that p...

    Record Type: Archive