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  1. Baby Dress, c. 1940s - Dress

    Baby Dress, c. 1940s. Cream colored linen baby dress with machine-made embroidered design. Cream colored lace trim along bottom, sleeves, and neck of dress. Dress has cream colored linen band (0.25 inch) around sleeves above lace trim with a small embroidered circle at top. Around the neck there is an embroidered green and pink floral heart, blue ribbon design on sides of heart, and three small flowers on each side of the neck. Extending the leng...

    Record Type: Object

    Baby Dress
  2. Belmont Cub Scouts Training at Belmont Fire Station - Negative

    Belmont Cub Scouts Training at Belmont Fire Station, 1948. Black and white negative shows five Belmont Cub Scout Troop members receiving first aid training at the Belmont Fire Station. Four of the cub scouts are kneeling around a fifth Cub Scout who is lying prone on a dark blanket. At right, a firefighter in uniform with a white hat kneels next to the cub scouts and turns to look at the camera. A woman stands next to him wearing a long dark dre...

    Record Type: Photo

    Belmont Cub Scouts Training at Belmont Fire Station, 1948
  3. Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years - Canfield, Jack

    Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Nancy Autio, Patty Aubery and LeAnn Thieman, 2005. This book is a collection of stories written by fathers and daughters about their moments, lessons and times shared among each other. Includes acknowledgement page, an intro, chapters seperated with various shared stories from men and women...

    Record Type: Library

    Chicken Soup for the Father & Daughter Soul: Stories to Celebrate the Love between Dads & Daughters Throughout the Years
  4. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters - Canfield, Jack

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dorothy Firman, Julie Firman, and Frances Firman Salorio, 2007. This book is a collection of stories written by women and daughters of the lessons, moments, and the times shared with their loved ones. Includes acknowledgement page, an intro, chapters seperated with various shared stories from women (including a story by JoAnn Semones on page 78); sig...

    Record Type: Library

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers & Daughters
  5. Childhood Portrait of WH Crocker, 1861-1862 - Copy, Reprographic

    Childhood Portrait of WH Crocker, 1861-1862. Portrait is mounted behind glass beneath an oval-shaped off white mat inside a gold-painted wood and gesso oval-shape decorative frame with floral inner and outer borders. Reproduction image appears to be of a tinted photograph where face and hands have not been altered but all other elements have been painted over or at least highlighted. Figure is sitting in some type of high chair that has been c...

    Record Type: Object

    Childhood Portrait of WH Crocker
  6. Child's Harness, c. 1949-1951 - Leash, Child

    Child's Harness, c. 1949-1951. Pink and white fabric harness. The harness is constructed out of various pink and white belts with silver metal buckles; there is a waist belt from which hand two adjustable belts which appear to be for the legs. The leash is also attached to the waist belt by a smaller looped belt. At the end of the leash is a hand loop.

    Record Type: Object

    Child's Harness
  7. Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them-Buy War Bonds Poster, 1942 - Poster

    Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them-Buy War Bonds Poster, 1942. Poster displays some children playing on the grass with a shadow of a swastika surrounding them. Dimensions: 20 x 14.25

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    Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them-Buy War Bonds Poster, 1942
  8. Fishing at Coyote Point Dock, 1962 - Negative

    Fishing at Coyote Point Dock, 1962. Black and white negative shows several children fishing on a dock at Coyote Point in San Mateo, California. Some of the children use fishing poles. One boy in the foreground at lower left kneels and holds a small popsicle stick with a string attached. Most of the children wear short sleeved shirts and shorts except for one boy at the end of the dock without a shirt. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Fishing at Coyote Point Dock, 1962
  9. Guastavino Family Home in Colma at Christmas - Image, Digital

    Guastavino Family Home in Colma at Christmas, c. 1951-1952. Digital scan of a black and white photograph shows children of various ages posing for a photograph in a home decorated for Christmas. Front row left to right: Minnie Lencioni; Bobby Guastavino; Kataline Guastavino. Back row left to right: Dominic Guastavino; Joey (Joe) Lencioni; John Mangiante. Grayscale TIFF file, 2758 x 4051 pixels, 21.34 MB. Digital image created 11/13/2018.

    Record Type: Photo

    Guastavino family home in Colma at Christmas, c. 1951-1952
  10. Handbook of Children's Concussions - Edmonds, John G.

    Handbook of Children's Concussions by John G. Edmonds, May 19, 2015. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, San Bernadino, CA. Description from the author: "With growing awareness of the concussion hazards associated with soccer and other sports, especially among children, this book serves as a guide for parents and coaches to be alert for injuries that may occur during the course of play and practice, with facts about what to do before it...

    Record Type: Library

    Handbook of Children's Concussions
  11. Japanese Boys Day Display Items - Doll

    Japanese Boys Day Display Items. The display of two Japanese men hoisting carp has a wooden base painted black and men are porcelain dolls wearing Japanese attire and robes (also black). Connected to the base are two flowers and a tree. Also connected to the base is a crossed fence post, which serves a as a brace for a long black and white vertical rod. At the top of the rod are two eight-piece "sun" shape. Above the "sun" shape there is a small ...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Boys Day Display Items
  12. Japanese Boys Day Display Samurai Armor - Doll

    Japanese Boys Day Display Samurai Armor. Samurai armor is silver, gold, and black with orange string weaved throughout to hold armor together. The helmet is a silver piece with a "V" shaped gold piece rising above with a dragon figure resting on the top of the helmet.

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Boys Day Samuri Doll
  13. Japanese Boys Day Samurai Helmet Decoration - Decoration, Holiday

    Japanese Boys Day Samurai Helmet Decoration. Small Japanese Samurai Helmet. Part of the Japanese Boy's Day display, this small Japanese samurai helmet is very colorful. It consists of black, orange, jade, white, and gold. The primary color of the helmet's dome is textured black (raised bumps) with silver and gold inlays which are placed in a cross-like pattern. At the dome's center is a gold textured cap. On the underside of the dome is an orange...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Boys Day Samurai Helmet Decoration
  14. Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s - Doll, Decorative

    Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s. Small Japanese figurine used in celebration of Girls's Day. The head, facial features, and hands are painted very pale fleshtones. Black fiber used for hair, may be dyed wool. Hair is styled with a bowl-haircut and two short side-locks. Figure wears a robe (kimono) woven in large floral pattern brocade in taupe, gold and teal, with 3 inch long stuffed sleeves, with teal lining. Portions of a red, silver an...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Doll
  15. Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s - Doll, Decorative

    Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s. Small Japanese figurine used in celebration of Girls's Day. The head, facial features, and hands are painted very pale fleshtones. Black fiber used for hair, may be dyed wool. Hair is styled with two side-locks and bangs, on a shaved head. The side-locks are tied with white thread, possibly silk. Figure wears a brocade robe (kimono) with stuffed sleeves in red, silver and orange, with a skirt in taupe, te...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Doll
  16. Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s - Doll, Decorative

    Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s. Small Japanese figurine used in celebration of Girls's Day. The head, facial features, and hands are painted very pale fleshtones. Black fiber used for hair, may be dyed wool. Hair is shoulder-length (1.5 inches) and loose, with bangs. Figure wears a brocade robe (kimono) with stuffed sleeves in red, silver and orange, with a skirt in taupe, teal and gold. Skirt is gathered and a bright teal lining is rev...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Doll
  17. Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s - Doll, Decorative

    Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s. Small Japanese figurine used in celebration of Girls's Day. The head, facial features, and hands are painted very pale fleshtones. Black fiber used for hair, may be dyed wool. Hair is styled with two side-locks, tied with white silk string, and a recessed or shaved hairline. Figure wears a robe (kimono) with stuffed sleeves, woven in large floral pattern brocade, in taupe, gold and teal. The sleeves are st...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Doll
  18. Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s - Doll, Decorative

    Japanese Girls Day Doll, c. 1920s. Small Japanese figurine used in celebration of Girls's Day. The head, facial features, and hands are painted very pale fleshtones. Black fiber used for hair, may be dyed wool. Hair is styled with a top knot (possibly chonmage) and a recessed or shaved hairline. Figure wears a robe (kimono) with stuffed sleeves, woven in large floral pattern brocade. The top is in red, silver, orange and the skirt is taupe,...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Doll
  19. Japanese Girls' Day Dolls, c. 1920s - Doll

    Japanese Girls' Day Dolls, c. 1920s. Display includes five porcelain dolls dressed in ceremonial robes. Two dolls are wearing gold robes with orange trim and both are holding Samurai swords and arrows. Dolls are in a seated position. One doll is dressed in a silver and purple robe wearing a head piece. This doll is holding a black rod and is in a seated position. One doll is dressed in a silver robe wearing a head piece. This doll is holding a bl...

    Record Type: Object

    Japanese Girls' Day Dolls, c. 1920s
  20. Law Enforcement Child Abuse Handbook - Book

    Law Enforcement Child Abuse Handbook, c. 1980. Booklet printed with black ink on white paper contains information for law enforcement on how to handle cases of child abuse. The cover features a photograph taken by Ron Lee of Foster City that shows a Sheriff standing in front of an open door with two young girls facing him. Small text at bottom center on the cover notes that the handbook is presented by the Law Enforcement Subcommittee of the San...

    Record Type: Archive

    Law Enforcement Child Abuse Handbook, c. 1980
  21. Little Californians magazine clippings, May-June 1964 - Ad, Magazine

    Little Californians magazine clippings, May-June 1964. A series of modeling magazine ads of young girls. Each ad has a description and prices of outfits that are modeled by a young JoAnn Semones. Also includes duplicate pages of clippings, drafts of clippings, and a newspaper clipping with an image of three women as well as three children including a very young Vicky Semones. Located on the first page of JoAnn Semones clippings #1 scrapbook (...

    Record Type: Archive

    Little Californians magazine clippings, May-June 1964
  22. Nudist Convention at Sheraton Villa Motor Inn, San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    Nudist Convention at Sheraton Villa Motor Inn, San Mateo, 1963. Black and white negative shows the exterior of the Sheraton Villa Motor Inn. A pole sign with an area for changeable text reads, "WELCOME / NUDIST / CONVENTION." The photograph is shot near ground level looking upward toward the sign with the Inn at left and a public sidewalk leading to other businesses at right. A young boy wearing only a hat and shoes appears at bottom center. ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Nudist Convention at Sheraton Villa Motor Inn, San Mateo, 1963
  23. Opening of Burlingame Community Center, 1949 - Negative

    Opening of Burlingame Community Center, 1949. Black and white negative of two girls playing with a jukebox at the opening of the Burlingame Community Center (now called Burlingame Rec Center). The jukebox is a large white machine. A small sign sits on the jukebox that reads "RECORDS DONATED BY / LLOYD WOLLMER." A second sign is on the left side of the jukebox. It is illegible save for the name "R. [F.] JONES." Part of a series of 20.

    Record Type: Photo

    Opening of Burlingame Community Center, 1949
  24. Ranch and Residence of John McCormick at Pomponia Creek, 1878 - Lithograph

    Ranch and Residence of John McCormick at Pomponia Creek, 1878. Moore & DePue lithgraph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting ranch and residence of John McCormick at Pomponia Creek. The image depicts a fenced-in ranch with a white house, stable, church or school, and a red barn. There are horses in the fenced yard by the stable, cattle behind the ranch in the hills, an...

    Record Type: Object

    Ranch and Residence of John McCormick at Pomponia Creek
  25. Redwood City District School Houses, 1878 - Lithograph

    Redwood City District School Houses, 1878. Moore & Depue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the Redwood City District School Houses. Image shows a gray brick high school with a red door and a red building to its left. A wooden pathway upon which two women walk and two children are playing leads to the building. In the foreground is a small body of water like a...

    Record Type: Object

    Redwood City District School Houses

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