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1. A Celebration at the Byrne Family Farm in Woodside, California, 1927 - Video, Digital

   A Celebration at the Byrne Family Farm in Woodside, California, 1927. Digitised black and white film originally shot in 1927. The film shows the celebration of William and Mary Byrne building their new home on the Byrne family farm (see Notes field for extended description of the film and Byrne family history). Video MPEG Length: 00:14:00 Resolution: 720 x 480 Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second Audio Bit ratio: 192kbps Channels: 2 (stereo...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Admin, Sales, R & D, Building A Construction - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Admin, Sales, R & D, Building A Construction, December 1966. Sepia tone photograph shows the construction of two buildings at Raychem Corporation headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Both buildings are partially constructed and appear partially in frame at left and right. The two structures are connected by horizontal concrete beams at center. There are building materials directly in front of both structures in the foreground on the lower hal...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Almost Across, 1888 - Album, Photograph

   Almost Across, 1888. Sepia photograph shows a barge on the water of San Francisco Bay. The barge has two tall masts crossed at the top to form a triangle and a raised area with two "slides" extending from it. The barge carries lengths of pipe and about a dozen workers. Black ink caption below photograph reads, "View of Barge near west shore of Bay "Almost Across" / after laying two lines 16" pipe 6400 ft from shore to shore. Greatest depth 60 f...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Alyeska Arctic Wear Parka, c. 1972-1975 - Parka

   Alyeska Arctic Wear Parka, c. 1972-1975. Down parka designed and produced by the Woolrich Company for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project. The outer shell is constructed with dark green heat and flame resistant nomex aramid fiber. The hood is trimmed with tawny coyote fur, and two cotton cords can be pulled to cinch the hood into a tunnel shape for protection against wind. The front of the parka has four flap patch pockets. Each pocket...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Alyeska Pipeline Orientation Certificate of Completion Badge, August 4, 1975 - Certificate

   Alyeska Pipeline Orientation Certificate of Completion Badge, August 4, 1975. This is a rectangular laminated blue paper badge issued to James C. Thompson for completing orientation training for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project. Bold text at top center reads, "ALYESKA PIPELINE ORIENTATION / CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION." Below, information is typewritten on lines for name, date, social security number, and certificate approval. Text...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Identification Badge, 1975 - Badge, Identification

   Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Identification Badge, 1975. This is a rectangular laminated Alyeska identification badge issued to James C. Thompson for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project. A color photograph of Thompson against a green and white diagonal striped background fills the upper half of the badge. Thompson has medium length brown hair and wears a light colored collared shirt and wire rim glasses. The lower half of the badge...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Blasting Hard Ground near Belmont, late 19th century - Album, Photograph

   Blasting Hard Ground near Belmont, late 19th century. Sepia photograph shows five men in the right foreground, standing on the side of a road. They hold sticks extending into the ground. Behind them, in the left background of the photo, are a tree and several more men doing the same kind of work. Blue pen caption above photo reads "OLD COUNTY ROAD NEAR BELMONT" and black pen caption below photo reads "Blasting hard ground near Belmont Cal. P. Lin...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 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

   
9. Brains and Brawn Combine to Build a Shipyard. . . and Pour Out Concrete Ships - The Marine News

   Reprint of the article "Brains and Brawn Combine to Build a Shipyard" from the May 1943 issue of The Marine News. The article covers Barrett & Hilp's contribution to the war effort at Belair shipyard.

   Record Type: Library

   
10. Building the New San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, November 1963 - Negative

    Building the New San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, November 1963. Black and white negative shows construction of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. Four workers perform various tasks on a segement of the bridge at left. More workers and service vehicles are on the bridge in the background at center right. To the left is the San Francisco Bay. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Cam-Hi Safety Cap, 1973 - Hat, Hard

    Cam-Hi Safety Cap, 1973. Hard hat issued to Jim Thompson while working on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline project for the Raychem Corporation in 1975. The hard hat has a blue molded plastic outer shell with a visor that is 2.25" wide. The sides and back of the brim are upturned approximately 0.5" for catching water and taper as the sides meet the visor in front. A small tab with a hole is molded on the right and left side of the shell for attaching st...

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Concrete Construction for Ship-Shaped Barges - Pacific Marine Review

    Reprint of the article "Concrete Construction for Ship-Shaped Barges" from the November 1943 issue of Pacific Marine Review magazine. The article covers Barrett & Hilp's contribution to the war effort at Belair shipyard.

    Record Type: Library

    
13. Construction of New San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, 1963 - Negative

    Construction of New San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, 1963. Black and white negative shows an image of the partially constructed San Mateo-Hayward Bridge with six people working on the pier supports. Two men remove wood planks from a palette in the foreground. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Construction of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge - Negative

    Construction of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, 1964. Black and white negative shows construction of the first pillar for the high rise section of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The photograph was taken looking east with construction workers, I-beams, scaffolding, and a crane in the foreground. The original 1929 San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge appears in the background. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Copy Negative of Construction of Main Plant 1966 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Copy Negative of Construction of Main Plant 1966, August 8, 1988. This is a black and white contact print of a 4 x 5 negative taken in 1966 that shows the construction of Building A at Raychem Corporation headquarters in Menlo Park, California. A dirt road with grass on both sides leads to a long rectangular building in the background of the image, which extends from left to right above center. Several cars are parked in front of the building an...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Crystal Springs Dam Boilers, 1888 - Album, Photograph

    Crystal Springs Dam Boilers, 1888. Sepia-toned photograph shows two levels of wooden structures, the upper one on the right and level with the camera, the lower one to the left and below. On the upper level are two horse-drawn carts and several workers in the background; on the lower level is a man pushing a trolley of barrels on a track. Underneath the upper level are several barrels and broken pieces of equipment. Pink pen caption above photo r...

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Crystal Springs Line over Hills, 1888 - Album, Photograph

    Crystal Springs Line over Hills, 1888. Sepia photograph shows land bordering the San Francisco Bay. The water of the bay is on the left side of the photograph, with land curving around it. In the foreground is a collection of small buildings surrounded by a wooden fence, and in the background, stretching behind the water, are distant hills. The land in the middle is flat and mostly empty. "BRISBANE 1888" is written in pink ballpoint pen below the...

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Crystal Springs Reservoir, 1888 - Album, Photograph

    Crystal Springs Reservoir, 1888. Sepia-toned photograph shows the Crystal Springs Dam under construction. In the foreground, at least two dozen workers stand on the wooden walkway of the dam's lower portion; some stand in slightly lower platforms. Behind them is the upper portion of the dam, a skeletal framework. Near the bottom left corner is a white number 8. Pink pen caption above photo reads "CRYSTAL SPRINGS RESERVOIR 1888."

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Crystal Springs School for Girls Ground Breaking, August 17, 1964 - Negative

    Crystal Springs School for Girls Ground Breaking, August 17, 1964. Black and white photo negative of groundbreaking for the Crystal Spring School for Girls. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Development of West Hillsdale Boulevard in San Mateo, 1961 - Negative

    Development of West Hillsdale Boulevard in San Mateo, 1961. Black and white negative shows bulldozers clearing land for residential housing developments along a hillside in San Mateo, California. The site has been mostly cleared by construction equipment with a large area of dirt visible at mid-ground in the center of the image. There is a wire fence separating a field of grass from the site in the foreground. Photographer Norton Pearl notes that...

    Record Type: Photo

    
21. Digging Ditch (1000 Feet per Day), 1888 - Album, Photograph

    Digging Ditch (1000 Feet per Day), 1888. Sepia photograph shows a line of workers with pickaxes and shovels digging an approx. 5 feet deep ditch, running from the photo's bottom right corner to middle left edge. A supervisor stands above the ditch. Behind the ditch are a fence and some trees. Pink pen caption above photo reads "EL CAMINO REAL 1888 SAN MATEO"; black pen caption below photo reads "Digging Ditch (1000 ft. per day) Cal P. line."

    Record Type: Photo

    
22. Digging Pipe Ditch, c. 1890 - Album, Photograph

    Digging Pipe Ditch, c. 1890. Sepia photograph shows several small teams of horses and men along the side of an empty road. The horses are harnessed to plows, and mounds of upturned earth line the side of the road. Blue pen caption above photo reads "FROM WHAT IS NOW HILLSDALE LOOKING TOWARD SAN MATEO 1890+/-"; black pen caption below photo reads "Digging Pipe Ditch."

    Record Type: Photo

    
23. Downtown San Mateo Looking West, 1963 - Negative

    Downtown San Mateo Looking West, 1963. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of downtown San Mateo looking west. El Dorado Street runs across the bottom of the image with Delaware Street running parallel above El Dorado. The Santa Cruz mountain range appears in the background. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    
24. Dumbarton Point, late 19th century - Album, Photograph

    Dumbarton Point, late 19th century. Sepia photograph shows Dumbarton Point from the San Francisco Bay. Water covers the bottom half of the photograph. Above the water line, a cluster of wooden buildings, docks, and a tower with a ladder leading to the top are visible. Black ink caption below the photograph reads, "Dumbarton Point. East side of Bay."

    Record Type: Photo

    
25. East Grand Avenue Industrial Area in South San Francisco Looking South, 1964 - Negative

    East Grand Avenue Industrial Area in South San Francisco Looking South, 1964. Black and white photo negative of East Grand Avenue area in South San Francisco being graded for development. (East side of Bayshore Freeway - US 101). Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo