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1. Butter Ladle, late 1800s - Ladle, Cream

   Butter Ladle, late 1800s. Ladle is hand-carved from a single piece of wood. Bowl of ladle is concave with a flat front that is rounded and tapers back to handle. Four-sided handle has a slight curve upward from bowl and has a square-notched hook at end for hanging. Wood appears to be oak. Used to transfer butter from churn to molds.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Butter Mold, n.d. - Mold, Butter

   Butter Mold, n.d. Wooden butter mold made of pine with two brass metal hinges. Made of two L-shaped rectangular sections that are attached with three flat-head screws. These two sections are hinged together with two small brass hinges, also attached with flat-head screws. Used to form butter into rectangular blocks.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Butter Paddle, c. 1920-30s - Paddle, Butter

   Butter Paddle, c. 1920-30s. Unfinished wooden butter paddle is rectangular in shape with vertical ribbing on one side. Handle and paddle are one flat piece, 1/4" thick, and the handle is bulbous on the sides. Ribbed side of paddle tappers at flat bottom.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. California Pyroglazed Milk Bottles - Heuer, Kevin R.

   California Pyroglazed Milk Bottles by Kevin R. Heuer, March 20, 2022. Self-published, Redwood City. A pictorial reference, value, and rarity guide for pyroglaze milk bottles. The Pyroglaze process involves, "a mixture of lead, silica and borax that was silkscreened and fused onto the bottle at a temperature exceeding 1000 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of 4 hours. This resulted in brightly colored glossy labels on bottles that were durable and a...

   Record Type: Library

   
5. Greetings from the Women's Clubs of San Mateo County - Pamphlet

   Greetings from the Women's Clubs of San Mateo County, 1915. Staple-bound booklet with text and images describing San Mateo County. Originally printed June 28, 1912, and reprinted for the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. The booklet has a brown paper cover printed with the title in black ink. The interior pages are tan paper printed with brown ink. Images include: San Mateo Union High School; Club House, Redwood City Women's Club; ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Milk Can, c. 1920s-1950s - Can, Milk

   Milk Can, c. 1920s-1950s. Steel Milk Can has a cylindrical body that tapers inward to a narrower cylindrical spout. Spout has a curved lip. There is a handle soldered to spout and base of angled section of body. A chain is mounted to hole top inside curve of handle and also to hole in handle of lid. Lid has a cylindrical body that rests inside neck of can and a wider top that tapers inward on sides. Horizontal handle is soldered to tapered s...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Milk Cart - Cart, Utility

   Small milk cart used for transporting milk from the milking shed to the storage cellar. Has large ten-spoke black painted iron metal wheels, a four-plank wooden platform and a horizontal wooden handle with tapered grips mounted to cart and wheels via black painted flat iron metal brackets. There is an angled wooden crosspiece at base of handle side supports and about twelve inches above platform. Displayed with old galvanized milk can found on...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Peninsula Creamery Milk Bottle - Bottle

   Peninsula Creamery Milk Bottle. Brown glass milk bottle from Peninsula Creamery in Palo Alto. Brown glass with white writing on front and back. Bottom is round. Bottle is tall and rectangular in shape. Cross-section is square with rounded corners. Tapers at neck to a small, circular opening. Has a raised glass ring just below the lip of the opening.

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9. San Mateo Creamery Milk Bottle, n.d. - Bottle, Milk

   San Mateo Creamery Milk Bottle, n.d. Clear glass bottle is cylindrical in shape and tapers to rim which is composed of a bulbous lip. Pressed glass with vertical seams on sides. Round embossed label on front.

   Record Type: Object

   
10. San Mateo Dairy Co. Milk Bottle, n.d. - Bottle, Milk

    San Mateo Dairy Co. Milk Bottle, n.d. Clear glass bottle is cylindrical in shape and tapers to rim which is composed of a bulbous lip. Pressed glass with vertical seams on sides. Round embossed label on front.

    Record Type: Object

    
11. San Mateo Dairy on Daly's Hill - Photograph, Black-and-White

    San Mateo Dairy on Daly's Hill, May 1892. Black and white contact photograph shows an elevated view of Daly's Hill. A road passes through the center of the image from left to right with a streetcar visible at left. Several people, standing or on horseback, appear near the center of the image. Buildings are visible in the background including one with "SAN MATEO DAIRY" painted on the roof at upper left. An inscription below the image reads, "San M...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Star Butter Churn, c. 1922-1927 - Churn

    Star Butter Churn, c. 1922-1927. Barrel-type churn for making butter. Wooden barrel with red wooden lid. Lid is mounted with a black iron clamp. Iron crank with wooden handle. Unit is mounted to a wooden frame base for cranking. "Star" is written on both sides in black script. "OK" embossed on lid rim.

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Untitled [Portrait photograph of George W. Borden], August 9, 1968 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Portrait photograph of George W. Borden], August 9, 1968. Black and white head and shoulder portrait photograph of George W. Borden in a suit, tie and a white collared shirt.

    Record Type: Photo