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  1. Bran Pudding, c. 1917-1918 - Sketch

    Bran Pudding, c. 1917-1918. Pen and ink on off-white paper sketch depicts a man in an apron standing over a large wooden bucket, with one foot resting on its edge. With one hand he pours a box of flour into the bucket, and with his other hand he holds a long paddle, from which dough is dripping. A text bubble says "Bran Pudding." Behind the man in the top left corner is a window, through which dark trees and a full moon are visible.

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  2. Camp Lewis, 1917 - Sketch

    Camp Lewis, 1917. Pencil on off-white paper sketch depicts two men, one watching the other exercise. The man on the left stands beside a tall wooden fence with his hands on his hips, smoking a long cigarette. A dialogue bubble above him contains a drawing of a ladder. The man on the right faces the first man and hangs from a pull-up bar. In a dialogue bubble to his right, he counts to five, his count ending in a string of ellipses and a question ...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  3. Chalk Pastel Drawing of Horse - Drawing

    Chalk Pastel Drawing of Horse by Thad Leland is on brown paper, mounted under glass and and off-white colored mat, inside a brown colored wooden frame. Image depicts a brown horse, wit white back feet and a white line extending form its forehead to its node. It has a green colored shadow.

    Record Type: Object

    Chalk Pastel Drawing of Horse by Thad Leland
  4. Coming Home from Town, c. 1917-1919 - Sketch

    Coming Home from Town, c. 1917-1919. Pen on lined off-white paper sketch depicts two men in a horse-drawn car. The horse, in the foreground, wears blinders and droops tiredly. Both men in the car are in uniform; the driver on the right has his nose in the air, and the man on the left wears a cap and smokes a cigarette. In the distance behind them are a few houses and a church with a spire. The caption at the bottom reads "Coming home from Town---...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  5. Company Arrives in Camp Lewis, 1917 - Sketch

    Company Arrives in Camp Lewis, 1917. Pencil on lined newsprint paper cartoon sketch of a mustached man trying on clothes. He wears a huge pair of pants that come up to his chest; with his right hand he holds a belt and scratches his head. Beside him is a similarly huge pair of shoes with a tag reading "SIZE._._ 7 1/2." A thought/dialogue bubble in the top left reads "Pants 34x27 hm-m; I guess they meant feet not inches / Shoes 7 1/2, yes; they ...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  6. Corn Bread for Breakfast, 1917 - Sketch

    Corn Bread for Breakfast, 1917. Pencil on lined off-white paper cartoon sketch depicts three cooks preparing cornbread. The first figure, which occupies the middle half of the page, is using a paddle to mix the contents of a large bucket. On the floor beside him is a sack of corn meal and a small scale. Behind him is a hanging light and a window looking out onto a grinning moon in a dark sky. The second man, in the bottom left corner, kneads doug...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  7. Damn These French Flies, c. 1918-1919 - Sketch

    Damn These French Flies, c. 1918-1919. Pencil on off-white paper sketch depicts a cook sawing through a giant slab of meat. He wears an apron and cap and smokes a cigeratte. Large dots around him serve as a swarm of flies, and his dialogue bubble says "Damn These French Flies".

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  8. Drawing of Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 2016 - Drawing

    Drawing of Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 2016. Pencil on white paper line drawing, almost certainly by a child, of Pigeon Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse tower stands at an angle in the center of the page, its beacon sending out twin bursts of light. The attached house, with two large chimneys, is in the bottom left of the paper. Behind the house is a cresting ocean wave. Extending downward and to the right of the lighthouse tower, as if in a speech ...

    Record Type: Object

    Drawing of Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 2017
  9. El Camino Theatre by Earl Chamberlin, 1986 - Drawing

    1984 El Camino Theatre by Earl Chamberlain. Black and white pastel drawing on paper mounted under glass beneath a white mat with a black inner border inside a black colored aluminum metal frame. There is an engraved brass plaque affixed to glass over bottom center of white mat that reads, "FRED GELLERT FOUNDATION / COLLECTION OF SAN MATEO COUNTY SCENES / EARL CHAMBERLAIN / EL CAMINO THEATRE / PRESENTED BY ART-RISE 1986." Image depicts ...

    Record Type: Object

    1986 El Camino Theatre by Earl Chamberlain
  10. Hospital Detail, 1917 - Sketch

    Hospital Detail, 1917. Pencil on off-white paper cartoon sketch of two male figures. The first is on the left, on one knee, and is wearing a uniform with tall boots and smoking a long cigarette. Behind his left leg is a bucket, bottle, and small glass. He holds a gigantic half-full syringe. The other is bald and muscular, standing on the right, and wearing only a fringed cloth tied around his hips. The syringe needle is entering his arm. Above th...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  11. Howard Got Mail, c. 1917-1919 - Sketch

    Howard Got Mail, c. 1917-1919. Pencil on off-white paper sketch depicts a close-up of a bald man at a desk or table, looking at an opened letter. He is hunched low over the page, possibly in interest, but more likely in pain. His hands are balled into fists on either side of his head. There is heavy shading throughout. A caption at the bottom reads "Howard got mail."

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  12. Just Before "Tattoo", c. 1917-1918 - Sketch

    Just Before "Tattoo", c. 1917-1918. Pen and ink on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man with his back to the viewer in the foreground. He wears his undergarments and is stepping into bed, with one hand holding the bedframe and the other lifting the blanket, and one knee raised. In the background is a ceiling beam, a sleeping soldier with "zzz"s in a dialogue bubble above him, and another soldier smoking a cigarette saying goodnight to every...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  13. Just Bunk Fatigue, 1918 - Sketch

    Just Bunk Fatigue, 1918. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man asleep in the bottom bunk of a bunk bed. He wears and undershirt and a blanket covers most of his body. His right arm hangs out of the bed and rests on the floor. A caption in the lower right corner reads "Just Bunk Fatigue."

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  14. K-P Camp Lewis, 1917 - Sketch

    K-P Camp Lewis, 1917. Pencil on off-white paper cartoon sketch depicts a dour-faced man behind a counter wearing an apron and chef's hat and smoking a long, thin pipe. With his right hand he holds a large spoon over a container of what looks like soup. Behind him is a shelf from which knives, pots, and other cooking utensils are hanging. Text in the bottom right foreground says ""K-P" Camp Lewis Nov-10-1917," with the "K-P" in bubble letters. In ...

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  15. Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Letter

    Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Brief letter from Colby to the commanding officer of the 364th Ambulance Corps containing two points. The first concerns something in Tacoma from 9am to midnight on the date the note was written. The second says that Colby is "entitled to Class A privilege". It is signed with Colby's name and approved by a stamp from "Burt L. Doane, CAPT.M.R.C." It is written in pencil in cursive on a YMCA Army and Navy stamped...

    Record Type: Archive

    Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918
  16. Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Letter

    Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918. Brief note written in cursive pencil on lined paper reads "--So, I didnt get time to write you this evening. / Your / Al".

    Record Type: Archive

    Letter from Alvin Page Colby, 1918
  17. Letter with Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, 1918 - Sketch

    Sketch and letter by Alvin Page Colby, 1918. A letter to a "Mr Jack S[illegible], Cook 364 Amb. Co." from "the underground commander" requests nine sandwiches to keep the men "peaceful during the night." It is signed by seven men and includes a sketch by Colby of a man in a hat and glasses saying "HEY! JOHN DO THAT WILL YUH?" A P.S. reads "Send us any old thing decent for a good soldier to eat."

    Record Type: Archive

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  18. Map by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918 - Map, Road

    Map by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918. Hand-drawn road map gives directions to a country club in the vicinity of Camp Lewis. A highway runs horizontally along the top of the page, with two horizontal rail lines drawn underneath it. Below those are some County Roads and Private Roads with a handful of rail stations and landmarks labeled.

    Record Type: Archive

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  19. Our Big Talent, 1918 - Sketch

    Our Big Talent, 1918. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man from the waist up with an exaggeratedly large head. He wears a uniform jacket and glasses and holds sheet music open in front of him. His mouth is wide open as he sings, indicated by a jumble of music notes in a dialogue bubble. The caption at the bottom left reads "Our Big Talent / Sgt Perry."

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  20. Parade Rest, c. 1917-1918 - Sketch

    Parade Rest, c. 1917-1918. Pencil on off-white paper sketch depicts three figures and a U.S. flag. The two men in the foreground are in the left half of the page. One is short and fat, the other is taller and slimmer. Both wear uniforms and campaign hats and stand facing forward. The third figure is a small silhouette in the background below the U.S. flag. He plays a bugle. In the lower right corner is written "Parade Rest!"

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  21. Payday in French, 1918 - Sketch

    Payday in French, 1918. Pencil on lined off-white paper sketch depicts a man in uniform facing forward. He holds a stack of paper bills with one hand and looks down at them, and scratches his head with his other hand. His feet point inward toward each other. A dialogue bubble in the top left says "200 Francs 65 Centimes Wonder how the hell MUCH Money That is." Below it is the caption "Pay Day in French."

    Record Type: Object

    Sketch by Alvin Page Colby, c. 1917-1918
  22. Portrait of Timothy Guy Phelps - Portrait

    Portrait of Timothy Guy Phelps by M.M. Peritt, 1892. Charcoal drawing on paper is mounted behind glass inside a brown wooden frame with ornate textured leaf motif outer border and a smooth gold and textured leaf motif gold colored inner borders. Head and shoulder portrait depicts a clean-shaven man with graying hair and wrinkles under his eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with a short upright collar, a black bow tie and a dark vest and jacket....

    Record Type: Object

    1892 Portrait of Timothy Guy Phelps by M.M. Peritt
  23. Raychem Corporation Monomer Production Diagram, December 1, 1971 - Drawing, Technical

    Raychem Corporation Monomer Production Diagram, December 1, 1971. Schematic Diagram produced by the Raychem Corporation that shows monomer production. Prices are listed by different sections, and text at bottom left notes a "rough guess of capital allocation to process steps." The diagram is constructed with three sheets of paper taped together with an overall size of 11" x 23.75".

    Record Type: Archive

    Raychem Corporation Monomer Production Diagram, December 1, 1971
  24. Raychem Corporation Process Flow Diagram Polyarylene Production, December 7, 1971 - Drawing, Technical

    Raychem Corporation Process Flow Diagram Polyarylene Production, December 7, 1971. Schematic Diagram produced by the Raychem Corporation that shows process flow for polyarylene production. Prices are listed by different sections, and text at bottom left notes sections not shown on the diagram and present commitments.The diagram is constructed with five sheets of paper taped together with an overall size of 11" x 40".

    Record Type: Archive

    Raychem Corporation Process Flow Diagram Polyarylene Production, December 7
  25. Raychem East Campus Phase I Schematic Design Report - Report

    Raychem East Campus Phase I Schematic Design Report, December 29, 1983. Schematic design report from MBT Associates on the first phase of the Raychem Corporation's east campus development. The purpose printed at the front of the report notes, "The schematic design is a diagrammatic statement of the building program illustrating the scale and relationship of project components. The schematic design is not the final design." The table of contents o...

    Record Type: Archive

    Raychem East Campus Phase I Schematic Design Report, December 29, 1983

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