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1. Baby Bonnet, c. 1870-1920 - Bonnet, Baby

   Baby Bonnet, c. 1870-1920. Bonnet made of a sheer woven ivory fabric. Cap is circular with part of the circle cut off in an almost-straight line, so it covers the top and back of the baby's head and ears but leaves the face open. Around the edge are two layers of ruffles with tiny bits of lace on them; around the sides and back of the bonnet are several layers of smaller, similar ruffles. At the "corners" near the baby's ears extend two lengths o...

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2. Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal

   Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long dress made of a semi-sheer white woven fabric. Dress has short sleeves with two layers of lacy ruffles at the edges, and a square neckline with additional lace at the hem. At the chest is a trapezoidal panel where the fabric has been folded over itself and stitched in place to create the appearance of horizontal stripes. This panel is framed on either side by a continuation of the lace ruffle from the s...

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3. Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal

   Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long white gown made of semi-sheer woven fabric, fitted at the shoulders and loose everywhere else. Collar has a border of simple lace; chest/shoulder area has the fabric stitched in very narrow overlapping strips to look like vertical stripes; underneath this section is a horizontal ribbon of white lace-style embroidery. Sleeves are long and end in more overlapping stripes and lace. Near the bottom hem of t...

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4. Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920 - Gown, Baptismal

   Baby's Christening Gown, c. 1870-1920. Long white dress made of semi-sheer white woven fabric. Dress is short-sleeved and has a square neckline with a simple looping lace hem. Sleeves have embroidery in a delicate leafy lace pattern. On the chest is a triangular panel with this same embroidery, framed by additional plain white pieces of fabric, and running around the dress underneath the chest is a ribbon of more embroidered lace. The bottom hem ...

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5. El Cerrito - Painting

   El Cerrito by Joseph Lee, c. 1858. Residence of William Howard. Oil on canvas mounted inside a wooden frame with a dark brown or bronze colored painted and rounded inner border and gold painted inner and outer edges. Image depicts grassy fields with trees and two circular drives leading to two wooden buildings with multiple pediments with decorative edging and decorative finials at the points. Larger building on the left is two-story on the e...

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6. El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

   El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a large brown house with multiple roof lines. The foreground has a large grassy area with a row of shrubs and two sets of brick steps leading up to the house. There is a large Cyprus tree in the left foreground. There are more trees in the background and to the right of th...

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7. Lace Mantilla, c. 1870-1920 - Mantilla

   Lace Mantilla, c. 1870-1920. White lace mantilla (shawl or veil), large and triangular. Lace has an ornate pattern of small flowers and leaves, interrupted by larger swirling paisley designs throughout. Bottom edge has a pattern of larger flowers and leaves; edges follow the designs of the lace and are otherwise unfinished.

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8. T'he Mansions of San Mateo County - Monograph

   The Mansions of San Mateo County, February 13, 1980. Shirley Sampson Editor. Photocopied pamphlet presents information on select buildings painted by Galen Wolf. This series of paintings began as a WPA project initiated in the 1940s by Librarian Clara B. Dills. The aim was to document changes to buildings and the landscape of San Mateo County. The pamphlet originally accompanied an art exhibition of Wolf's work at the Belmont Public Library in Au...

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