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1. Old California Houses: Portraits and Stories - Parsons, Marion Randall

   Old California Houses: Portraits and Stories by Marion Randall Parsons, 1952. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. Designed by John B. Goetz. This book contains histories of the owners and notable people involved in the creation of several historic California buildings. It details the connections between many prominent Californian historical figures, and also includes illustrations created by the author of all the buildin...

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2. Permanent Californians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of California - Culbertson, Judi

   Permanent Californians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of California by Judi Culbertson and Tom Randall, 1989. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, Chelsea, Vermont. This book contains an illustrated guide to cemeteries in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas. Each chapter focuses on one cemetery and contains biographies of famous and notable people buried at that cemetery. 310 pages

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3. Portrait of James C. Flood, c. 1907 - Portrait

   Portrait of James C. Flood, c. 1907. Oval-shaped framed watercolor-on ivory portrait of James C. Flood, c. 1907. Portrait was painted by Oscar Kumatty. James is depicted in 3/4 profile against a green background and is wearing a black collared suit with only the top coat button secured, a white shirt and a black bow tie. His white wavy hair is parted on the left and he has a long beard and mustache. Image is housed inside a gold oval-shaped ...

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4. Shadow Box Frame for Flood Family Portraits, c. 1908-1918 - Frame, Picture

   Shadow Box Frame for Flood Family Portraits, c. 1908-1918. Brown wooden frame has a plexiglass top and archival cardboard backing. Interior is lined with a brick colored velvet and has cut-outs to hold Flood family framed watercolor-on-ivory portraits (2021.004.001-007). At the top of each cut-out is mounted a gold-colored metal hook with a decorative bow at the top. These hooks are inserted into the lining via two metal prongs all of which w...

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5. 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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