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1. Bread Box, c. 1930s - Box, Bread

   Bread Box, c. 1930s. Metal bread box is light green and lid is dark green. Box is rectangular in shape with curved corners. Has a silver raised lip around base. In center of one long side is a filled in circle made with a series of small holes for ventilation. About one inch below the rim of the box is a raised ridge forming the lip on which the lid rests. Lid is rectangular with rounded corners. Has a raised silver lip around the base. Smaller r...

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2. Civil Defense Supplies in Storage Tunnel at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1964 - Negative

   Black and white photo of Civil Defense food and medical supplies in storage tunnel at Hillsdale Shopping Center with San Mateo Fire Department Chief (center) and Hillsdale Security Guard Chief (right). Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

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3. Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

   Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. A 1.25 inches short narrow neck flares out 1.375 shoulders to a 4. inches cylindrical body. The bottle is shaped like an oblong octa...

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4. Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

   Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim of the bottle is thick with uneven surface. A 1.25 inches short narrow neck flares out 1.375 shoulders to a 4. inches cylindrical body. The bottle is shaped like an oblong octagon at base.

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5. Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

   Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. A 1.25 inches short narrow neck flares out 1.375 shoulders to a 4. inches cylindrical body. The bottle is shaped like an oblong octa...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

   Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. A 1.25 inches short narrow neck flares out 1.375 shoulders to a 4. inches cylindrical body. The bottle is shaped like an oblong octa...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

   Condiment bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. A 1.25 inches short narrow neck flares out 1.375 shoulders to a 4. inches cylindrical body. The bottle is shaped like an oblong oct...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Daly City Grocery Prices, 1952 - Negative

   Daly City Grocery Prices, 1952. Black and white negative shows canned goods with prices inside a Daly City grocery store. The cans are stacked in a row and include asparagus, beans, corn, spinach, sauces, and meats. Prices are advertised on signs hanging above the canned goods, ranging from 10 cents to 29 cents.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Daly City Grocery Prices, 1952 - Negative

   Daly City Grocery Prices, 1952. Black and white negative shows shoppers in a Daly City grocery store with aisles of stacked canned and packaged foods. Above the aisles are signs advertising prices. At lower right the image, two women stand facing each other behind two shopping carts full of food at bottom center. Above them at upper left, a large banner hangs from the ceiling that reads "POLAR FROZEN FOODS / Your Choice 8 PKGS. /1." Part of ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. General Electric Refidgerator, c. 1930-1935 - Refrigerator

    General Electric Refidgerator, c. 1930-1935. General Electric refrigerator is a "coil" top in white enamel. The GE Monitor top refrigerator is perhaps the most recognized of vintage refrigerators. Built on the principal of a French industrialist concept for a hermetically sealed refrigeration system, the first models available to the general public, for residential use, were introduced in 1927. General Electric committed $18 million dollars to th...

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11. J.W. Hunnewell & Co bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880 - Bottle, Condiment

    J.W. Hunnewell & Co bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1860-1880. The 8-sided bottles have wide, concave front and back panels with flat narrow side panels bound together by relatively wide, concavely beveled corners. The rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. An impressed banner in the sides of bottle outlines the name "J. W. HUNNEWELL & CO/ BOSTON". A 1.25 inches short narrow n...

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1840-1920. - Bottle, Condiment

    Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1840-1920. Bottle has a long neck that tapers out to long cylindrical body. The neck has the distinctive three-part. This bottle shows evidence of early machine manufacture which represent crude wavy glass, multiple small bubbles, and uneven base. Bottle has a long neck that tapers out to long cylindrical body. There is 1.375 inch band of glass just below top rim. A 2...

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13. Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1840-1920. - Bottle, Condiment

    Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1840-1920. Bottle has a long neck that tapers out to long cylindrical body. The neck has the distinctive three-part. This bottle shows evidence of early machine manufacture which represent crude wavy glass, multiple small bubbles, and uneven base. Bottle has a long neck that tapers out to long cylindrical body. There is 1.375 inch band of glass just below top rim. A 2...

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Letters Patent No. 1186488, Apparatus for Stripping Brussels Sprouts - Patent, Letters

    Letters Patent No. 1186488, Apparatus for Stripping Brussels Sprouts, November 7, 1968. Document outlines United Kingdom patent 1186488 to Aldo Giusti of Half Moon Bay for his apparatus for stripping Brussels sprouts. The front page shows the patent license with interior pages containing detailed specifications and diagrams. The cream-colored paper cover shows the coat of arms for Great Britain printed in black ink at top center and embossed on a...

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15. Measuring Cup - Cup, Measuring

    Tin Measuring Cup. Tin measuring cup, cylindrical with no handles. Line measures are recessed into interior and embossed on exterior. Exterior has names of measures embossed on sides, one side in quarter-cup increments and the other in third-cup increments.

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16. Mochi Stand - Dish, Serving

    Mochi Stand. Red plastic (to look like lacquer) mochi stand in two parts. Tray (A) is square with cropped corners, 1.25" sides and gold trim on the top rim. Base is square with cropped corners at top and bottom and slightly trapezoidal in shape on the sides with the base being wider than the top. Cut out into each side is a cloud shape formed from three overlapping circles with two next to each other and one on top. Used to display mochi dur...

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17. Ohlone Mortar, pre-1765 - Mortar, Food

    Ohlone Mortar, pre-1765. Recovered in Redwood City along Cordilleras Creek in Emerald Hills in c. 2000 during a sewer project. Very large granite mortar is egg-shaped with a deep 11" x 7.5" x 5" bowl in the center.

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Opening of Burlingame Community Center, 1949 - Negative

    Black and white negative of women volunteers cleaning up a kitchen after serving the community at the opening of the Burlingame Community Center (now called the Burlingame Rec Center). There are twelve women, either wearing aprons, chef hats or both, poising for the photograph. Some women stand behind a table at left, and other are visible through and serving windows along the back of the room. There are cups, serving spoons, bowls and pots on th...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Pickle/Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. - Jar, Preserving

    Pickle/preserved food bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. This bottle is tall, rectangular and has four flattened body sides that have rounded arching tops. A sharp tapering shoulder stops below a .75 inch wide bulbous ring at the base of the neck. Above the ring is a short, but wide, 1.5 inch neck. The neck has a slight inward flare to the .375 inch smooth, bulbous rim. The base is shaped like square with a concave circle.

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20. Pickle/Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. - Jar, Preserving

    Pickle/preserved food bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. This bottle is short, rectangular and has four flattened body sides. A 2.5 inch sharp tapering shoulder flares out to a 4.25 inch rectangular body. The base is shaped like square with a concave circle, which is a motif of embossed 244 numbers. The bottle is colorless glass and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture.

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21. Pickle/Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. - Jar, Preserving

    Pickle/preserved food bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. This bottle is tall, rectangular and has four flattened body sides that have rounded arching tops. A sharp tapering shoulder stops below a .75 inch wide bulbous ring at the base of the neck. Above the ring is a short, but wide, 1.5 inch neck. The neck has a slight inward flare to the .375 inch smooth, bulbous rim. The base is shaped like square with a concave circle, ins...

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22. Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1880-1890. - Jar, Preserving

    Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1880-1890. This colorless bottle has a 2.5 inch wide mouth with 1. Inch short neck flares out to 1. inch shoulder to a 5.5 inch rounded body. The .625 inch rim is double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. The base of the bottle is slightly concave.

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23. Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. - Jar, Preserving

    Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. This bottle is tall and cylindrical. The green bottle has a short neck that tapers out to 9.5 inch cylindrical body. The .5 inch rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. The base of the bottle is concave.

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24. Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. - Jar, Preserving

    Preserved Food Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c.1900-1920. This bottle is tall and cylindrical. The colorless glass bottle has a short neck that tapers out to 9.5 inch cylindrical body. The .25 inch rim was ground down flat and double ring finish and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. The base of the bottle is concave.

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25. San Mateo High School Menu, c. 1930-1935 - Menu

    San Mateo High Menu, c. 1930-1935. Small handwritten menu on two flaps of tan paper with black paper front and back covers, held together by a staple at the top. The front cover has a red line border and red "SM" logo in the center, stylized so the letters overlap. "E. Iridio" is written in red pencil in the lower right. The first inside flap of paper is about an inch long and has the names of the student association president and secretary handw...

    Record Type: Archive