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1. American Rope Bed, c. 1850-1899 - Bed, Four-Poster

   American Rope Bed, c. 1850-1899. Wooden (mahogany?) four-poster bed with peg inserts. Canvas sacking bottom not present. Four-poster bed has turned elongated "acorn" finials at tops of posts. Footboard and headboard appear to be the same height but headboard has a wider trapezoidal wooden piece in the center. Side poles are in two pieces, secured with dowels and are turned cylinders with knob "buttons" protruding in a straight row for affixing ro...

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2. Ampex 300 Recorder Casters, c. 1949-1956 - Castor

   Castors for Ampex Model 300 Recorder, c. 1949-1956. Small castors have black wheels and steel holders. Do not appear to be original to recorder.

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3. Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. - Antimacassar

   Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. 3 separate linen pieces, woven design with floral motifs. It is smaller with 3 5-petaled flowers in each. ".002" is 12in high with fringe and 6in. wide with rectangular top correls, 3 scallops at the bottom, and 3 fringe tassels on the end of each scallop.

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4. Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. - Antimacassar

   Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. 3 separate linen pieces, woven design with floral motifs. It is smaller with 3 5-petaled flowers in each. ".003 is 12.25in high and 6in. wide with rectangular top correls, 3 scallops at the bottom, and 3 fringe tassels on the end of each scallop.

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5. Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. - Antimacassar

   Antimaccasar set (3p.) n.d. 3 separate linen pieces, woven design with floral motifs. ".001" is the largest 13in high with fringe and 15.5in. wide. It has 3-5 petaled flowers in the center of the design. Stems come together at bottom center in fieur de li pattern. Top corners are rectangular, bottom consists of 3 scallops, 5 fringe tassels on the outer and interior point of each scallop.

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6. Ashtray and Stand Made by Seiichiro Ishida at Topaz Internment Camp, c. 1942-1945 - Stand

   Ashtray and Stand Made by Seiichiro Ishida at Topaz Internment Camp, c. 1942-1945. Ashtray stand made of found objects at Topaz internment camp by Seiichiro Ishida, donor's father. The stand is made of wood (probably found driftwood) and is carved like the shape of a body of a giraffe with a long neck, and legs and the head of a bird including a beak. It is related to the glass ashtray (.2), which sits on top of carved wooden stand (.1). (.1) At...

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7. Bentwood Coatrack - Coatrack

   Bentwood Coatrack. Tall, slim coat stand made of wood with a dark, nearly black varnish, fading and chipping at the edges. Coat stand has four legs that curve upward to touch the central pole, then curve back outward to connect with a circular ring at about knee-height. Central pole extends upward and the top 24" or so is carved into a ridged design. Five S-shaped hooks extend from near the top at equal intervals around the circle, with the botto...

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8. Candle Table - Stand

   Candle table with Eastlake motifs, c. late 19th C. Three-legged brown stained wooden table has a round top inscribed with a circle outside an image of a crescent moon, beneath which is a fence with a rounded top. Edges of table top taper down and there are two leaf-motif edge pices extending down from opposite sides of the top. A turned post with inscribed horzontal grooves extends down from the center of the seat to the top of the three legs....

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9. Chair, c.1942-1945 - Chair

   Chair, c.1942-1945. It was made in Rohwer, Arkansas at the Rohwer War Relocation Center during WWII. It includes a wooden seat back, a seat connected perpendicularly from the seat back and the wooden legs,and small thin boards that connect horizontally and vertically near the four wooden legs. Its seat back is slightly tilted, and connect to its top rail board, and the left and right side of the wooden seat. On the front of the top rail, it has ...

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10. Chair made by Kanichi Eguchi at Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center, c. 1942-1945 - Chair

    Chair made by Kanichi Eguchi at Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center, c. 1942-1945. Wooden chair (shaped like an h) made in Rohwer, Arkansas Relocation Center by donor's father-in-law. It has a slightly tilted wooden seat back, four wooden legs, a seat connected to the top of four wooden legs, and the stretcher, which is the horizontal support elements joining the the four wooden legs . The slightly tilted seat back are 2 by 2 small thin wooden bo...

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11. Child's Rocking Chair, c. 1850 - Chair, Rocking

    Child's Rocking Chair, c. 1850. Small wicker child's rocking chair with wooden frame and basket seat and back. Back and arms are curved. Back has an intricate braided design.

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12. Continental Renaissance Revival Commode, c. 1800 - Commode

    Continental Renaissance Revival Commode, c. 1800. Oak with one drawer over five-drawer cabinet, burl rosewood veneer and rouge marble top.

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13. Early Twentieth Century Writing Desk, c. 1900-1935 - Table, Writing

    Early Twentieth Century Writing Table, c. 1900-1935. Rectangular, two drawers, scroll legs. American Classic Style, mahogany. Two glass knobs on both of the two drawers. Wooden board at the bottom with a crescent cut out of it to make a foot rest.

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14. French Empire Linen Press, c. 1760-1840 - Press, Linen

    Late 18th Century/Early 19th Century French Empire Linen Press. Single drawer over two doors, marble top, metal mounts. Mahogany with brass mounts.

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15. Howard Family Writing Desk, c. 1850 - Desk, Writing

    Howard Family Writing Desk, c. 1850. Antique writing desk from the estate of Henry S.P. Howard (1864-1935) and M. Antoinette Schmiedell; orignially from the estate of his father, George Henry Howard (1826-79) and Agnes Pett (1833-1893). Writing surface pulls out. This writing desk is made of wood with two levels: one with four small drawers, and another with one long stretched drawer. Part of the desk has a wooden hole which connects the four d...

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16. Larvex Sprayer, c. 1945 - Device, Pest Control

    Larvex Sprayer, c. 1945. Blue and yellow metal tube with text, connected to pump with wooden handle, is connected with a screw top to a glass jar. End of metal tube has raised metal ring with a rod inserted into the tube with a wooden handle. The top of the metal tube has a raised ring with a raised center covered by a cap. Beneath the tub is welded a metal screw cap that attaches to a cylindrical ridged glass jar. The jar has "LARVEX" emboss...

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17. Laurelwood Model Home in San Mateo, June 11, 1965 - Negative

    Laurelwood Model Home in San Mateo, June 11, 1965. Black and white negatives of a typical interior of a 1965 home in San Mateo (model home in Laurelwood San Mateo). Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Neoclassical Three-drawer Chest, c. 1770-1830 - Chest of Drawers

    Late 18th Century/Early 19th Century Continental (probably Austrian) Neoclassical three-drawer Chest with paneled sides and parquetry. Walnut with various fruitwood inlay.

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19. Penn Furniture Shops Yardstick, c. late 1920s - Yardstick

    Penn Furniture Shops Yardstick, c. late 1920s. Brown wooden yardstick with clear varnish has black lettering on both sides. One side includes 36" measurement marks along one edge with text that reads, "DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE / FURNITURE AND DRAPERIES / PENN FURNITURE SHOPS Inc. / 130-140 SECOND AVE., SAN MATEO / DESIGNS IN DRAPERY AND UPHOLSTERY FABRICS, / FLOOR COVERINGS AND WALL HANGINGS, IMPORTED and DOMESTIC." Back side has...

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20. Prince Bertil of Sweden Tours Dux Inc. Furniture Plant in Burlingame, February 27, 1964 - Negative

    Prince Bertil of Sweden Tours Dux Inc. Furniture Plant in Burlingame, February 27, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Prince Bertil of Sweden Touring the Dux, Inc. furniture plant in Millsdale area of Burlingame. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
21. Shadows Restaurant in San Mateo, August 1964 - Negative

    Shadows Restaurant in San Mateo, August 1964. Color photo negative of the dining room at the Shadows Restaurant on 2nd Ave at So Ellsworth in San Mateo. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

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22. Single door Victorian armoire, c.1860-1885 - Armoire

    Armoire, c.1860-1885. Stained walnut armoire has a half circle pediment, a large mirrored door and a single drawer at the bottom. Pediment has a cartouche with an iris, an egg and scrolls in the middle, and an upside-down shell finial. Pediment extends out horizontally and has scrolled and trumpet flower shaped outer ends. Mirror is framed and has right-angled bottom corners and rounded top corners with an angular upper edge. At top corners of mi...

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23. Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875 - Chair, Side

    Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875. Chair constructed with medium brown walnut wood and similarly colored leather seat and back rest. The leather is held in place with upholstery tacks that have a large dome head. A small rectangular piece is cut out of the leather at each corner of the seat, so that the leather wraps down over the apron of the chair seat on each side. The leather seat is held in place with six tacks on each side. On the chair bac...

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24. Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875 - Chair, Side

    Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875. Chair constructed with medium brown walnut wood and similarly colored leather seat and back rest. The leather is held in place with upholstery tacks that have a large dome head. A small rectangular piece is cut out of the leather at each corner of the seat, so that the leather wraps down over the apron of the chair seat on each side. The leather seat is held in place with six tacks on each side. On the chair bac...

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25. Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875 - Chair, Side

    Spanish Side Chair, c. 1825-1875. Chair constructed with medium brown walnut wood and similarly colored leather seat and back rest. The leather is held in place with upholstery tacks that have a large dome head. A small rectangular piece is cut out of the leather at each corner of the seat, so that the leather wraps down over the apron of the chair seat on each side. The leather seat is held in place with six tacks on each side. On the chair bac...

    Record Type: Object