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1. Arron Oberholser Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

   Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Arron Oberholser of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 19, 2008. Plaque includes image of Oberholser and a brief biography: "When he first began his golfing career, Arron Oberholser wanted to be a big hitter. It took time and a lot of seasoning to temper that enthusiasm for the long ball. The result has been success on the PGA Tour. In 2007 the forme...

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2. Beautiful Burlingame - Film, Motion Picture

   Beautiful Burlingame, 1937. Color silent film promotes the city of Burlingame as, "An ideal community where 20,000 people enjoy the pleasures of a suburban life in a perfect climate glorified by beautiful homes, gardens and healthful recreation." Scenes include: residential homes, apartments, and estates; flower gardens; parks; sports facilities; downtown shops; government buildings; transportation facilities; views of the landscape. Recorded on ...

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3. Bing Crosby Amaretto Decanter, 1980 - Decanter, Bar

   Bing Crosby Amaretto Decanter, 1980. Polychrome painted ceramic decanter. The decanter shows a green leafy cypress tree at the back and a three dimensional figure of Bing Crosby at the center. The top of the ceramic tree can be removed to reveal a cork stopper. The figure of Crosby is positioned holding a golf club over his left shoulder. He is wearing a long sleeve blue-gray shirt and a blue-gray hat with a wide brim. He has a pipe in his mouth....

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4. Bing Crosby in Hillsborough - Negative

   Bing Crosby in Hillsborough, 1965. Black and white negative of Bing Crosby outside of his home in Hillsborough, California. He wears a plaid sports coat and hat and carries a golf club. He stands in front of a a brick building with vines along the wall and a Ford Comet automobile. The Comet was the offical car of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship. Photographer Norton Pearl notes that this was a publicity shot for the opening of Pe...

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5. Bob Murphy Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

   Plaque commemorating Bob Murphy of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 21, 1991. Plaque includes image of Murphy and a brief biography: "Bob Murphy was woven an illustrious thread through the rich athletic fabric of the Peninsula, starting with his prep days at both Serra and San Mateo high schools. / At San Mateo, Murphy helped the Bearcats in the Peninsula Athletic League baseball title ...

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6. Celebrity Champion Golfer Ken Venuri, September 1964 - Negative

   Celebrity Champion Golfer Ken Venuri, September 1964. Black and white photo negative of Champion Golfer Ken Venuri with 1964 U.S. Open Trophy and Sports Illustrated Magazine with Venturi on cover. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

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7. Dean Prince Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

   Plaque commemorating Dean Prince of South San Francisco High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 18, 1993. Plaque includes image of Prince and a brief biography: "Dean Prince was a city kid who made a big splash in the suburbs in the early 1950's. Prince, a native San Franciscan, moved to South San Francisco. Reared by his mother, he entered South San Francisco High as a freshman and had an immediate imp...

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8. George Archer 1994 Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

   George Archer 1994 Sports Hall of Fame Plaque. Plaque commemorating George Archer of San Mateo High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 31, 1994. Plaque includes image of Archer and a brief biography: "George Archer, a San Mateo High School graduate, has had a long and highly successful professional golf career since choosing that sport over basketball in the 1950s. Through May 1, 1994, Archer had won 30...

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9. Golf Celebrity Ken Venturi Playing Golf, July 29, 1964 - Negative

   Golf Celebrity Ken Venturi Playing Golf, July 29, 1964. Black and white photo negative of golf champion Ken Venturi playing golf at Crystal Springs Golf Course. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

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10. Helen Lengfeld Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2022 - Plaque, Award

    Helen Lengfeld Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2022. MDF wooden plaque with a walnut laminate finish. Front has beveled acrylic rectangle over a printed silver metal dedication affixed to plaque with brass-colored brads in the corners. Top left corner has the Peninsula Sports 2022 Hall of Fame logo with a gold trophy, blue ribbon and blue stars. Bottom center has the San Mateo County Historical Association logo with the dome for the San Mat...

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11. Ken Towns Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Ken Towns being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 23, 1996. Plaque includes image of Towns and a brief biography: "Ken Towns, a San Mateo High alum, began his golf career in the era before the sport became a lucrative, big-time endeavor. When he got his start on the courses of San Mateo County in the 1940s, regular golf on television was unthinkable. There was no such thing. / Still, Towns wo...

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12. Letters Patent No. 3,601,406, Golf-Practicing Apparatus - Patent, Letters

    Letters Patent No. 3,601,406, Golf-Practicing Apparatus, August 24, 1971. Paper document outlines United States patent 3,601,606 issued to Aldo Giusti of Half Moon Bay for his Golf-Practicing Apparatus. The front page shows the signed patent license with interior pages containing detailed specifications and diagrams. The document is bound with three metal grommets and a blue fabric ribbon. The off-white folded cover is printed in black ink and fe...

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13. Raychem Golf Towel, c. 1957-1999 - Gear, Golf

    Raychem Golf Towel, c. 1957-1999. White terry cloth golf towel. Terry cloth is sewn from cotton and polyester yarn. Towel is rectangular. Its two shorter sides are fringed. The bottom right corner the word "Raychem" is printed ten times in red paint. It is done in two columns with five words printed in each column. Between the each word is a line printed in tan paint. On the top left corner is a round brass grommet. Looped through the grommet is ...

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14. San Mateo Municipal Golf Course and Coyote Point, 1962 - Negative

    San Mateo Municipal Golf Course and Coyote Point, 1962. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of San Mateo Municipal Golf Course under a blanket of snow. Coyote Point is visible at lower right of the image and is also covered with snow. Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101) can be seen in the center of the photograph.

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15. Say Hey! Willie Mays Golf Balls, 2012 - Ball, Golf

    Box (A) containing two "Say Hey! Willie Mays golf balls (B-C). Paper box has a red metallic coating and white print. It has the business card of Pete Carlson's Golf & Tennis in Palm Desert inserted into the top of it. Balls are white and are identical except that one is a "WS Staff 50" (C) while the other is a "WS Staff 51" (B). Both balls have "Say Hey! Willie Mays" logos, complete with an image of a bat hitting a ball.

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16. School Golf Patch, c. 1959-1963 - Patch, Insignia

    School Golf Patch, c. 1959-1963. Small, narrow patch in the shape of a golf bag with three golf clubs sticking out of the top. Patch has a base of red felt and the golf equipment is embroidered on it in off-white, with the bag outlined by additional red embroidery.

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17. The California Golf Club of San Francisco 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968 - Pamphlet

    The California Golf Club of San Francisco 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968. Pamphlet describes a history of the California Golf Club of San Francisco divided by decade and includes information such as a message from President Jack H. Grady, lists of Officers, membership roster, rules of golf play, etc. The cover is gold-colored paper with embossed title information. The interior pages are printed with black and green ink on white paper. Unnumbered pag...

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18. The California Golf Club of San Francisco: The First 55 Years - Pamphlet

    The California Golf Club of San Francisco: The First 55 Years, 1973. Pamphlet describes a history of the California Golf Club of San Francisco divided by decade starting in 1918. The front cover shows a view of the club house and the back cover shows an aerial view of the grounds taken in 1963. The interior pages are printed with black ink on white paper. Illustrated, 18 pages.

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19. The History Blasters - Jamieson, Michael (Sandy McHoots)

    Book, "The History Blasters" by Sandy McHoots, 2019. Compilation of "The Blaster" columns about the history of the Beresford Country Club / Peninsula Golf and Country Club. Published by the Club Historian, Michael Jamieson (Sandy McHoots). Column dates range from January-February 2016 through May-June 2019. Illustrated.

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20. The History Blasters: Vol. 2 - Jamieson, Michael (Sandy McHoots)

    Book, "The History Blasters: Vol. 2" by Sandy McHoots, 2020. Compilation of "The Blaster" columns about the history of the Beresford Country Club / Peninsula Golf and Country Club. Published by the Club's Historian, Michael Jamieson (Sandy McHoots). Column dates range from June 2019 through July/August 2020 and January/February 2014 through November/December 2015. Illustrated.

    Record Type: Library

    
21. The History of the Peninsula Golf and Country Club - Postel, Mitchell (Mitch) P.

    The History of the Peninsula Golf and Country Club by Mitchel Postel

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22. The History of the Peninsula Golf and Country Club - Postel, Mitchell P. (Mitch)

    The History of the Peninsula Golf and Country Club by Mitchell P. Postell, 1993. Peninsula Golf and Country Club, San Mateo, CA. This book is about the history of the Peninsula Golf and Country Club, established in 1912 and formerly called the Beresford Country Club. It uses primary sources from members of the club and club documents. Contents include: chapters on the clubs' founding, the construction of its golf course, its hired golf profession...

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23. Walt Gilliam Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Walt Gilliam of San Mateo High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 21, 2007. Plaque includes image of Gilliam and a brief biography: "He was called "The Gentle Giant." And for good reason. Walt Gilliam, whose lanky 6-6 frame towered over most rivals on the golf course, was a kind, considerate fellow who became, arguably, San Mateo County's first great golfer in the ...

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24. "Wood" Golf Club Owned and Used by Bing Crosby, n.d. - Club, Golf

    Golf Club 'Wood' owned and used by Crosby, n.d. Golf club handle is spiral-wrapped leather. The top of the handle is black plastic. The shaft is metal. Three and one half inches below the handle is an adhesive sticker that reads, "Mac Hunter Company / True Temper Dynamic / MADE IN USE." "Mac Hunter" is in black ink on a transparent background and the rest of the text is transparent on a black background. At the base of the club is gold-colo...

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