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  1. Aerial of San Mateo Hills and City of San Mateo Looking South - Negative

    Black and white negative shows an aerial view of San Mateo looking south. The Peninsula Golf and Country Club with its golf course is visible at center. Alameda de las Pulgas runs from center left up through the center of the photo. Serra High School appears at center left. Hillsdale High School appears in the upper portion of the image.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial of San Mateo Hills and City of San Mateo Looking South
  2. Bill Hardwick Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Bill Hardwick of Hillsdale High School. who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 16, 1990. Plaque includes image of Hardwick and a brief biography: "Bill Hardwick skipped the chance to be the sixth man on Hillsdale High School's basketball team in 1957 and took a job at Bel-Mateo Bowl instead. It proved to be a career choice for the man who was to be named one of the Bowlers of...

    Record Type: Object

    Bill Hardwick Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  3. Bill Wilkin Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Bill Wilkin of Capuchino High School and Hillsdale High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 22, 2006. Plaque includes image of Wilkin and a brief biography: "Bill Wilkin did not stray far from his Millbrae roots. As a standout athlete, he attended Capuchino High School in the late 1950's. After a stint at Utah State university where he was a baseball regular, he wound up teaching an...

    Record Type: Object

    Bill Wilkin 2009.030.189
  4. Cindy Galarza Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Cindy Galarza of Hillsdale High School and College of San Mateo who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 21, 2007. Plaque includes image of Galarza and a brief biography: "As a kid growing up in San Mateo in the 1970's, Cindy Galarza learned the rough and tumble game of basketball on outdoor courts in her neighborhood. She went on from there to great success at Hillsdale high...

    Record Type: Object

    Cindy Galarza Sports Hall of Fame Plaque
  5. Debbie Dyson San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2015 - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Debbie Dyson of Hillsdale High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on July 23, 2015. The plaque is silver acrylic mounted with golden screws onto a dark wooden base. Plaque includes headshot image of Dyson wearing a light-colored knit sweater against a blue background. A brief biography is also on the front, "In the early 1980s, Debbie Dyson came onto the San Mateo County girls' basketball ...

    Record Type: Object

    Debbie Dyson San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2015
  6. Dick Vermeil Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Dick Vermeil of Hillsdale High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 16, 1990. Plaque includes image of Vermeil and a brief biography: "Dick Vermeil started his illustrious coaching career in 1961 with an undefeated, nine-victory football season at Hillsdale High School. / After two more seasons at Hillsdale, Vermeil moved on to coach at the College of San Mateo, Na...

    Record Type: Object

    Dick Vermeil Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  7. Ed Kertel Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Ed Kertel being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 23, 1996. Plaque includes image of Steers and a brief biography: "Ed Kertel is a throwback to another time, another era. At Hillsdale High in San Mateo in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he thrived on competition purely for the sake of it. / He bacame a first-team, all-Peninsula Athletic League performer in football, basketball and baseball in ...

    Record Type: Object

    Ed Kertel
  8. Hillsdale - Monograph

    1977.210.001 - Hillsdale, Spring 1977. Student monograph written by Darryl D. Kenyon at the College of San Mateo. 48 pages. Illustrated. Includes two supplemental pamphlets: 1977.210.2 - Hillsdale High School brochure 1977.210.3 - Hillsdale, Hub of the Peninsula, 1952. Original brochure promoting the Hillsdale Shopping Center.

    Record Type: Archive

    Hillsdale, Spring 1977
  9. Homer Zugelder Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Homer Zugelder of Hillsdale High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 3, 1998. Plaque includes image of Zugelder and a brief biography: "Homer Zugelder has been involved in San Mateo County athletics for 40 years. As head basketball coach at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, he produced powerful teams that were among the best in the area over a 13-year period. A lo...

    Record Type: Object

    Homer Zugelder Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  10. Karen Athanacio Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Karen Athanacio being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 23, 1996. Plaque includes image of Athanacio and a brief biography: "Karen Athanacio was a San Mateo County prep softball pioneer. In the early 1980s, she became the first in a long line of local fast-pitch specialists who dominated hitters with year-in-year-out regularity. Athanacio, who attended Hillsdale High in San Mateo, produced an ...

    Record Type: Object

    Karen Athanacio
  11. Karen Kraft Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Karen Kraft of Hillsdale High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 5, 2001. Plaque includes image of Kraft and a brief biography: "Karen Kraft is a prime example of a self-made world-class athlete. As a student at San Mateo's Hillsdale High School in the late 1980's, she was unable to make a varsity sports team. Things changed after that. She discovered competitive ...

    Record Type: Object

    Karen Kraft Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  12. Maureen Brady Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Maureen Brady of Hillsdale High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 9, 1999. Plaque includes image of Brady and a brief biography: "Maureen Brady set the standard for San Mateo County softball pitchers. The Hillsdale High School phenom compiled a state-best 111-10 career record at the San Mateo school from 1988-91. She tossed 69 shutouts and had 29 no-hitters and 1...

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    Maureen Brady Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  13. Plato Yanicks Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Plato Yanicks of Hillsdale High School and Menlo-Atherton High School. who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 22, 2004. Plaque includes image of Yanicks and a brief biography: "During the heyday of high school track and field in San Mateo County, Plato Yanicks was one of the key coaches who elevated the sport to fresh heights. He directed programs at Hillsdale and Menlo-Athe...

    Record Type: Object

    Plato Yanicks Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  14. Randy Metheany Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016 - Plaque, Award

    Randy Metheany Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016. Plaque commemorating Randy Metheany of Hillsdale High School being inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on June 8, 2016. The plaque is printed on silver-colored metal with a 3" x 2.5" photograph mounted to the upper right hand corner. Metal and photograph are mounted beneath acrylic with gold-colored decorative brads onto an mdf wooden base covered in a dark woodgrain vinyl ...

    Record Type: Object

    Randy Metheany Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2016
  15. Rod Williams Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Wood and acrylic plaque commemorating Rod Williams of Hillsdale High School who was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on June 3, 1998. Plaque includes image of Williams and a brief biography: "Rod Williams was born too soon. As a long-distance shooter for the Hillsdale High basketball team in the early 1970's, he became one of the highest-scoring preps in San Mateo County in the era before the thee-point shot was created. A...

    Record Type: Object

    Rod Williams Sports Hall of Fame plaque
  16. Shield 1969 - Hillsdale High School

    Shield, 1969. Hillsdale High School, San Mateo. Yearbook for 1969 includes black and white photographs and text chronicling students and school activities. Pages 225-240 in separate section intended to be glued into hardbound book. Includes student signatures on autograph sheets. 240 pages.

    Record Type: Library

    Shield 1969
  17. Ted & Terri Stickles Sports Hall of Fame Plaque - Plaque, Award

    Plaque commemorating Ted & Terri Stickles being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on May 28, 1991. Plaque includes image of Stickles' and a brief biography: "Ted and Terri Stickles learned to swim as youngsters in San Mateo, but soon they were one of the best brother-sister sporting duos in the world. / Ted was a championship swimmer at Hilldsale High School. Then, at Indiana University, he broke the world record four ...

    Record Type: Object

    Ted & Terri Stickles
  18. Valerie Fleming Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2014 - Plaque, Award

    Valerie Fleming Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2014. Plaque includes image of Valerie Fleming and a brief biography: " Valerie Fleming took the sporting road less traveled. Did she ever. Her chosen competitive path was icy in the extreme. After graduating from Hillsdale, where she compared in track and field, she matriculated to the University of California-Santa Barbara. After graduating from Saint Mary's College, where she received her M...

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    Valerie Fleming Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Plaque

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