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  1. Aerial Looking East of South San Mateo - Negative

    Aerial Looking East of South San Mateo, 1958. Black and white negative shows an aerial of South San Mateo looking east. Hillsdale Shopping Center appears in the center of the photograph with West Hillsdale Boulevard running from lower right through center to top center. Bay Meadows racetrack is visible at upper left.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial Looking East of South San Mateo, Hillsdale Shopping Center, Bay Mead
  2. Aerial of South San Mateo Looking North with Hillsdale, Bay Meadows, and San Mateo Fair Grounds - Negative

    Aerial of South San Mateo Looking North with Hillsdale, Bay Meadows, and San Mateo Fair Grounds, August 1, 1958. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of South San Mateo looking north. Hillsdale Shopping Center appears at center with El Camino Real running diagonally across the image just behind the shopping center. Bay Meadows racetrack is visible just right of center in the upper portion of the image.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial of South San Mateo Looking North with Hillsdale, Bay Meadows, and Sa
  3. Aerial View of San Mateo from 20th Avenue Looking Southeast, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative of City of San Mateo aerial From 20th Avenue Looking Southeast 1964. Through fare on right is El Camino Real heading south with Hillsdale Shopping Center center right of El Camino Real. To left and paralleling El Camino is South Pacific railway. Delaware Street, starting at Fiesta Gardens is to left of train tracks and leads to San Mateo County Fairgrounds, then Bay Meadows Race Track. Bayshore Freeway ( US 1...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of San Mateo from 20th Avenue Looking Southeast, 1964
  4. Beniamino Bufano and David D. Bohannon Breaking Ground for Bufano's Studio at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1960 - Negative

    Beniamino Bufano and David D. Bohannon Breaking Ground for Bufano's Studio at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1960. Black and white negative of (left to right) sculptor Beniamino "Benny" Bufano, developer David D. Bohannon, San Mateo Mayor Hugh Wayne, and an unidentified Hillsdale executive breaking ground for Bufano's sculpture studio at Hillsdale Shopping Center. All four men are in suits and ties standing on a patch of dirt in front of a wooden str...

    Record Type: Photo

    Beniamino Bufano and David D. Bohannon Breaking Ground for Bufano's Studio
  5. Benny Bufano Statue at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1961 - Negative

    Benny Bufano Statue at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1961. Black and white negative shows a Beniamino "Benny" Bufano sculpture of St. Francis of Assisi on horseback at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California. The scuplture is made of terrazzo, a composite of stone and resin, and the surface is polished with smooth rounded corners. In the image, the sculpture appears outdoors on a pedestal that is surrounded by shrubbery. A shoe store is p...

    Record Type: Photo

    Benny Bufano Statue at Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1961
  6. Civil Defense Food and Water Stockpile Under Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1964 - Negative

    Civil Defense Food and Water Stockpile Under Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1964. Black and white negative shows two men stockpiling drinking water during the Cold War era in an underground tunnel beneath the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California. Two men at center left stack large metal barrels of drinking water. One man wears white work clothes and the other wears a uniform with a badge.The barrels are stacked up three high against a w...

    Record Type: Photo

    Civil Defense Food and Water Stockpile Under Hillsdale Shopping Center, 196
  7. Construction of the Emporium at Hillsdale Shopping Center - Negative

    Construction of the Emporium at Hillsdale Shopping Center, April 1961. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of construction progress on The Emporium at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California. The Emporium remained at the Hillsdale Shopping Center until 1995 when it was replaced by Sears. Martuards Round Drive-In restaurant appears in the foreground near El Camino Real. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Construction of the Emporium at Hillsdale Shopping Center, April 1961
  8. El Camino Real Underpass Near Hillsdale Shopping Center - Negative

    El Camino Real Underpass Near Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1965. Black and white negative shows the newly constructed underpass at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California. The image appears to be taken from a median strip on El Camino Real. The gravel median runs down the center of the image with two lanes on either side. Several cars drive in each direction. Hillsdale Boulevard is visible in the background, passing over El Camino Real o...

    Record Type: Photo

    El Camino Real Underpass Near Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1965
  9. 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
  10. Hillsdale Commercial District - Report

    Hillsdale Commercial District, 1946. Report on the viability of a proposed Hillsdale Commercial District by Planning Consultant Ronald L. Campbell for the David D. Bohannon Organization, Community Developers. The report includes information on population, economic purchasing power, transportation, and housing development in the area. Printed in black and white with multiple maps and photographs. 26 pages.

    Record Type: Archive

    Hillsdale Commercial District, 1946
  11. Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1958 - Negative

    Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1958. Black and white negative shows an aerial view over Hillsdale Shopping Center looking northwest. Hillsdale Boulevard and El Camino Real are seen in the foreground, with El Camino Real visible on the right side of the shopping center. Macy's appears at center, and Sears Roebuck & Company can be seen at bottom center on the southeast side of Hillsdale Boulevard. In the top left corner is the baseball diamond at Beres...

    Record Type: Photo

    Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1958
  12. Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1962 - Negative

    Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1962. Black and white negative shows a crowd of people walking outside storefronts at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California. Kay Jewelers and Leed's Shoes appear at left in the image. A sign with a sweater appears in the foreground at lower left. At mid-ground center right is a structure with glass windows and doors. On top, a sign reads: "GEM SHOE REPAIR / La Belle BEAUTY SALON / U.S. POST OFFICE / T...

    Record Type: Photo

    Hillsdale Shopping Center, 1962
  13. Hillsdale Shopping Center Parking Lot, 1962 - Negative

    Hillsdale Shopping Center Parking Lot, 1962. Black and white negative shows a parking lot full of cars at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California in front of a Macy's store. A Ford Mercury is parked in the foreground at lower left in a row of vehicles. A woman holding a baby can be seen in-between cars at center right. In the distance at far left is a Sears store and a Mayfair Market. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Hillsdale Shopping Center Parking Lot, 1962
  14. Model Poses Inside Hillsdale Shopping Center Heart, 1960 - Negative

    Model Poses Inside Hillsdale Shopping Center Heart, 1960. Black and white negative of the "Heart of the Peninsula" sign at Hillsdale Shopping Center. The image shows a model as she poses for a publicity photograph. She sits on the right side inside of the large heart sculpture in front of a sign for David Bohannon's Hillsdale Shopping Center. The model wears a dress with a tropical print and is barefoot. She holds the edges of the heart as if to ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Model Poses Inside Hillsdale Shopping Center Heart, 1960
  15. Opening of Hillsdale and El Camino Real Overpass Looking North, June 1965 - Negative

    Opening of Hillsdale and El Camino Real Overpass Looking North, June 1965. Black and white photo of opening of Hillsdale and El Camino Overpass at Hillsdale Shopping Center, looking north. Sears in left background, Macy's in middle, Emporium at far left end. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Opening of Hillsdale and El Camino Real Overpass Looking North, June 1965
  16. Sculptor Benny Bufano with Students at Hillsdale Shopping Center Studio, 1965 - Negative

    Sculptor Benny Bufano with Students at Hillsdale Shopping Center Studio, 1965. Black and white negative of Sculptor Beniamino "Benny" Bufano with students in his Hillsdale Shopping Center studio. Approximately 35 students gather in a circle around Bufano. Bufano stands next to a rectangular table filled with art supplies and drawings. Behind him are two polished sculptures of Saint Francis of Assisi. There is a ladder in the background in the le...

    Record Type: Photo

    Sculptor Benny Bufano with Students at Hillsdale Shopping Center Studio, 19
  17. Singing Christmas Tree at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo - Negative

    Black and white negative shows children signing in the formation of a Christmas tree at the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo. The children, who appear to be elementary school age, wear white or dark colored choral robes and stand on risers that have railings covered in pine boughs. The very top rows show statues of singing children that lead to a large star at the top of the "tree". A man directing the choir and a woman playing a piano appe...

    Record Type: Photo

    Singing Christmas Tree at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo
  18. Titan Rocket Booster Motor on Display at Hillsdale Shopping Center, March 17, 1964 - Negative

    Titan Rocket Booster Motor on Display at Hillsdale Shopping Center, March 17, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Children washing a Titan Rocket Booster Motor on Display at Hillsdale Shopping Center promoting the Space Exposition Rocket at San Mateo County Fairgrounds. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Titan Rocket Booster Motor on Display at Hillsdale Shopping Center, March 1
  19. Traffic Conditions near Hillsdale Shopping Center, May 7, 1964 - Negative

    Traffic Conditions near Hillsdale Shopping Center, May 7, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Traffic Conditions at 31st and El Camino Real in San Mateo near Hillsdale Shopping Center. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Traffic Conditions near Hillsdale Shopping Center, May 7, 1964
  20. Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking East, 1964 - Negative

    Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking East, 1964. Black and white negative shows construction of an underpass across from Hillsdale Shopping Center along El Camino Real in San Mateo, California. The photograph was taken from the top of a building looking east with El Camino Real in the foreground along the bottom of the image. A truck pulling two trailers filled with dirt appears in the construction area at center...

    Record Type: Photo

    Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking East
  21. Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking North, 1964 - Negative

    Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking North, 1964. Black and white negative shows construction of an underpass at Hillsdale Shopping Center and El Camino Real in San Mateo, California. The photograph was taken looking north along El Camino Real with the roadway extending from center left in the distance to lower right in the foreground. Beyond the roadway, a construction site is visible with a crane near center. A...

    Record Type: Photo

    Underpass Construction at Hillsdale and El Camino in San Mateo Looking Nort
  22. Untitled [Shirley Temple Black signing dolls at Macy's at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, CA], October 26, 1957 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Shirley Temple Black signing dolls at Macy's at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, CA], October 26, 1957. Black and white photograph of Shirley Temple Black smiling and signing autographs on a piece of paper on top of three packages of Shirley Temple dolls behind a counter. Several kids in the background are standing waiting for autographs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Shirley Temple Black signing dolls at Macy's at Hillsdale Shoppin
  23. Young Girl Receives Polio Shot, 1961 - Negative

    Black and white negative shows a young girl receiving a polio vaccination at the Hillsdale Shopping Center. The girl grimaces with her eyes closed, and she holds a piece of paper in her hand. A pair of masculine hands appears at lower left, with one hand holding an injection needle, and the other holding the girl’s arm. A woman is partially visible over the girl’s shoulder at upper left wearing a white coat.

    Record Type: Photo

    Young Girl Receives Polio Shot, 1961

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