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  1. Early California Families: Inches, Silicani, Cavo, Balbi - Oliver, Cindi Balbi

    Early California Families: Inches, Silicani, Cavo, Balbi. Published by Balbi Publishing Company in 2017. "Early California immigrant families: Inches, Silicani, Cavo and Balbi. Between 1850 and 1909 these families immigrated to North America and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. They were among the early settlers in San Francisco and founders in San Mateo County cities of Pacifica, Colma and South San Francisco. Written by the...

    Record Type: Library

    Early California Families: Inches, Silicani, Cavo, Balbi, 2017
  2. Like Modern Edens: Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981 - Sullivan, Charles L.

    Like Modern Edens: Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981 by Charles L. Sullivan, 1982. California History Center, Cupertino, CA. This book is about the history of winemaking in Santa Clara Valley from the arrival of the Spanish to the early 1980s. 196 pages

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    Like Modern Edens by Charles L. Sullivan, 1982
  3. Our Bold Path to Prosperity - Di Lorenzo, Joyce

    Our Bold Path to Prosperity, a self-published autobiography written by Joyce Di Lorenzo in 2017. Hardcover; 307 pages. "This is the compelling true story of my life as a refugee immigrant child from Indonesia to Holland; a tiny country on the continent of Europe and ultimately to the United States; a world power country on the continent of North America. It is the story of our search for a better life, as told by my loving mother and grandmother...

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    Our Bold Path to Prosperity, Joyce Di Lorenzo, 2017
  4. Plum Trinket Box, c. 1940s - Box, Food Storage

    Plum Trinket Box, c. 1940s. This Preserved Plum box was used to store trinkets in. It is a rectangular-shaped box with a lid that can be completely removed. The box appears to be made out of bamboo and is wrapped in a paper floral design of red with yellow flowers. There are two butterflies on the exterior of the box, as well as both Chinese and English writing. The butterflies are yellow, black, and white. At each corner of the box are blue, gre...

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    Preserves Plum (Trinket) Box, c. 1940s

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