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  1. Cotton Family Looking at Renderings of Borel Place, San Mateo, January 1963 - Negative

    Cotton Family Looking at Renderings of Borel Place, San Mateo, January 1963. Black and white negative shows San Mateo Superior Court Judge Aylett Cotton and family looking at renderings for the development of Borel Place in San Mateo, California. Judge Cotton sits at left in the image, facing an artist's rendering and a technical drawing of a building on a table at right. Two men stand on either side of Cotton facing the documents, including a y...

    Record Type: Photo

    Cotton Family Looking at Renderings of Borel Place, San Mateo, January 1963
  2. 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
  3. Notes on early Belmont - History

    Notes on early Belmont, 1850's by Alan K. Brown. Typewritten 2-page document written in January 1959 on the residents of the area now called Belmont.

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    Notes on early Belmont, 1850's by Alan K. Brown
  4. Official Map of San Mateo County California - Map

    Official Map of San Mateo County California, Compiled from Official Records & Surveys by George A. Kneese, County Surveyor, 1927. San Mateo County base map with boundaries of the five Board of Supervisors' districts shown in color. The map also contains information on select landowners with acreages, ranchoes and school districts. Blackline and color print on paper supported with canvas. Map attached to wooden dowel on bottom end. Scale is 1" = 2...

    Record Type: Archive

    Official Map of San Mateo County California, 1927
  5. Official Map of San Mateo County California - Map

    Official Map of San Mateo County California, Compiled from Official Records & Surveys by George A. Kneese, County Surveyor, 1927. San Mateo County base map with updated boundaries as of 1931 for the five Board of Supervisors' districts. Multiple handwritten notes in graphite on surface. The map also contains information on select landowners with acreages, ranchoes and school districts. Blackline and color print on paper supported with canvas. Map...

    Record Type: Archive

    Official Map of San Mateo County California, 1927
  6. San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History - Schmidt, David D.

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    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt, 2025
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    San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History
  8. Silicon Valley: The History In Pictures - Wadden, Mary

    Silicon Valley: The History In Pictures by Mary Wadden, 2014. 2nd edition.

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    The Development of Foster City by T. Jack Foster, Jr.

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    The Development of Foster City
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    The Development of Foster City by T. Jack Foster, Jr.

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    The Development of Foster City

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