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1. Alvin Hatch Interviewed by Bob Lyhne - Tape, Audio Reel

   Alvin Hatch Interviewed by Bob Lyhne (Burlingame Advance Star), c. June 1966. Subjects include family life in Half Moon Bay, the Coastside and the Borden & Hatch lumber mill. Interview with Hatch recorded on side 1 of tape (01:32:02). Side 2 contains a dictation of a feature on San Mateo County Manager E. R. "Bob" Stallings (00:58:13). Recorded on one Fideli-tape 1/4 inch audio tape. (1985.025.001A) Re-recorded cassette copy (1985.025.001B)

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2. Bert Werder interviewed by Marian Goodman - Audiocassette

   Bert Werder interviewed by Marian Goodman, c. 1964-1966. Subjects include his early life, Redwood City business and families, his career as Fire Warden, various industries in industries in San Mateo County, and his time in South America. Audio copied to 5 TDK D90 audiocassette tapes from original 1/4 inch reels. See 1985.043

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3. Bert Werder interviewed by Marian Goodman - Tape, Audio Reel

   Bert Werder interviewed by Marian Goodman, c. 1964-1966. Subjects include his early life, Redwood City business and families, his career as Fire Warden, various industries in industries in San Mateo County, and his time in South America. Recorded on six Lafayette Radio Electronics 1/4 inch audio tapes. Each tape contains approximately 2 hours of audio.

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4. Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek, July 1908. Black and white photograph shows a team of oxen pulling a large tree trunk down a dirt road in a forest. One man stands on the road at the back of the oxen, and another, Charles Wyman, stands at right on the side of the road in the underbrush.

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5. Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek, July 1908. Black and white photograph shows a team of oxen pulling a large tree trunk down a dirt road in a forest. One man stands on the road at the back of the oxen, and another, Charles Wyman, stands at right on the side of the road in the underbrush.

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6. Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Driver Charles Wyman Logging for Bert Weeks' Mill on La Honda Creek, July 1908. Black and white photograph shows a team of oxen pulling a large tree trunk down a dirt road in a forest. One man stands on the road at the back of the oxen, and another, Charles Wyman, stands at right on the side of the road in the underbrush.

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7. Early Sawmill Model, c. 1955 - Model, Instructional

   Early Sawmill Model, c. 1955. Model of an early sawmill. Mechanical interactive sawmill model with exterior crank handle (outside plex). When the external crank is turned, the water wheel spins and the saw blade goes up and down. The log sits on a sliding carrier with a rope attached to a second crank inside the case that a logger would spin in order to move the log so that the cut would extend along its length. Wooden model is painted gray ...

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8. Excerpt from the book, "Life Story of Lilian Voge 1881-1945" - Reprint

   Excerpt from the book, "Life Story of Lilian Voge 1881-1945" by Evelyn Voge Canfield and edited by Melvil Voge, 1993. Self-published, Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY. The excerpt recalls a period of time from August 1923 through roughly the end of 1924 when Lilian taught at Wurr School and her family lived near Loma Mar on the Coastside of San Mateo County. Pages include: title page; 192-196; 198; 200-201.

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9. Hanson's Mill, La Honda - Print, Photographic

   Hanson's Mill, La Honda, c. 1880-1899. Black and white copy print shows Hanson's Mill in La Honda. A large building appears on a hillside in a wooded area with tall trees. A railroad bridge curves out from the building at left into the foreground at lower right. Workers, piles of lumber, and a team of cattle appear in the landscape.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. History 315: Notes on San Mateo County - Textbook

    History 315: Notes on San Mateo County, 1977. Booklet used in Alan Hynding's History 315 class at the College of San Mateo. The front and back cover are yellow paper with a black plastic strip binding. Topics include: San Mateo County: An Overview San Mateo County: The Physical Setting The First San Mateans San Mateo Logging Railroads and Trolleys The Watershed: Spring Valley Lakes Earthquake Country The Airport Redwood City San Mateo ...

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11. Logging for Burt Weeks' Woodruff Creek Mill - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Logging for Burt Weeks' Woodruff Creek Mill, c. 1923. Black and white photograph shows seven men posing for a group portrait among cut redwood trees in a forest. An inscription on the back identifies the men (from left to right) as: "Tom Black / George Ray / __? / __? / __? / Ollie Woodhams / Bert Weeks."

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12. Logging Tongs - Tongs, Skidding

    Logging tongs are solid iron and comprised of two pieces shaped like an upside-down question mark [?] with loops at stem. The end of curve in piece A is slanted while piece B has a sharp spike. Both would be connected at loops in order to lift logs.

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13. Pacific Drag Saw, 1902 - Trimmer, Log

    Pacific Drag Saw, 1902. Fully restored drag saw has yellow wheels, a red body and blue and black engine parts. "PACIFIC DRAG SAW" is printed in yellow letters on one side. According to Milt Cavalli, who used this drag saw when he was 12 to cut logging tree stumps into firewood to sell to neighbors, the hooks have been mounted upside down and should be pointing down rather than up.

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14. Saunders Bros. Lumber Mill, Tunitas Gulch - Print, Photographic

    Saunders Bros. Lumber Mill, Tunitas Gulch, 1884. A team of ten oxen drag a redwood log down a road that passes in front of a large wooden building. A grove of pine trees and several other buildings appear in the background. A note with the photograph identifies the three men as (left to right): Ed Fisher, Redwood City Druggist; John Kelly of Woodside; Charles Townsend, driver. It also identifies the oxen pairs (front to back, left to right): Duke...

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Saunders Bros. Lumber Mill, Tunitas Gulch - Print, Photographic

    Saunders Bros. Lumber Mill, Tunitas Gulch, 1884. A team of ten oxen drag a redwood log down a road that passes in front of a large wooden building. A grove of pine trees and several other buildings appear in the background. A note with the photograph identifies the three men as (left to right): Ed Fisher, Redwood City Druggist; John Kelly of Woodside; Charles Townsend, driver. It also identifies the oxen pairs (front to back, left to right): Duke...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Sawpits in the Spanish Red Woods, 1787-1849 - Brown, Alan K.

    Sawpits in the Spanish Red Woods, 1787-1849 by Alan K. Brown. Published by the San Mateo County Historical Association in 1966. Hardbound illustrated book discusses what happened in the "Pulgas redwoods," an area now covered by the towns of Woodside and Portola Valley. Narrative carries through from the explorations of Lt. Col. Juan Bautista de Anza to the bear stories of Jimmy Weeks who spent his last days in the Mayfield "poor house." Autograp...

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17. Untitled [Peninsula Scenes] - Film, Motion Picture

    Untitled [Peninsula Scenes], c. 1938-1950s. Compilation silent film composed of both black and white and color scenes spanning a range of time. Content shows: automobiles pulling into various businesses in San Mateo County; WPA workers making adobe bricks; skiing trips and other views of the Robert L. Campbell family; speed boat races; logging crews; miscellaneous views of San Mateo County. Recorded on Ansco, Agfa, and Kodak 16mm acetate film, 85...

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