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  1. Braided Leather Reins, c. 1890 - Rein

    Braided Leather Reins, c. 1890. At one end the braided leather reins have 28" section of flat leather, which folds over and passes through a braided leather loop. The flat section of leather is then burned, or pressed, to secure the section into two 14" lengths. The braided leather loop then continues onto a 1.875" braided leather knot. There are then 15 equally spaced, 0.5" knots, which span a length of 10.5". The braided leather then continues ...

    Record Type: Object

    Braided Leather Reins, c. 1890
  2. Burlingame Fire Department Equipment and Staff, 1948 - Negative

    Burlingame Fire Department Equipment and Staff, 1948. Black and white negative shows the Burlingame Fire Department staff posing for a group photograph with new equipment. The group stands in an area of North Burlingame with the undeveloped Mills Estate Hills in the background. Twenty-one Fire Department staff members stand in front of or on a fire engine. Some of the staff are in uniforms, and the others wear suits. There are two large hoses lea...

    Record Type: Photo

    Burlingame Fire Department Equipment and Staff, 1948
  3. IV-SM-68-SM, Burl, Mlbr, F, SSF - Peninsular Ave. Overcrossing to Colma Creek (Ptns) (Mi. 4.5 SM to Mi. 1.0 SSF) - Document File

    IV-SM-68-SM, Burl, Mlbr, F, SSF - Peninsular Ave. Overcrossing to Colma Creek (Ptns) (Mi. 4.5 SM to Mi. 1.0 SSF), 1959-1961. Right of way acquisition documents for parcels of land in San Mateo County. This file contains reports on properties needed for widening the Bayshore Freeway to the Millbrae Avenue Interchange.

    Record Type: Archive

    IV-SM-68-SM, Burl, Mlbr, F, SSF…, 1959-1961
  4. Reminiscence and Reports of San Mateo County Red Cross in World War II, 1941-1945 - Janssen, Mona

    Reminiscences and Reports of San Mateo County Chapter, American Red Cross in World War II, 1941-1945, compiled by Mona Janssen. Illustrated.

    Record Type: Library

    Reminiscence and Reports of San Mateo County Red Cross in World War II, 194
  5. Rosewood Curtain Tie-Back, c. late 1800s - Tieback

    Rosewood Curtain Tie-Back, c. late 1800s. Wooden rosewood curtain tie-back has a disk-shaped top that is flat on top with a slightly curved base, to the center of which is mounted a wooden dowel that is recessed at the top and wider at the base. There is a dark wood band extending out from the sides of the decorative top. Top is inlaid with dark and light wood. The pattern has a star in the center surrounded by eight ovals, in the end of whic...

    Record Type: Object

    Curtain Tieback, c. 1870
  6. US Flag, c. 1870s - Flag

    US Flag, c. 1870s. Gigantic red, white, and blue flag made of a thin, almost sheer woven wool bunting. Each red and white stripe is a single long piece of fabric; the blue section is made of five strips of fabric sewn together horizontally (parallel with the stripes) and the white stars are printed on. Along the edge that would be attached to a flagpole is a 3" wide strip of sturdier off-white fabric. At each end of this strip is a metal ring, at...

    Record Type: Object

    US Flag, c. 1870s

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