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  1. American House, Redwood City, 1878 - Lithograph

    American House, Redwood City, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting American House in Redwood City. American House is a large white building with yellow trim and a red roof. It has a wooden boardwalk in front, upon which a woman, man, and a dog are walking. There is a barber shop pole in front of the boardwalk, as well as four trees. On the dirt...

    Record Type: Object

    American House, Redwood City
  2. Binder of miscellaneous volunteer memorabilia of Julie Barrow, 1998-2013 - Archive

    Binder of miscellaneous volunteer memorabilia of Julie Barrow, 1998-2013. These documents were compiled for the time Julie Barrow volunteered at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Half Moon Bay State Plover Watch, and Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park in San Mateo County. A small white 3 ring binder with documents in protective sheets. Documents include newsletters, flyers, a certificate of appreciation (2017.8.68.6), volunteer appreciat...

    Record Type: Archive

  3. Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R.E. Steele of Pescadero, 1878 - Lithograph

    Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R.E. Steele of Pescadero, 1878. Moore & Depue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown. Black and white framed lithograph depicting the Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R.E. Steele of Pescadero. Image shows an overview of the property, which sits at the bottom of a hill range. In the center are two large fenced-in areas, one an orchard of some sort, and the other a space for horses to run. To the left of...

    Record Type: Object

    Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R.E. Steele of Pescadero
  4. Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R. E. Steele, Pescadero San Mateo Co. Cal. - Lithograph

    Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R. E. Steele, Pescadero San Mateo Co. Cal., 1878. Plate 108 from Moore & DePue's Illustrated History of San Mateo County, California. Lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown and hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley.

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    Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R. E. Steele, Pescadero San Mateo Co. Cal.
  5. Chinese Shacks and Vegetable Gardens at Pescadero - Painting

    Chinese Shacks and Vegetable Gardens at Pescadero by H. Dodge. Watercolor on paper mounted behind glass and a white mat board inside a brown wooden frame. Image depicts gray-brown-colored buildings in the background with a field of greens browns and golds, some of which is in rows, in the foreground. There are telephone lines behind the buildings on the left and there is a blue and white sky above.

    Record Type: Object

    Chinese Shacks and Vegetable Gardens at Pescadero by H. Dodge
  6. Documents related to research on local California lighthouses for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2001-2011 - Archive

    These documents were complied and used as research on local California lighthouses for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary by JoAnn Semones. Items in collection include a typed up summary of each lighthouse, photos and general information on each lighthouse, clippings and articles (some written by JoAnn Semones, and Julie Barrow), pamphlets, a small paper bag from Pigeon Point Lighthouse (2017.008.087.24), reprints of cards with watercolor...

    Record Type: Archive

  7. Fisherman's Hotel in Pescadero by Edith Ford, 1982 - Painting

    1982 Edith Ford Water Color "Fisherman's Hotel in Pescadero" is a watercolor in paper, and mounted under glass, with a taupe colored matte with a white inner border inside a white stained wooden frame. Image depicts the Fisherman Hotel in Pescadero. it is a large two story red building, with a multi-columned covered porch out front on first level, and a balcony on second level. There is a brown couch sitting on the front porch. Green lawn in fore...

    Record Type: Object

    1982 Edith Ford Water Color "Fisherman's Hotel in Pescadero"
  8. Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007. - Videodisc, Digital

    Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007. A rewrittable DVD wth background photo of Jesse Mygrants Davis next to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse as background. 56 minute long interview by Jessie Davis on her life at Pigeon Point Lighthouse, and Pigeon Point history. The purpose of this videodisc is to provide some maritime history on one of the oldest lighthouses on the Pacific Coast.

    Record Type: Archive

    Jesse Mygrants Davis: Her Life at Pigeon Point Light Station, 2007.
  9. Legends of the Coastland - Wolf, Galen

    Legends of the Coastland by Galen Wolf; edited by Shannon Nottestad, 2012. This book is a series of stories and illustations from Galen Wolf "recounting his childhood in San Francisco and Spanishtown (Half Moon Bay)....and other highlights of his life in art" [front book jacket]. Includes a signature and note to both JoAnn and Julie; illustrations and stories of Galen Wolf; a foreword by Shannon Nottestad; introduction; acknowledgement page incl...

    Record Type: Library

    Legends of the Coastland
  10. Meeting of the Coordinating Council, Sky Line West - Manuscript

    Meeting of the Coordinating Council, Sky Line West, April 20, 1950. Typewritten manuscript on yellow paper records the meeting of "Old Timers" with Dr. Frank Stanger. The purpose of the meeting was to, "secure historical information concerning places in [the King's Mountain] area…" Those in attendance include: Eddy Castleman, Chairman Earle Perry, Secretary Dr. Frank Stanger, San Mateo County Historical Association L. H. Price, Swett Ranch M...

    Record Type: Archive

    Meeting of the Coordinating Council, Sky Line West, April 20, 1950
  11. Ogden Lamont Camp Pescadero Award, 1946 - Award

    Ogden Lamont Camp Pescadero Award, 1946. Plaque is comprised of Masonite cut in the shape of a shield onto which a shield-shaped sticker has been affixed to the front. Sticker is red and white with gold trim and has a blue circle in the center depicting trees and a lake with red lettering at top that says, "CAMP AWARD" and black lettering in a gold ribbon overlapping the lake with text that says "TENT INSPECTION 1st Session / 'D' 'BAT' '46." ...

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    Ogden Lamont Camp Pescadero Award, 1946
  12. Oral History Transcripts of People in Pescadero Conducted by the Spanishtown Historical Society - Transcript

    Oral history transcripts of people in Pescadero conducted by the Spanishtown Historical Society. 1978.218.001 - Walter H. Moore, taped November 10, 1975. Interviewed and transcribed by Elsie Gorski. 8 pages 1978.218.002 - Louise Moore Williamson, taped November 13, 1973. Interviewed by Pat Bouris and Elise Gorski. Transcribed by Elsie Gorski. 7 pages 1978.218.003 - Frank George, taped November 13, 1973. Interviewed by Pat Bouris and Elis...

    Record Type: Archive

    Oral history transcripts of people in Pescadero conducted by the Spanishtow
  13. Pescadero as It Looked in 1860 - Painting

    Pescadero as It Looked in 1860. Oil painting by Ella Goodspeed Pye of early Pescadero. The image depicts a landscape with a creek and several buildings, including a church that appears toward the center and another at far right. A figure appears riding a horse through hills in the foreground. More hills and possibly a body of water are visible in the background while the top two thirds of the paining contains sky with pink and blue tinted clouds....

    Record Type: Object

    Pescadero as It Looked in 1860
  14. Pescadero Barn - Painting

    Unframed watercolor painting entitled "Pescadero Barn" by James W. Crawford (American, 1920-2005). Watercolor on paper. 12/8/74. 17 x 14 inches. Image depicts a gray two-story building. The front door is brown and has two cross-bar Xs. A telephone pole is left of the building. A tall palm tree is right of the building.

    Record Type: Object

    "Pescadero Barn" by James W. Crawford
  15. Pescadero Feed Mill, 1878 - Lithograph

    Pescadero Feed Mill, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the Pescadero Feed Mill where John Tufly is the proprietor. Image shows a small white building with a red roof and smoke coming out of a back chimney. A man in yellow stands in the doorway and a man is unloading hay from a two-horse drawn wagon out front. There is a fence to the ...

    Record Type: Object

    Pescadero Feed Mill
  16. Pescadero in 1884 - Painting

    Pescadero in 1884. Oil painting of Pescadero by E.A. Rockwell shows a landscape with cows and horses grazing on a hillside. Cultivated fields appear in the distance near a town with multiple buildings connected by roadways. The sun's rays cast a yellow glow at right and hightlight the tops of large hills at the horizon line. The painting is mounted in a large gilt wood frame with a plaque at bottom center that reads, "PESCADERO IN 1884."

    Record Type: Object

    Pescadero in 1884
  17. Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006 - Album, Photograph

    Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006. These photos were complied and related to Julie Barrow's time as a volunteer at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, San Mateo County. A small maroon album with gold lines in three places on the front bottom and top right, and towards the front left. On the spine, there are five sets of two small gold lines with a gold botanical insignia in two places: at the top and after the second set of...

    Record Type: Photo

  18. Pigeon Point Docent Jacket, 1997 - Windbreaker

    Pigeon Point Docent Jacket, 1997. Dark navy blue, button down (snap buttons) windbreaker with soft, white inner lining and pockets. On the right collar leaf, there is a San Francisco Maritime Park pin, and on the left collar leaf, is a National Maritime Historical Society Pin. The bottom of the jacket has two strings which, when pulled, adjust the tightness. On the left side there is a white rectangular logo of a light house that says "PESCADERO ...

    Record Type: Object

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse Jacket
  19. Pigeon Point Jacket - Windbreaker

    Pigeon Point Jacket. Large nylon navy blue windbreaker with navy blue snap buttons down the front, two hand pockets, adjustable strings, and a white cotton lining. On the front, left chest is a white illustration of a lighthouse surrounded by a large gold laurel wreath; "PIGEON POINT / LIGHT STATION / STATE HISTORIC PARK" is printed in white above and below the lighthouse logo. On the back of the jacket is a larger version of the logo that co...

    Record Type: Object

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse Jacket
  20. Pigeon Point Light - Painting

    Unframed watercolor painting entitled "Pigeon Point Light Station / Pescadero, Calif" by James W. Crawford (American, 1920-2005). Watercolor on paper. 2/17/74. 14 x 20 inches. Image depicts three white buildings with brown roofs. Behind the white, center building is a grey building with a red roof and a white lighthouse with black trim and red roof. In front of the houses is a brown board fence across the width of the page.

    Record Type: Object

    "Pigeon Point Light Station / Pescadero, Calif" by James W. Crawford
  21. Pigeon Point Lighthouse Staff Shirt - Shirt, Polo

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse Staff Shirt. Blue cotton, large sized polo shirt with three pearl-like buttons. Embroidered on the front left chest is "PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / STAFF" and an illustration of a lighthouse.

    Record Type: Object

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse Staff Shirt
  22. Pigeon Point Light Station / Pescadero, Calif - Painting

    Unframed watercolor painting entitled "Pigeon Point Light Station / Pescadero, Calif" by James W. Crawford (American, 1920-2005). Watercolor on paper. 3/21/71. 18 x 15 inches. Image depicts a gray building with a red roof on the rightside of the page. Next to the gray building is a smaller white building with a red roof. Behind the gray building is a flag pole with red, white and blue flags and a white lighthouse with black trim and a red ...

    Record Type: Object

    "Pigeon Point Light Station / Pescadero, Calif" by James W. Crawford
  23. Pigeon Point Long Sleeve Shirt - T-Shirt

    Pigeon Point Long Sleeve Shirt. Medium sized, long sleeve, crew neck, blue shirt. On the front left chest is a yellow illustration and logo of a lighthouse up from the widow's walk. Below, printed in yellow, is "PIGEON POINT / LIGHTHOUSE / California State / Historic Park." On the back is a yellow, cutaway illustration of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse with two men at the bottom; the man on the left is looking through a telescope and the man o...

    Record Type: Object

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse T-shirt
  24. Portraits of Pescadero: A Memory Album of Five Families and Friends - Black, Tess

    Portraits of Pescadero: A Memory Album of Five Families and Friends by Tess Black, 2006. "Based on recorded conversations with descendants of the town's American pioneer families and photographs found in their family albums, Portraits of Pescadero tells how this quiet rural community got started, who started it, and why it is still a very special place." [https://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Pescadero-Memory-Families-Friends/dp/0978851404- 10/9/2017]...

    Record Type: Library

    Portraits of Pescadero: A Memory Album of Five Families and Friends
  25. 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

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