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  1. "Local Maritime Writer"- Ocean Colony (AM-1710) - Disc, Compact

    "Local Maritime Writer"- Ocean Colony (AM-1710)- March 4, 2010. Rewrittable CD with a 10 minute interview from a local maritime writer, JoAnn Semones on radio station AM 1710. Includes accounts of her early life, E.D. Patrick, her books (Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers; Hard Luck Coast), her influence in writing and love of maritime history. CD-R is in a clear blue thin jewel case.

    Record Type: Archive

    "Local Maritime Writer"- Ocean Colony (AM-1710)
  2. Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman and Burlingame Post Master John Broderick. A man holds a silver microphone (on right) for KVSM Radio during Truman's 1948 whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. The Presidential Seal appears on the podium. The train behind the President is the Ferdinald Magellan, an armored Pullman train car ori...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 19
  3. Untitled [Documentation on Radio Station KGEI] - Document File

    Untitled [Documentation on Radio Station KGEI], 2021. Documents on the history of the KGEI radio station with a special focus on the events of World War II. The documents include: an introduction letter by Dee Eva; "KGEI Building Gets its Call Letters Back," written by Jim Clifford; information compiled from the website www.theradiohistorian.org maintained by Jim R. Bowman; various articles from 1937-1943; photographs and documents related to the...

    Record Type: Archive

    Untitled [Documentation on Radio Station KGEI], 2021
  4. Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station] - Photograph

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station], c. 1930-1950s. Black and white photograph shows the Dollaradio Receiving Station in Pacifica. The brick building's main portion has a gable roof with a false front. A smaller entrance area done in the same style connects perpendicularly to the main structure and has an arched doorway flanked by long windows. The side of the building closest to the viewer shows multiple clear glass windowpanes surrounding a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station], c. 1930-1950s
  5. Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Tower] - Photograph

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Tower], c. 1930-1941. Black and white photograph shows the Dollaradio Receiving Station viewed from an unpaved road leading up to the building. The station is constructed with brick in a symmetrical style. The main portion of the building has a gable roof with false fronts at both ends. A smaller gable in the same style connects perpendicularly to the main structure. Flowering shrubs are planted along th...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Tower]
  6. Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Towers in Landscape] - Photograph

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Towers in Landscape], c. 1930-1941. Black and white photograph shows a hilly coastal ridge dotted with multiple electrical poles. Two transmitting towers appear at center along with the Dollaradio receiving station, a rectangular structure with a gable roof. A road curves from the foreground toward the station at lower right. Behind the ridge, the ocean fills the background and melds with the skyline ab...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station and Towers in Landscape], c. late 1
  7. Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station in Landscape] - Photograph

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station in Landscape], c. mid 20th century. Black and white photograph shows a hilly coastal ridge seen from a distance with the Dollaradio receiving station visible at bottom center. Two roads curve in the landscape near the station, with Palmetto Avenue at right and Cabrillo Highway at left. Multiple electrical poles span the landscape. Behind the ridge, the ocean fills the background and melds with the skyline ab...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Dollaradio Receiving Station in Landscape], c. mid 20th century
  8. Untitled [Equipment Inside Dollaradio Receiving Station] - Photograph

    Untitled [Equipment Inside Dollaradio Receiving Station] c. 1930-1950s. Black and white photograph of equipment inside the Dollaradio Receiving Station in Pacifica. The image shows the corner of a room set up for short-wave radio operations. A chair and typewriter, partially out of frame, appear in the foreground at bottom center. Behind, a desk supports radio equipment, a telephone, clipboards, and cabinets to organize documents and supplies. A ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Equipment Inside Dollaradio Receiving Station] c. 1930-1950s
  9. "Voices of the Festival"- Pescadero Arts & Fun Festival (KPDO-FM) - Disc, Compact

    "Voices of the Festival"- Pescadero Arts & Fun Festival (KPDO-FM)- August 22, 2010. CD on interviews and events at the Pescadero Art and Fun Festival in Pescadero, CA. Includes five tracks (track 2 includes some words in seperate interviews by JoAnn Semones, Shannon Nottestad, and Julie Barrow). CD has cover art on the front of artichokes in a clear brown background in black thin jewel case.

    Record Type: Archive

    "Voices of the Festival"- Pescadero Arts & Fun Festival (KPDO-FM)

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