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1. Aerial View of Daly City, 1962 - Negative

   Aerial View of Daly City, 1962. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of the Cow Palace and the Geneva Drive-In Movie Theater. The Brisbane Railroad Yard can be seen at the top of the image. Geneva Avenue is to left of the Cow Palace. To right of the Cow Palace are barns formerly used to house livestock. Carter street is visible in front of the theater.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Bohannon Industrial Park in Menlo Park, 1990 - Negative

   Bohannon Industrial Park in Menlo Park, 1990. Color negative shows an aerial view of the Bohannon Industrial Park in Menlo Park, California east of the Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101). The Freeway runs from left to right in the image. Intersecting over the top of the freeway near center are the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, which run from bottom left to upper right. Part of a series. See also 2015.001.23312 series.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Centennial Golden Spike Coin, 1969 - Medal

   Centennial Golden Spike Coin, 1969. Plastic memorial coin of the one-hundred year anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental rail road on May 10, 1869 when the ceremonial last Golden Spike was driven in the rails. On the front is the continental United States with a rail spike over the middle signifying the connection of the nation by rail. On the back there is the scene of the two train facing each other on the same track at the drivi...

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Express and Stagecoach Days in California - Winther, Oscar Osburn

   Express and Stagecoach Days in California by Oscar O. Winter, 1936. Second printing 1938. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. This book is about transportation in California, mainly stagecoach and express transportation from 1835-1860. Includes illustrations and two fold-out maps. 197 pages

   Record Type: Library

   
5. Fletcher House in Menlo Park, 1878 - Lithograph

   Fletcher House in Menlo Park, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the Fletcher House in Menlo Park. Image depicts a large white house with a red roof with a fenced-in yard and a "FLETCHER HOUSE" sign attached to the fence. To the left of the house are four figures playing croquet. To the right are large trees and a dirt pathway. There...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Freight Brakeman C.&N.W.R.Y. Metal Plate - Plate, Commemorative

   Freight Brakeman C.&N.W.R.Y. Metal Plate. Rectangular silver metal plate with vertical holes along the left and right sides. In black text is stamped "FREIGHT / BRAKEMAN / C. & N.W. RY."

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Handheld Boxcar Mover, c. 1920s - Mover, Rail Car

   Handheld Boxcar Mover, c. 1920s. The Thurman Smith Boxcar Mover was used to hand move boxcars on railway lines. It consists of a long wooden pole which tapers at either end. One tapered end is fed into a metal fitting which has oval shaped holes on its sides. Attached to the metal fitting by a nut and bolt is an angled metal pivot. Used by all four companies that occupied the same site in San Carlos: Kelly-Pickering Chemical Factory, Spencer-Ke...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. 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 ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Laying the Track of the Electric Railway in San Mateo - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Laying the Track of the Electric Railway in San Mateo, c. December 1902. Black and white photograph shows a group of men laying the track for the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. About a dozen men stand along a curved railway track holding shovels. The track is visible in the distance at center left and moves into the foreground at lower right. Several businesses are visible in the background including San Mateo French Laundry, Del M...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Lectures by Manuel G. Bonilla and Francis Guido - Audiocassette

    Lectures by Manuel G. Bonilla and Francis Guido from the series, "The Past That is Still With Us, April 1973. Audio cassette with recordings of two public lectures at the College of San Mateo (CSM). Recorded on one Sony C90 audio cassette. Total time 01:35:32 Side A: Manuel G. Bonilla of the United States Geological Survey on historical earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault. April 11, 1973. Total time 00:47:52 Side B: Francis Guido, publisher o...

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. Model Railroad Exhibit at the San Mateo County Fair, January 1963 - Negative

    Model Railroad Exhibit at the San Mateo County Fair, January 1963. Black and white negative shows a model railroad diorama in the Fiesta Building at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. A man stands in a hole in the middle of the diorama at lower left pointing at the coal car on a model train. The diorama has a small town with a few large buildings, a water tower, and several houses. Miniature cars and pedestrians also appear in the diorama. Part of...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Ocean Shore Railway Company: "Ocean Shore" - Monograph

    Ocean Shore Railway Company: "Ocean Shore" by Willliam Leo Darrough, Fall 1938. Typewritten student monograh on the Ocean Shore Railroad. Includes 11 black and white photographs. 29 pages

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. Ocean View R R Station Half Moon Bay - Painting

    Unframed watercolor painting entitled "Ocean View R R Station / Half Moon Bay" by James W. Crawford (American, 1920-2005). Watercolor on paper. 10/17/71. 15 x 22 inches. Image depicts a one and a half story, yellow, frame building with green roof. A side section of a dormer is red-brown and there is a red-brown chimney. There are two, brown telephone poles to the right of the building with birds sitting on the lines to the building. The b...

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Railroad Lantern, c. 1930-1960 - Lantern, Railroad

    Railroad Lantern, n.d. Round circular base with ribbing narrows into a circular cylindrical center. Inside cylindrical center contains glass light, and glass lens in cone frame. Lever on side of cylindrical center opens and closes glass front. In base is a circular knob. Cylindrical center extends upward to a circular ring. Circular ring protrudes from top of light and topped with metal lid. Two metal screws attach a metal handle over top of lid.

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Railroad Police California Southern Pacific Co. Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Railroad Police California Southern Pacific Co. Badge. Silver metal badge in the shape of a six-pointed star. Badge is plain of decoration and has two small holes punched into it, one in the top point and one in the bottom point. Stamped on it in black is "RAILROAD POLICE 18 CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO." The 18 is in the center and the other lines curve above and below it.

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Railway Police L.I.R.R.Co. Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Railway Police L.I.R.R.Co. Badge. Silver metal badge in the shape of a rounded shield, with small holes punched near its upper corners and a small "21" stamped in the center on top. Center has a large circular image of a ship, an eagle, and two horses, with a banner with small raised text reading "VIRTUE / LIBERTY / INDEPENDENCE." Stamped into the metal above and below the image is "RAILWAY POLICE / L.I.R.R.CO."

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo. Image shows a large white house with a red roof surrounded by dirt pathways and vegetation. Behind the house is a weather vane. A white fence is in the foreground and a train passes by on tracks in the left back. T...

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo. Image shows a large white house set in the center of a huge landscaped property filled with dirt pathways and a variety of vegetation. To the front right of the property is a smaller white building and behind the hou...

    Record Type: Object

    
19. Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Robert Mills of Belmont. Image shows a hillside with a train in the foreground entering from the left. At the center is a small white house with a fenced-in yard and a barn to the right. Trees in the background and along the dirt road leading from the house. Printed on white paper, mounted under glas...

    Record Type: Object

    
20. South San Francisco Railroad Yards, 1963 - Negative

    Black and white photo negatives of the South San Francisco railroad yards. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    
21. The Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878 - Lithograph

    The Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Robert Mills of Belmont. Image shows a landscape of a hillside with tree-lined dirt road in center that leads to a white house with a red roof. A tree-lined fence surrounds the property which includes a red barn, a small white building behind the ho...

    Record Type: Object

    
22. Untitled [photograph of a trolley car house], c. 1890-1910 - Album, Photograph

    Untitled photograph of a trolley car house, c. 1890-1910. Sepia-toned photograph shows a rectangular building with a tall, flat front. This front has two large doorways, each with a trolley car just peeking out. A large white plaque on the building reads "O.S.L. & H.E.R Y," and a smaller plaque below it is illegible. Behind and on either side of this building are similar ones, a trolley car also in front of the one on the left. Tracks lead from t...

    Record Type: Photo

    
23. Untitled [photograph of a trolley car house], c. 1890-1910 - Album, Photograph

    Untitled photograph of a trolley car house, c. 1890-1910. Sepia-toned photograph shows a building with a large, square face. Over-exposure of the photograph makes the large, light-colored plaque on the building's face illegible. An open doorway is in the center of the building with "OFFICE" written above it. About thirty people stand in front of the building, with an additional man on horseback on the photo's left side. Behind and to the left of ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
24. Untitled photograph of a trolley car house, c. 1890-1910 - Album, Photograph

    Untitled photograph of a trolley car house, c. 1890-1910. Sepia-toned photograph shows two tall, connected wooden buildings. Two connected trolley cars sit on a track that emerges from an arched doorway in the foreground building. Several workers stand in or near the trolley cars. On the side of the building is written "O.S.L. & HE. R Y, CAR HOUSE." The trolley cars have "OAKLAND SAN LEANDRO AND HAYWARDS" written above their windows and the front...

    Record Type: Photo