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  1. Celebrate Redwood City 150 Pin, 2017 - Pin, Promotional

    Celebrate Redwood City 150 Pin, 2017. Pin 2017.023.001A came with a paper tag 2017.023.001B affixed to the plastic bag that contained the pin. Pin (A) is painted silver steel metal with two .375 high power earth magnets on the back. Rectanglular pin is in portrait orientation, has a blue border with the historic Redwood City Courthouse (now the San Mateo County History Museum) n the top in blue surrounded by Redwood trees. The interior of the...

    Record Type: Object

    Celebrate Redwood City 150 Pin, 2017
  2. Fallen Redwood - Print, Photographic

    Fallen Redwood, c. 1880-1900. Photograph shows three women and a man posing in front of a very large cut redwood tree. A fourth woman and a girl pose on top of the trunk, which appears to have a diameter of approximately 12 feet. The tree lies on the side of a hill covered with vegetation, and the bottom of the trunk faces the camera.

    Record Type: Photo

    Fallen Redwood, c. 1880-1900
  3. Framed Color Poster, Sunset Magazine June 1904, c. 1904-2000 - Poster

    Framed Color Poster, Sunset Magazine June 1904, c. 1904-2000. Poster of original magazine cover art that was printed at a later date and displayed in the Sunset Magazine offices. Offset color lithograph on paper. The image shows a forest landscape with several small figures near bottom center among the trunks of large redwood trees. The image is executed mainly in tones of red and black. Small text across the top reads, "VOL.XIII JUNE 1904 NO. 2....

    Record Type: Object

    Framed Sunset Magazine Poster
  4. Our Oldest Living Inhabitants - Poster

    Our Oldest Living Inhabitants by Fremont Older, early 20th century. Poster contains a short passage by Fremont Older of his experience visiting Butano Falls, including the "king of the Butano forest," a tree fifly feet in circumference and 300 feet tall. The passage ends, "I hope the State of California will adopt him and protect him and all of his beautiful brothers." Text is printed in black ink on cream-colored paper. The first letters in each...

    Record Type: Archive

    Our Oldest Living Inhabitants by Fremont Older, early 20th century
  5. Redwood Butano, Pioneer Grove - Film, Motion Picture

    Redwood Butano, Pioneer Grove, 1948. Color silent film shows Pioneer Grove in what is now Butano State Park. Scenes include shots of the natural environment, logging, and children hiking in the forest around old-growth redwood trees. The logging methods included in this film show manual wood cutting alongside the use of industrial equipment. Recorded on 16mm Kodak acetate film,160'. Total time 00:05:50

    Record Type: Archive

    Redwood Butano, Pioneer Grove, 1948
  6. Redwood Forest-Kings Mountain by Frank Spadarella, 1985 - Print, Photographic

    1985 Redwood Forest-Kings Mountain by Frank Spadarella. Color photograph printed on paper and mounted onto wooden masonite board. Image depicts a dense mixed evergreen forest with redwood and oak trees. There are slanted fence posts with barbed wire in the left lower corner and moss-covered rocks in the right lower corner.

    Record Type: Object

    1985 Redwood Forest-Kings Mountain by Frank Spadarella
  7. Woodside Country Club - Woodside Country Club

    Woodside Country Club, c. 1930s. Self-published, Woodside, California. Photocopy of, "a private edition printed for the Woodside Country Club and limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is No. 49 / Registered to Mrs. R. D. Smiths." The publication contains mostly photographs with scenes of Country Club grounds, clubhouses, Haig Patigan's nymph and pool, stables, Searsville Lake, Upenuf View Lodge, etc. The foreword is written by A. R. Lyo...

    Record Type: Library

    Woodside Country Club, c. 1930s

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