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1. 04-SM-92-7.2-14.2 - South Norfolk Street to Toll Plaza, Hayward-San Mateo Bridge - Document File

   04-SM-92-7.2-14.2 - South Norfolk Street to Toll Plaza, Hayward-San Mateo Bridge, 1965. Right of way acquisition documents for parcels of land in San Mateo County. This file includes historical background on the beginnings of Foster City. Appraised parcels belong to T. Jack Foster and Sons with the exception of one owned by the Henry Mitvalsky Estate. The properties were needed to create a bridge and roadway from South Norfolk Street in San Mateo...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Bridge Operator Monitoring Traffic on the San-Mateo Hayward Drawbridge, 1962 - Negative

   Bridge Operator Monitoring Traffic on the San-Mateo Hayward Drawbridge, 1962. Black and white negative shows a bridge operator monitoring automotive and maritime traffic on the 1929 San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge. The operator's back is to the camera and he looks down to monitor traffic driving on the bridge below. He wears glasses and rests his arms on a railing. The metal trusses of the bridge are visible and surrounding them is the San Francisco...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Development of Brewer Island into Foster City, 1956-1967 - Negative

   Development of Brewer Island into Foster City, 1956-1967. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of Brewer Island and the 1929 San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge before the development of Foster City. Brewer Island is visible in the foreground along the lower portion of the image, and the drawbridge extends across the image at center. Part of a series. See also series 01771; 02643; 02887; 03037; 03974; 03820; 03078; 04283.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. San Mateo Bridge - Photograph, Black-and-White

   San Mateo Bridge, January 26, 1029. Black and white photographs by C P Moss show construction of the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge (also referred to as the San Mateo Bridge and later the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge). The images were taken from a vessel on San Francisco Bay when the lift span was floated to the project site. 2025.003.001 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th January, 1929 / Floating Lift Span to Piers - / Big Coyote Point in left backgro...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Construction, 1967 - Negative

   San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Construction, 1967. Black and white negative shows construction of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge highrise. A crane lifts up a large segment of the bridge at left in the image. Text on the bridge segment reads, "MURPHY PACFIC." Near the bridge segment on the right, three construction workers stand on an unfinished portion of the bridge. Part of a series. See also 2015.001.10073.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge, 1957 - Negative

   San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge, 1957. Black and white negative shows the 1929 San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge on San Francisco Bay. The drawbridge is in the center of the image and several cars are crossing it. There is an overhead power line tower to the left of the bridge in the upper right corner of the image. To the right of the bridge towards the center of the image is a dredging barge. Choppy waves are visible in the water. Part of a series.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Scenes from across San Mateo County by Ken Paul, c. July-August 1981 - Drawing

   Scenes from across San Mateo County by Ken Paul, c. July-August 1981. Signed framed artwork by local artist Ken Paul. Purchased by donor over 20 years ago for her husband's office. This piece of artwork is encased in a burgundy frame with a gray mat glass made of acyclic plastic over a white background with engravings. On the painting, there are various pictures and scenes engraved onto the painting. On the far top left hand corner, there is a en...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Swift Justice: Murder and Vengeance in a California Town - Farrel, Harry

   Swift Justice: Murder and Vengeance in a California Town by Harry Farrel, 1992. St. Martin's Press, New York. The book covers the 1933 kidnapping and murder of San Jose's Brooke Leopold Hart as well as the public reaction to alleged murders Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes. Includes illustrations, bibliographical references, and index. 320 pages

   Record Type: Library