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  1. Alvin Hatch Interviewed by Bob Lyhne - Tape, Audio Reel

    Alvin Hatch Interviewed by Bob Lyhne (Burlingame Advance Star), c. June 1966. Subjects include family life in Half Moon Bay, the Coastside and the Borden & Hatch lumber mill. Interview with Hatch recorded on side 1 of tape (01:32:02). Side 2 contains a dictation of a feature on San Mateo County Manager E. R. "Bob" Stallings (00:58:13). Recorded on one Fideli-tape 1/4 inch audio tape. (1985.025.001A) Re-recorded cassette copy (1985.025.001B)

    Record Type: Archive

    Alvin Hatch Interviewed by Bob Lyhne, 1966
  2. Circular Saw Blade, c. 1880-1900 - Saw, Circular

    Circular Saw Blade, c. 1880-1900. This blade saw has a circular shape with metal blades at one inch at length all around. It also includes a one inch and a half circular hole in the middle of the saw blade.

    Record Type: Object

    Circular Saw Blade
  3. Early Sawmill Model, c. 1955 - Model, Instructional

    Early Sawmill Model, c. 1955. Model of an early sawmill. Mechanical interactive sawmill model with exterior crank handle (outside plex). When the external crank is turned, the water wheel spins and the saw blade goes up and down. The log sits on a sliding carrier with a rope attached to a second crank inside the case that a logger would spin in order to move the log so that the cut would extend along its length. Wooden model is painted gray ...

    Record Type: Object

    Early Sawmill Model
  4. Hanson's Mill, La Honda - Print, Photographic

    Hanson's Mill, La Honda, c. 1880-1899. Black and white copy print shows Hanson's Mill in La Honda. A large building appears on a hillside in a wooded area with tall trees. A railroad bridge curves out from the building at left into the foreground at lower right. Workers, piles of lumber, and a team of cattle appear in the landscape.

    Record Type: Photo

    Hanson's Mill, La Honda, c. 1880-1899
  5. Logging for Burt Weeks' Woodruff Creek Mill - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Logging for Burt Weeks' Woodruff Creek Mill, c. 1923. Black and white photograph shows seven men posing for a group portrait among cut redwood trees in a forest. An inscription on the back identifies the men (from left to right) as: "Tom Black / George Ray / __? / __? / __? / Ollie Woodhams / Bert Weeks."

    Record Type: Photo

    Logging for Bert Weeks' Woodruff Creek Mill, c. 1923
  6. Untitled [Ox Team Hauling Lumber] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled [Ox Team Hauling Lumber], mid to late 1800s. Sepia-colored photograph shows a team of oxen attached to a large wagon filled with lumber. The team consists of eight oxen, and they stand on an unpaved road in a forested area. The two oxen at the front of the team appear in the foreground at left. Additional wagons in a row behind them are visible in the distance at right.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Ox Team Hauling Lumber]

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