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1. 50th Burlingame High School Anniversary Pennant, 1973 - Pennant

   50th Burlingame High School Anniversary Pennant, 1973. Pennant is made of white (felt?) like fabric with a red inside border on the left hand side. Attached to the left of the pennant are two by two cotton flaps each on one end . On the front of pennant, surrounded by a circle of red, is a printed image of a panther's face with some medium and bold, red lettering above that reads "1923-73", and below with some medium and bold, red lettering that...

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2. Burlingame Kindergarten Class at McKinley School, September 1949 - Negative

   Burlingame Kindergarten Class at McKinley School, September 1949. Black and white negative shows a kindergarten class at McKinley School in Burlingame, California. The group portrait shows fourteen elementary school students in a classroom with many of the children wearing checkered aprons. Some of the students stand in front of easels holding paintbrushes, two are sitting in small chairs, two are sitting cross-legged on the floor, and the rest a...

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3. Children Playing Outside Coastside School House, October 1962 - Negative

   Children Playing Outside Coastside School House, October 1962. Black and white negative shows children playing outside of a one room school house in Coastside near Half Moon Bay, California. The two children wear dresses and appear to kick around a ball. In the background of the image at right is a school house, a wooden building with a small bell tower on its roof. To the left in the distance is a smaller wooden building with two cars parked in ...

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4. Child's Cleveland School Sailor's Cap, c. 1950s - Cap, Yachting

   Child's Cleveland School Sailor's Cap, c. 1950s. White canvas bucket cap with wide, downward sloping brim. On the front of the cap is a round school emblem with an image of an angry-looking bobcat in a multicolored brimmed cap and bow tie. Along the seam where the top portion of the cap meets the brim and just above it there is a light blue colored thread sewn in a wavy triangle pattern. On the inside of the cap is a blue sweatband.

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5. Child's Cleveland School T-Shirt, c. 1950s - T-Shirt

   Child's Cleveland School T-Shirt, c. 1950s. Cream color t-shirt. On the front is an orange printed image of a sinister looking bobcat wearing a baseball cap and a bow tie.

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6. Cooking Apron - Apron

   Cooking Apron, c. 1925. White apron is embroidered with the letter "L." The first Central School in San Mateo, a two story building built on land that filled a city block. The block was bordered by 1st Ave., San Mateo Dr., Baldwin and Ellsworth. On the Ellsworth side was another two storied gray building. Manual training was taught to boys on the first floor, sewing and cooking on the second floor was taught to girls. The Lawrence, Homestead and ...

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7. Cooking Headband - Headband

   Cooking Headband, c. 1925. White fabric headband is embroidered with the letter "L." The first Central School in San Mateo, a two story building built on land that filled a city block. The block was bordered by 1st Ave., San Mateo Dr., Baldwin and Ellsworth. On the Ellsworth side was another two storied gray building. Manual training was taught to boys on the first floor, sewing and cooking on the second floor was taught to girls. The Lawrence, H...

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8. Development of the Public School Districts of San Mateo County, California - Currry, Dr. Clyde

   Development of the Public School Districts of San Mateo County, California by Dr. Clyde Curry. Presented to the San Mateo County Historical Association November 1950 by the San Mateo County Teachers Association. Compiled by the Office of the Superintendent of Schools, San Mateo County. Contents includes: Introduction; Public School District Formation in San Mateo County; Educational Personnel; School Finances; School District Histories. Includes ...

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9. Dish Towel - Towel, Dish

   Dish Towel, c. 1926. White rectangular linen towel with three blue vertical lines on each side. At the bottom, center are three, blue embroidered initials "LMP." The first Central School in San Mateo, a two story building built on land that filled a city block. The block was bordered by 1st Ave., San Mateo Dr., Baldwin and Ellsworth. On the Ellsworth side was another two storied gray building. Manual training was taught to boys on the first floor...

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10. Documents related to JoAnn Semones' early writings from her youth to her time in college, 1962-1986 - Archive

    These documents were complied and utilized by JoAnn Semones as early writings that she did in her youth to her college years. Items in collection include first stories she ever wrote as a child, her camping story with her family in Sequoia National Park (2017.008.041.1.6), journalism papers, poetry, her letter to Robert Kennedy on the Cuban missile crisis and the advantage of sea power (2017.008.041.1.19) and responses from that letter (2017.008....

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11. Excerpt from the book, "Life Story of Lilian Voge 1881-1945" - Reprint

    Excerpt from the book, "Life Story of Lilian Voge 1881-1945" by Evelyn Voge Canfield and edited by Melvil Voge, 1993. Self-published, Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY. The excerpt recalls a period of time from August 1923 through roughly the end of 1924 when Lilian taught at Wurr School and her family lived near Loma Mar on the Coastside of San Mateo County. Pages include: title page; 192-196; 198; 200-201.

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12. Fiber-Phobia: A Study of the Environmental Protection Agency Asbestos-In-Schools Notification Procedures - Semones, JoAnn

    Fiber-Phobia: A Study of the Environmental Protection Agency Asbestos-In-Schools Notification Procedures by JoAnn Semones, March 1993. This book is a dissertation about school asbestos policies in California. The purpose of this dissertation is "to evaluate the basis on which school asbestos are communicated to the public..." [pg. 1]. Includes: acknowledgement page, list of illustrations, introduction, appendix, glossary of terms, references, a ...

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13. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Celebrating 100 years 1922-2022 - Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

    Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Celebrating 100 years 1922-2022. Self-published by Grace Lutheran Church in San Mateo, 2022. Contents includes: historical overview; liturgical arts; historical images; Altar Guild; women’s organizations; art and architecture; Grace Lutheran School. Illustrated in color. 21 pages.

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14. Graduation Tassel, 1963 - Tassel, Academic

    Graduation Tassel, 1963. Several dozen strings, half of them orange, half off-white, looped at one end and dangling freely at the other. Near the looped end is a ridged gold band encircling the strings. From it dangles a gold charm consisting of the number 63 in block print. Tied through the looped end is a thicker orange string in a two-strand braid; it forms a loop of its own to attach to a graduation cap.

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15. Hayward Park School Brick - Brick

    Hayward Park School Brick. A brick and mortar from the Homestead later Hayward Park School located in San Mateo between 14th and 15th Ave. and El Camino Real and Palm Ave. In the 1920s Homestead School had 4 rooms and an auditorium. Donor entered the first grade there and graduated from 8th grade January 1926. Hayward Park School was torn down around 1965. Donor obtained brick from in from of the school. It is mounted on Myrtle wood stand, polish...

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16. Hillcrest Juvenile Home in San Mateo, September 24, 1963 - Negative

    Hillcrest Juvenile Home in San Mateo, September 24, 1963. Black and white negative of Hillcrest Juvenile Home for Delinquency in San Mateo. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

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17. Images of Pacifica - Transparency, Slide

    Untitled [Images of Pacifica], c. 1968-1972. Color 35mm slides of Pacifica taken circa 1968 - 1972. The images show mainly outdoor settings of neighborhoods, schools, and businesses.

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18. Lawrence Grammar School San Mateo - Photograph

    Lawrence Grammar School San Mateo, 1922. Black and white photograph shows a class portrait taken outdoors at Lawrence Grammar School in San Mateo. A group of 36 students pose in five rows and face the camera. A boy in the front row holds up a sign with the text, "LAWRENCE GRAMMAR / SCHOOL / SAN MATEO / 1922." Small text at bottom right on the sign reads, "Freeman- Main / PALO ALTO." A handwritten inscription on the back of the photograph ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Lawrence Grammar School San Mateo - Photograph

    Untitled [Lawrence Grammar School Class Portrait], early 20th century. Black and white photograph shows a class portrait taken outdoors at Lawrence Grammar School in San Mateo. A group of 37 students pose in four rows and face the camera. A woman stands at left and poses with the group. Tall trees appear in the background, and a horse is just visible at center right. A handwritten inscription on the back of the photograph identifies some individu...

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20. MHS Orchestra Pin, c. 1960-1963 - Pin, Insignia

    MHS Orchestra Pin, c. 1960-1963. Tiny gold pin in the shape of a lyre with two rectangular text fields, one at the top and one curved across the bottom. The top one reads "MHS" and the bottom "ORCHESTRA", both in gold letters over a painted light blue background. On the back is a vertical safety clasp.

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21. Monroe Vikings Button, c. 1959-1963 - Button, Insignia

    Monroe Vikings Button, c. 1959-1963. Off-white circular button with dangling ribbons depicts a school mascot. On the button is a red line-art drawing of a scowling boy with a sword, shield, and horned helmet marching toward the viewer's right. He is surrounded by blue text reading "MONROE VIKINGS." The back of the button has a long pin needle attached at the top and pointing approximately toward the bottom. The three ribbons are creased so as to ...

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22. Monroe Vikings Patch, c. 1959-1963 - Patch, Insignia

    Monroe Vikings Patch, c. 1959-1963. Shield-shaped patch with cream-colored background and red embroidered border depicts a school mascot. Light blue, red, and off-white embroidery depicts a boy with a sword, shield, and horned helmet marching toward the viewer's right; the boy is blue and off-white and his shield is red. Text above and below the mascot reads "MONROE VIKINGS" and "GAA".

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23. 'M' Patch, 1962 - Patch, Insignia

    'M' Patch, 1962. Patch is in the shape of a block letter M. The M is thick dark red low-pile fabric, similar to carpet fabric. It it surrounded by a cream-colored border in the same kind of fabric, and that is again surrounded by another border in blue felt. The back of the patch is a dark blue woven fabric with white stitching along the border that is not visible on the front of the patch. In the center of the M is a tiny (<.5") silver pin shape...

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24. Name Tag, 1977 - Tag, Identification

    Name Tag, 1977. Sturdy paper name tag in a clear plastic cover. Across the top of the name tag is printed "SAN MATEO HIGH DIAMOND JUBILEE" and a line below it in red-orange. Below the line in the bottom left is a black and white portrait photo of a young man. Handwritten in black beside the photo is "THOMAS MELLEN CLASS 1936". On the back is a golden metal safety pin and an oval stamp from the San Mateo County History Museum.

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25. Name Tag, 1977 - Tag, Identification

    Name Tag, 1977. Sturdy paper name tag in clear plastic cover. Across the top is printed "SAN MATEO HIGH DIAMOND JUBILEE" in red-orange, with a dividing line underneath it. Across the bottom portion is handwritten "'24" in the top right corner and "HELEN VANWINKLE" across the center, in black marker. On the back is a golden metal safety pin.

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