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  1. 04-SM-186-6.9-7.6. Route 82 to Route 101. - Document File

    04-SM-186-6.9-7.6. Route 82 to Route 101, 1968-1971. Right of way acquisition documents for parcels of land in San Mateo County. This file shows three undeveloped parcels near Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The parcels were needed for construction of I-380 in San Bruno.

    Record Type: Archive

    04-SM-186-6.9-7.6. Route 82..., 1968-1971
  2. Aerial View of Downtown San Mateo, 1962 - Negative

    Aerial View of Downtown San Mateo, 1962. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of downtown San Mateo, California looking southeast. 3rd, 4th, and 5th Avenues run east to west. The Benjamin Franklin Hotel can be seen at upper right in the image. Southern Pacific Railroad tracks run across the bottom of the image. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Downtown San Mateo, 1962
  3. Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957 - Negative

    Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957. Black and white negative of the Ingold-Milldale neighborhood in Burlingame looking east towards the San Francisco Bay. El Camino Real is in the lower foreground of the image and Trousdale Drive is below it. California Drive and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks can also be seen in the center. The Guittard Chocolate Factory is situated along the railroad tracks. The Bayshore Freew...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Ingold-Milldale Neighborhood in Burlingame, 1957
  4. Aerial View of San Carlos Industrial Area, 1967 - Negative

    Aerial View of San Carlos Industrial Area, 1967. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of San Carlos industrial area looking northeast. El Camino, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and Old County Road can be seen in the middle of the image and run left to right. Brittan Avenue runs from lower left to the Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101). Bair Island appears at the top of the photograph.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of San Carlos Industrial Area, 1967
  5. Aerial View of San Mateo County Fairgrounds and Bay Meadows Race Track, 1960 - Negative

    Aerial View of San Mateo County Fairgrounds and Bay Meadows Race Track, 1960. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of the San Mateo County Fairgrounds and Bay Meadows Race Track looking south. The Southern Pacific railroad, El Camino Real, and the Bayshore Freeway are also visible. The wing of the plane the photographer is riding in appears at upper right of the image. There is a large hill in the background. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of San Mateo County Fairgrounds and Bay Meadows Race Track, 196
  6. Aerial View of San Mateo, July 1963 - Negative

    Aerial View of San Mateo, July 1963. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of central downtown San Mateo and south central San Mateo looking north along El Camino Real towards the J. Arthur Younger Freeway (Highway 92). The Borel Estate can be seen on the west side of El Camino Real. The Southern Pacific Railroad and Delaware Street can be seen at right in the photograph. In the background are Burlingame, Millbrae, and the San Francisco I...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerials View of San Mateo, July 1963
  7. Belmont Southern Pacific Train Depot, August 1962 - Negative

    Belmont Southern Pacific Train Depot, August 1962. Black and white negative of the Belmont Southern Pacific Train Station. The station is a long building with the words Belmont in large letters on its roof. On the side of the station is a sign that reads "STATION HOUSE ANTIQUES." There is a southbound train departing the station. There is a man at the center left of the image holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. Part of a series of 2.

    Record Type: Photo

    Belmont Southern Pacific Train Depot, Belmont CA
  8. 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

    Bohannon Industrial Park in Menlo Park, 1990
  9. Bohannon Park in East Menlo Park, 1960 - Negative

    Black and white negative shows an aerial view of Bohannon Park in East Menlo Park looking west between Marsh and Willow Roads.The Southern Pacific Railroad overpass can be seen to the right of the photograph. Most of the land in the bottom half of the image is a landfill. The Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101) runs along the upper portion of the image. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    Bohannon Park  in East Menlo Park, 1960
  10. Fire at Redwood City Southern Pacific Depot, August 1963 - Negative

    Fire at Redwood City Southern Pacific Depot, August 1963. Black and white negative shows three firefighters on the scene at the Redwood City Southern Pacific Depot building. The firefighters use a hose to spray water through a hole in the awning of the building at center. There is smoke visible throughout the photograph. On the side of the building near the firefighters there is a sign with an arrow going through it that reads, "ACME FAST FREIGHT...

    Record Type: Photo

    Fire at Redwood City Southern Pacific Depot, August 1963
  11. 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

    Lectures by Manuel G. Bonilla and Francis Guido, 1973
  12. Millbrae Seen From Trousdale Drive, 1958 - Negative

    Millbrae Seen From Trousdale Drive, 1958. Black and white negative of Millbrae, California looking north from above Trousdale Drive. Mills High School is in the center of the image and Green Hills Country Club is further north above it. El Camino Real and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks are visible on the right, and the Bayshore Freeway is on the far right near the entrance to San Francisco International Airport. Burlingame Plaza can be seen...

    Record Type: Photo

    Millbrae Seen From Trousdale Drive, 1958
  13. Model Poses with Cadillac at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, 1960 - Negative

    Model Poses with Cadillac at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, 1960. Black and white negative of a publicity shot for a 1960 Cadillac in front of the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. A model poses on the driver's side of the Cadillac with her left arm on the roof of the car and her right hand holding the door through the open window. She wears a black dress and black high-heeled shoes. The car is parked in front of the Burlingame Depot. The ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Model Poses with Cadillac at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, 1960
  14. 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

    Railroad Police California Southern Pacific Co. Badge
  15. Redwood City: A Hometown History - Archives Committee of the Redwood City Public Library

    Redwood City: A Hometown History by the Archives Committee of the Redwood City Public Library, c.2007. Star Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, CA. The lives, events and changes of Redwood City.

    Record Type: Library

    Redwood City: A Hometown History
  16. Res. of D.S. McLellan, Laurel Creek Station, 1878 - Lithograph

    Res. of D.S. McLellan, Laurel Creek Station, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of D.S.Mclellan, Laurel Creek Station on Southern Pacific RR. Image depicts a white house and barn on fields with trees. Laurel Creek is depicted in the background at the base of hills with two sailboats and a steamboat on it. There is a road to the r...

    Record Type: Object

    Res. of D.S. McLellan, Laurel Creek Station
  17. San Mateo County Fairgrounds, August 1962 - Negative

    San Mateo County Fairgrounds, August 1962. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of the San Mateo County fairgrounds looking east. Below the fairgrounds, the Souther Pacific Railroad cuts across the image. Brewer Island (future Foster City) is visible in the background towards the San Francisco Bay. A section of the Bay Meadows Racetrack is also visible on the right side of the image Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    San Mateo County Fairgrounds, August 1962
  18. Tales of Old Menlo - Cleese, John I.

    Tales of Old Menlo by John I. Cleese, 1994. Menlo Park Historical Association, Menlo Park, CA. This book is about the history of Menlo Park and contains primary source autobiography, biography, and secondary source history. 96 pages

    Record Type: Library

    Tales of Old Menlo by John I. Cleese, 1994
  19. Truman and Post Master During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman and Post Master During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman (right) and Burlingame Post Master John Broderick (left) onboard the presidential train, Ferdinand Magellan, during the president's 1948 whistle-stop campaign at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. The Presidential Seal appears on the podium. The train Ferdinald Magellan was an armored Pullman tra...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman and Post Master During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific D
  20. Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman and Burlingame Post Master John Broderick. A man holds a silver microphone (on right) for KVSM Radio during Truman's 1948 whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. The Presidential Seal appears on the podium. The train behind the President is the Ferdinald Magellan, an armored Pullman train car ori...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 19
  21. Truman Family During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman Family During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative shows President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, daughter Margaret Truman and Burlingame Post Master John Broderick (far left) during Truman's whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot during the Truman-Dewey presidential campaign of 1948. President Truman is standing in between Margaret Truman and Bess Truman. M...

    Record Type: Photo

    Family During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 19
  22. Truman Receives Certificate During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman Receives Certificate During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman standing at the back of the presidential train car during his 1948 Truman-Dewey campaign whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. Truman holds a "Certificate of Appreciation" presented to him by the Burlingame Lions Club. To his right is a freestanding silver microphone with t...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman Receives Certificate During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Paci
  23. Truman Speaking During Whistle Stop Campaign at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman Speaking During Whistle Stop Campaign at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman waving to a crowd during a Truman-Dewey Campaign whistle stop tour at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot. President Truman is speaking at a podium, at the base of which is the Presidential Seal. Attached to the podium is a large silver microphone. Directly behind him is Burlingame Post Master John B...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman Speaking During Whistle Stop Campaign at Burlingame Southern Pacifi
  24. Truman Waves Goodbye During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman Waves Goodbye During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman (far right), First Lady Bess Truman (second to left), daughter Margaret Truman (far left) and a man in a pinstripe suit (center) waving goodbye to the crowd. Behind the First Lady is Burlingame Post Master John Broderick. The image was taken as the train slowly started to move south enroute to the next...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman Waves Goodbye During Whistle Stop at Burlingame Southern Pacific Dep
  25. Truman with Fishing Pole at Whistle Stop During Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman with Fishing Pole at Whistle Stop During Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman holding a fishing pole presented to him by the Burlingame Lions Club for the "Shark's Derby."Truman is on his whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot during the 1948 Truman-Dewey presidential campaign. First Lady Bess Truman is holding a bouquet of flowers and facing President T...

    Record Type: Photo

    Truman with Fishing Pole at Whistle Stop During Burlingame Southern Pacific

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