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  1. 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...

    Record Type: Photo

    Burlingame Kindergarten Class at McKinley School, 1949
  2. Carnelian and Blue - Pescadero Union High School

    Carnelian and Blue, June 1925. Yearbook of Pescadero Union High School. Mimeographed pages with hand-colored illustrations and tipped-in photographs. Contents includes: title page; Dedication; Board of Education; Poem; Another Year; Faculty; Activities; Literary; Dramatics; Art; Editorial; Athletics; Society; The Jester.

    Record Type: Library

    Carnelian and Blue, June 1925
  3. Children Running Outside Coastside Schoolhouse, 1957 - Negative

    Children Running Outside Coastside Schoolhouse, 1957. Black and white negative of the Coastside Schoolhouse on Stagecoach Road San Mateo County 1957. One room school house on Stage Coach Road. This image shows the exterior of the one room school house. There are three windows on the side of the building and a bell tower. There are five students carrying books running down a grassy slope outside the school house. Three of the students carry lunchb...

    Record Type: Photo

    Children Running Outside Coastside Schoolhouse, 1957
  4. Coastside Classroom in One Room Elementary Schoolhouse, 1957 - Negative

    Coastside Classroom in One Room Elementary Schoolhouse, 1957. Black and white negative of Coastside Schoolhouse on Stagecoach Road in San Mateo County. The schoolhouse consists of one room. There are twelve students and one teacher in this image. Most of the students are sitting at desks reading and writing. The teacher is standing next to one student's desk helping him. There are three other students writing on blackboards. The blackboard has a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Coastside Classroom in One Room  Elementary Schoolhouse, 1957
  5. College of Notre Dame in Belmont, May 26, 1964 - Negative

    College of Notre Dame in Belmont, May 26, 1964. Black and white photo negative of Classroom scene at College of Notre Dame in Belmont. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    College of Notre Dame in Belmont, May 26, 1964
  6. College of San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    College of San Mateo, 1963. Black and white negative shows students at the College of San Mateo. Three young men sit on the edge of a planter in the foreground of the image at center. The boy closest to the camera reads a paper. Multiple students appear in the background of the image clustered in small groups. A two-story building appears in the background at upper right. Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    College of San Mateo, 1963
  7. College of San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    College of San Mateo, 1963. Black and white negative shows the first day of classes at the College of San Mateo. Three students holding books walk in the foreground of the image while multiple people walk near a building in the background that has an upper and lower entrance. The upper entrance is accessible by an exterior staircase, and a sign on the railing reads, "ACADEMIC CENTER / Bldg. 14, 15, 16." Part of a series.

    Record Type: Photo

    College of San Mateo, 1963
  8. College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos, 1966 - Negative

    Black and white negative of College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos, 1966
  9. College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos, 1966 - Negative

    Black and white negative of College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    College of San Mateo Students Smashing Pianos, 1966
  10. CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964 - Negative

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1964. Black and white photo negative of student working on jet engine at CSM aerodynamics dept. Part of a series of technological classes at CSM. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964
  11. CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964 - Negative

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1964. Black and white photo negative of student working on jet engine at CSM aerodynamics dept. Part of a series of technological classes at CSM. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1
  12. CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964 - Negative

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1964. Black and white photo negative of student working on jet engine at CSM aerodynamics dept. Part of a series of technological classes at CSM. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964
  13. CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964 - Negative

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1964. Black and white photo negative of student working on jet engine at CSM aerodynamics dept. Part of a series of technological classes at CSM. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964
  14. CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964 - Negative

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, January 31, 1964. Black and white photo negative of student working on jet engine at CSM aerodynamics dept. Part of a series of technological classes at CSM. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    CSM Student Working on Jet Engine in Aerodynamics Department, 1964
  15. Delphians Patch, 1963 - Patch, Fraternal

    Delphians Patch, 1963. Patch in the shape of a rounded and slightly slanted rhombus. Patch is made of carpetlike material on an off-white felt border. The main background inside the felt border is orange, and in the center is a large abstract picture in off-white and brown. This picture is roughly egg-shaped, off-white with a brown outline, with four tall and narrow brown rectangles in it as if they were windows or columns, and a brown base that ...

    Record Type: Object

    Delphians Patch
  16. Fraternity Pin, c. 1964-1968 - Pin, Fraternal

    Fraternity Pin, c. 1964-1968. Football-shaped pin with ribbons attached. The pin is gold with a blue-black shape in its center that follows the shape of the pin; in the middle of this blue-black shape are the letters Alpha (A), Xi (three horizontal lines), and Delta (triangle) in gold. The back of the pin has a safety clasp. Knotted around this clasp and extending about an inch to either side are two ribbons, one navy blue with a ribbed texture, ...

    Record Type: Object

    Fraternity Pin
  17. GAA Pin, c. 1956-1960 - Pin, Insignia

    GAA Pin, c. 1956-1960. Tiny gold pin, possibly for track and field or cross-country, in the shape of a bare foot with wings at the ankle. Across the pin is written "GAA", with the first A centered on the ankle and the G and second A extending on either side. The toes and top of wing extend below and above the text. On the back is a safety clasp.

    Record Type: Object

    GAA Pin
  18. Graduation Cap, 1993 - Mortarboard

    Graduation Cap, 1993. Graduation cap made of black rayon wrapped around a square of sturdy cardboard or other material. Centered on the bottom is a dome shape to go around the wearer's head made of the same black rayon and a white, almost papery lining; it has seams at the front and back of the dome and comes to slight points at the ends of these seams. Against the flat cardboard at the inside top of this dome is a paper Jostens brand label inser...

    Record Type: Object

    JoAnn Semones' Graduation Cap
  19. Graduation Gown, 1993 - Gown, Academic

    Graduation Gown, 1993. Black robe made of a satiny woven black material, with flared sleeves, a v-shaped neck, and a silver metal zipper running down the front. The piece of fabric that makes the collar and upper back is at least two layers thick, while the rest of the gown is only one layer and therefore lightweight. Running vertically on either side of the zipper is a rectangular strip of a fake velvety black material. On the outsides of the sl...

    Record Type: Object

    JoAnn Semones' Graduation Gown
  20. Graduation Hood, 1993 - Hood, Academic

    Graduation Hood, 1993. Long fabric hood in an elongated loop. The width of the fabric tapers from about two inches wide at its narrowest point to about two feet wide at its widest. Extending from this widest point are two extensions, one shaped like smaller, rounded tails of a coat and the other like a closed sleeve. The outside is made of a sturdy but satiny black material and a stripe of light blue velvet along one side; the inside is lined in ...

    Record Type: Object

    JoAnn Semones' Graduation Hood
  21. 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.

    Record Type: Object

    Graduation Tassel, 1963
  22. Graduation Tassel, 1968 - Tassel, Academic

    Graduation Tassel, 1968. Black tassel consisting of several dozen strings gathered into a loop at one end and dangling freely at the other. Near the looped end is a ridged gold metal ring around the strings, holding them together. Attached to this ring is a gold charm in the shape of a key with a furled banner across it; written on the banner in slightly raised text is "1968". At the top of the loop is tied a thicker black string that trails to f...

    Record Type: Object

    Graduation Tassel, 1968
  23. Graduation Tassel, 1993 - Tassel, Academic

    Graduation Tassel, 1993. Tassel made of several dozen strands of smooth gold string, gathered into a loop at one end and flowing freely at the other. Wrapped around the strands near the loop is a ridged band of gold metal. Dangling from this band is a charm, made of the same metal, in the shape of the number 93. The wider parts of the numbers have a diagonal line pattern engraved into them. Attached by a smaller piece of gold metal at the top of ...

    Record Type: Object

    JoAnn Semones' Graduation Tassel
  24. Instruction Sheet for Wearing Academic Hood, 1993 - Sheet, Instruction

    Instruction Sheet for Wearing Academic Hood, 1993. Small piece of white paper with black all-caps text and a black-and-white example photograph. The text is on the left, in two paragraphs, and outlines how to wear the academic hood. The photograph is on the right, and shows a curly-haired person from the back wearing a graduation gown and hood. The hood is draped over the person's shoulders so it flows down their back, and part of it is folded ov...

    Record Type: Archive

    Instruction Sheet for Wearing Academic Hood
  25. Instruction Sheet for Wearing Cap & Gown, 1993 - Sheet, Instruction

    Instruction Sheet for Wearing Cap & Gown, 1993. Half-sheet of off-white paper with black printed text, titled "The Wearing and Care of a Graduation Cap & Gown". The body of the text is broken into two columns. Small paragraphs instruct graduates on how to wear the cap, gown, and tassel, including some different instructions for boys and girls and guidelines on what to wear underneath the gown. At the bottom right is an address and phone number fo...

    Record Type: Archive

    Instructions for Wearing Graduation Cap & Gown

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