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1. Belmont Train Station, 1962 - Negative

   Belmont Train Station, 1962. Black and white negative shows the Belmont Train Station as a Southern Pacific northbound train arrives at the depot. The train appears in the distance at lower right heading toward the depot building in the foreground at lower left. A sign for the Station House Antiques store is visible on the side of the depot building facing the camera. About a dozen people stand on the train platform at bottom center and a man ho...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. "Daylight Express" at Menlo Park Station - Painting, Wall

   1998 oil painting by Gilbert H. Bennett. 21" x 17". Depicts Southern Pacific "Daylight Express" Locomotive No. 4451 traveling northbound passing the Menlo Park station. Oil on canvas mounted inside a black metal frame with acrylic cover. Station is depicted on right exactly as it appeared in 1998. Locomotive is black with an orange stripe, bordered by red above and below. "SOUTHERN PACIFIC" is painted on side of train in white lettering. Ma...

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Fletcher House in Menlo Park, 1878 - Lithograph

   Fletcher House in Menlo Park, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the Fletcher House in Menlo Park. Image depicts a large white house with a red roof with a fenced-in yard and a "FLETCHER HOUSE" sign attached to the fence. To the left of the house are four figures playing croquet. To the right are large trees and a dirt pathway. There...

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Handheld Boxcar Mover, c. 1920s - Mover, Rail Car

   Handheld Boxcar Mover, c. 1920s. The Thurman Smith Boxcar Mover was used to hand move boxcars on railway lines. It consists of a long wooden pole which tapers at either end. One tapered end is fed into a metal fitting which has oval shaped holes on its sides. Attached to the metal fitting by a nut and bolt is an angled metal pivot. Used by all four companies that occupied the same site in San Carlos: Kelly-Pickering Chemical Factory, Spencer-Ke...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Menlo Park Hotel in Menlo Park, 1878 - Lithograph

   Menlo Park Hotel in Menlo Park, 1878. More & Depue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown. Black and white framed lithograph depicting the Menlo Park Hotel in Menlo Park. Image shows a two-story white building with a "M. KUCK / MENLO PARK HOTEL." sign on the roof. Many people stand or sit on the front and side porches and the front and side balconies. To the left of the hotel is a semi-circle wagon parking area, and in front of the hotel a man on...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Mills Field Airshows - Film, Motion Picture

   Mills Field Airshows, c. 1931. Black and white silent film taken by Morton Hart. Recorded on 16mm film, approximately 325'. Total time 00:10:50 The film shows footage of several events: Airshow at Mills Field with tri-motor airplanes, one Lockheed Vega, Maddux Air Line, and aerial footage taken from a Lockheed Vega; Travel by train on the Burlingon Route to Glacier National Park; Army Airshow with Curtiss B-2 Condor bombers and Curtis Hawk...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. R. Cunningham's San Bruno House in San Bruno, 1878 - Lithograph

   R. Cunningham's San Bruno House in San Bruno, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting R. Cunningham's San Bruno House in San Bruno. Image of a white building with a green roof and "SAN BRUNO HOUSE" sign on the first floor awning. To the right of the house is a white house with a red roof; to the left are two red barns. Many people are walk...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Residence of A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

   Residence of A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo. Image shows a large white house in a tree-covered yard with dirt pathways throughout. In the foreground is a white fence with a dirt road leading to the house. To the back left is a train passing by. The back right has a body of water upon which a sailboat is traveling...

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Residence of John Donnelly of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

   Residence of John Donnelly of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of John Donnelly of San Mateo. Image shows a white house in a large yard with pathways and vegetation throughout. A weather vane and stable sit to the right of the house and two figures play croquet in front right of the yard. Two figures are standing in the pathway in front of the house. Two f...

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo. Image shows a large white house set in the center of a huge landscaped property filled with dirt pathways and a variety of vegetation. To the front right of the property is a smaller white building and behind the hou...

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Mrs. A.M. Tilton of San Mateo. Image shows a large white house with a red roof surrounded by dirt pathways and vegetation. Behind the house is a weather vane. A white fence is in the foreground and a train passes by on tracks in the left back. T...

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878 - Lithograph

    Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Robert Mills of Belmont. Image shows a hillside with a train in the foreground entering from the left. At the center is a small white house with a fenced-in yard and a barn to the right. Trees in the background and along the dirt road leading from the house. Printed on white paper, mounted under glas...

    Record Type: Object

    
13. 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

    
14. SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988 - Plate, Commemorative

    SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988. White glazed porcelain plate has gold paint along outer edge. Front of plate is painted with imagery depicting the samTrans North Base Operation and Maintenance Facility in the center with two seagulls standing on either side. Clockwise, beginning at 1:00 O'clock on front of plate is an image of the building with a bus out front and a balloon on the roof with a sign that says, "HERES / THE BASE"; a t...

    Record Type: Object

    
15. SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988 - Plate, Commemorative

    SamTrans Dedication Plate, January 1988. White glazed porcelain plate has gold paint along outer edge. Front of plate is painted with imagery depicting the samTrans North Base Operation and Maintenance Facility in the center with two seagulls standing on either side. Clockwise, beginning at 1:00 O'clock on front of plate is an image of the building with a bus out front and a balloon on the roof with a sign that says, "HERES / THE BASE"; a t...

    Record Type: Object

    
16. San Bruno House of San Bruno, 1878 - Lithograph

    San Bruno House of San Bruno, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting San Bruno House of San Bruno. Image shows a white building with a "SAN BRUNO HOUSE" sign avobe an awning. The building is situated between a red stable on its left and a white building to its right. On a boardwalk out front several figures are walking. A single horse-drawn wagon sits outside and a train is entering fro...

    Record Type: Object

    
17. The Lightning Express Picture and ABC Blocks Toy, c. 1900 - Block, Puzzle

    The Lightning Express Picture and ABC Blocks Toy, c. 1900. The Lightning Express Picture and ABC Blocks boxed set (A-M) includes 11 of 12 printed paper covered paper blocks depicting a train, a circus caravan, circus performers and letters with animals. Box (A) with lid (B) depicts a train on the front cover. It is made of wood and covered with paper with a marble-like motif on the sides. 11 blocks each depict: (C) letters A, Y & Z, train eng...

    Record Type: Object

    
18. The Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878 - Lithograph

    The Residence of Robert Mills of Belmont, 1878. Moore & DePue lithograph by Britton & Rey hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley. Hand-painted framed lithograph depicting the residence of Robert Mills of Belmont. Image shows a landscape of a hillside with tree-lined dirt road in center that leads to a white house with a red roof. A tree-lined fence surrounds the property which includes a red barn, a small white building behind the ho...

    Record Type: Object

    
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

    
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

    
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

    
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

    
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

    
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

    
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