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1. Carolands by Galen Wolf , n.d. - Painting

   Carolands by Galen Wolf , pre-1944. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a large white estate with dome in the center on the roof. There are windows all around on the main two stories as well as on the front section of the top-most floor, which has a steep red roof on its sides. In front of the building is a low wall with potted red flowers and in the fo...

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2. Clement Nash Ranch, Higgins Canyon by Galen Wolf, c. 1955-1976 - Painting

   Clement Nash Ranch, Higgins Canyon by Galen Wolf, c. 1955-1976. Watercolor on paper, matted with light brown mat and framed behind glass in a plain gold-colored wooden frame. Image depicts a white house with red roof in center with a brown barn on left. A large green tree is just right of house. In foreground is a bridge and road leading toward house. Painting is signed by artist in lower right corner.

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3. Coastland 1885 - Wolf, Galen

   Coastland 1885 by Galen Wolf, c. 1962. Times Printing, San Mateo, CA. This pamphlet commemorates the Levy Brothers’ 90th anniversary (founded In Half Moon Bay in 1872) and features an anecdotal tour of the Coast by railroad and coach. Includes informal social history and references to flora, landscape, and towns. Illustrated by the author. 8 pages

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4. "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011. - Videodisc, Digital

   "Coastside Shipwrecks" Footprints of Pacifica, Pacifica Historical Society, May 16, 2011. This DVD shows an interview of host David Hirzel with special guest JoAnn Semones talking about her books Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers; Hard Luck Coast. The purpose of this interview is to promote her books and to talk about some maritime history on the program. A rewrittable DVD with a white cover with black/blue text on front with a small white bu...

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5. Documents related to research of the life of Galen Wolf, 1922-2016 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research of the life of Galen Wolf. Items in collection include: images of Galen Wolf artwork and Galen Wolf himself, articles written by JoAnn Semones in magazines, photos, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, email correspondence, transcripts of interview of Galen Wolf, stories, original and copies of booklets of Coastline and The Town That Was, transcript, and copies of letter c...

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6. Documents related to research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1852-2009 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Images, image permission forms, invoices, email correspondence, engravings, postcards, articles written by JoAnn Semones on Rydal Hall, and other information regarding the shipwrecks of ships, and the people associated with these ships in the thirteen chapters of t...

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7. Documents related to stories and articles written by JoAnn Semones, 2001-2016 - Archive

   These documents were complied and used as stories and articles written by JoAnn Semones. Items in collection includes newsletter articles including one from La Peninsula, magazine articles, life stories about her dad, her family's dog, a listing of published works of JoAnn Semones, and other stories and articles written by JoAnn Semones.

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8. Documents related to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse exhibit, 2003-2008 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used for the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Exhibit on Saturday, November 17, 2007. Items in collection include: newspaper clippings, magazine articles including one written by JoAnn Semones with photos taken by Julie Barrow, photos, image permission forms, exhibit cd, images of banners and exhibit, and a tape of fog sounds in relation to the exhibit on Pigeon Point Lighthouse. The series for th...

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9. Documents related to the publicity of JoAnn Semones' book, Hard Luck Coast, 2010-2011 - Archive

   These documents were compiled and used for the purposes of publicity for JoAnn Semones' book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include images of front and back cover of book, clippings, book reviews, newsletters, flyers on book talks and book signings including a few from SMCHA (2017.008.009.2.57-60), certificates, and website information on book.

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10. El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a large brown house with multiple roof lines. The foreground has a large grassy area with a row of shrubs and two sets of brick steps leading up to the house. There is a large Cyprus tree in the left foreground. There are more trees in the background and to the right of th...

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11. Farm at Half Moon Bay by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Farm at Half Moon Bay by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper mounted under glass beneath a white mat with pink and green inner borders inside a brown stained wooden frame with a gold painted center border. Image depicts a blue creek or road leading to a large white building with a red water tower out front. There is a wooden fence behind the tower, a small building to the right of the fence and another small building to the left of the large...

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12. Hard Luck Coast: The Perilous Reefs of Point Montara - Semones, JoAnn

    Hard Luck Coast: The Perilious Reefs of Point Montara by JoAnn Semones, 2010. The front cover is a photograph of the Point Montara Lighthouse with the ocean and the mountains in the background taken by Julie Barrow. Includes stories and histories of the perilious shipwrecks that occured near or at Point Montera in Half Moon Bay, CA, and signed by the author, JoAnn Semones, underneath the first page of the book. Dimensions: 10.250 x 7.250 x 0....

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13. Hatch Mill-Purisima Canyon by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Hatch Mill-Purisima Canyon by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper; mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a wooden deck with a frame of a building and a sloped roof with a chimney extending from the back. There is a tree stump in front and to the right of the building next to a cylindrical object on its side alongside a road leading back to trees and a hillside in the backgrou...

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14. History Presentations by Pat Dunbar and Linda Kaufman - Audiocassette

    History Presentations by Pat Dunbar and Linda Kaufman, Spring 1973. Audio of two history presentations recorded by Pat Schmidt on one Sony C90 audio cassette. Side A: Pat Dunbar speaks on Half Moon Bay. Side B: Linda Kaufman speaks on South San Francisco. Total time 01:29:57

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15. Legends of the Coastland - Wolf, Galen

    Legends of the Coastland by Galen Wolf; edited by Shannon Nottestad, 2012. This book is a series of stories and illustations from Galen Wolf "recounting his childhood in San Francisco and Spanishtown (Half Moon Bay)....and other highlights of his life in art" [front book jacket]. Includes a signature and note to both JoAnn and Julie; illustrations and stories of Galen Wolf; a foreword by Shannon Nottestad; introduction; acknowledgement page incl...

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16. Newhall Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Newhall Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts estate grounds consisting of multiple lawns and walkways lined by Cyprus trees, two rows of shrubs, and a row of broad leafed trees all in front of a low wall. The wall sits in front of a large building which is mostly blocked from view by the trees. Two chimney tops are visible alo...

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17. Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Galen Wolf - Painting

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976. Framed watercolor painting in landscape orientation of Pigeon Point Lighthouse on a grassy and rocky promontory extending into the ocean. The lighthouse tower is white and about a third of the way from the left side of the painting; the buildings surrounding it are white with terracotta-red roofs. The building on the far right is entirely red, and sits at the highest point of the promontory. Th...

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18. The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976 - Painting

    The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976. Acrylic painting on gray-blue paper, stylized to look almost like stained glass, of a breaching whale. Whale is dark blue, almost black, and leaps vertically out of the water. Surrounding its head are a half dozen white seabirds. The background is light gray-blue with stylized white clouds near the horizon and dark gray clouds in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner of the painting, mostly u...

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19. T'he Mansions of San Mateo County - Monograph

    The Mansions of San Mateo County, February 13, 1980. Shirley Sampson Editor. Photocopied pamphlet presents information on select buildings painted by Galen Wolf. This series of paintings began as a WPA project initiated in the 1940s by Librarian Clara B. Dills. The aim was to document changes to buildings and the landscape of San Mateo County. The pamphlet originally accompanied an art exhibition of Wolf's work at the Belmont Public Library in Au...

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20. "Tragedies and Triumphs of the Maritime West" Half Moon Bay History Association - Videodisc, Digital

    "Tragedies and Triumphs of the Maritime West" Half Moon Bay History Association, Dec. 7, 2011. Rewrittable DVD of JoAnn Semones' presentation of her books "Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Shipwrecks"; "Hard Luck Coast" (22 minutes in length). The purpose of the videodisc is for publicity on JoAnn Semones' books, and to talk a bit of local maritime history. Includes a business card from Ed Grant Photography.

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21. Vallejo by Galen Wolf, c. 1930-1976 - Painting

    Vallejo by Galen Wolf, c. 1930-1976. Framed watercolor painting of a riverside or coastal scene. In the left foreground is a pair of trees that rise up from a patch of grass in the bottom left corner. Behind and to the right of them is another pair of rounder trees, with a small white boat docked in the water underneath them. Beside these trees is a small house. Farther in the distance on the right side of the painting is a long, low white buildi...

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