Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Untitled [Woodside Store Landmark Plaque] |
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Description |
Untitled [Woodside Store Landmark Plaque], 1951. Black and white photograph shows a tombstone-shaped plaque for the Woodside Store that is mounted on a large cross section of a redwood tree and set into a horizontal log base. The sign has a profile graphic of a bear at top center with two stars below the bear at right and left. The plaque appears in an outdoor setting with vegetation visible in the background. Text reads, "WOODSIDE STORE / BUILT IN 1854 AMONG SAWMILLS AND REDWOOD / GROVES BY DR. R. O. TRIPP AND M. A. PARKHURST / OPERATED BY DR TRIPP IN PERSON (WHO ALSO / SERVED AS DENTIST, LIBRRTIAN, POSTMASTER AND / COMMUNITY LEADER) UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1909. / PUR CHASED BY THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO 1940, / OPENED AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM SEPTEMBER 7, 1947. / STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 93 / TABLET PLACED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS COMMISSION / BASE FURNISHED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN CO- / OPERATION WITH SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. / DEDICATED OCTOBER 16, 1949." |
Date |
1951 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Gelatin Silver Print |
Catalog Number |
2025.005.002A |
Dimension Details |
2.875 x 3.375 inches (photograph); 9.125 x 13.375 inches (cardboard) |
Collection |
Archival - Photographs |
Place |
Woodside, CA |
Inscriptions |
"Picture taken July [19]th 1951 / Grandfather [Craw]ford received his / mail here [illegible] [he lived] / on [Rogers] Creek [illegible] / of the [many trees]" (handwritten inscription in graphite with cursive script on back of cardboard backing in frame, lower right) |
Search Terms |
General Stores Historic Sights Woodside Woodside Store |
Subjects |
General stores Historic sites Plaques |
Copyright |
Copyright Not Evaluated |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Anne DePaolo |