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Title |
Woodside Store, San Mateo County by Bernard Burton, c. 1990s. |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
Woodside Store, San Mateo County by Bernard Burton, c. 1990s. The photograph has a dark brown wood frame with glass and white mat. The photograph depicts three people, apparently a woman, a boy and a girl, from behind, standing by a fence (the woman is sitting on it), looking towards a two-story house with a white sign with black letters that says "WOODSIDE STORE.". The house is surrounded by trees and fallen leaves, and in front of it there is a pile of logs. |
Date |
1990s |
Creator |
Burton, Bernard |
Role |
Photographer |
Catalog Number |
1998.150.003 |
Dimensions |
H-26 W-31 inches |
Dimension Details |
26 x 31 |
Collection |
3D - Documentary Objects |
Inscription Text |
"Burton" (signed on mat, lower right corner) "Burton / Woodside Store / San Mateo County / DIV.103 Class 3" (handwritten on tag on the back of frame) |
Notes |
"With the discovery of gold in 1848, adventureres flocked to California. While they did not find gold on the Peninsula, they discovered they could make money exploiting the giant redwoods. Among the Forty-Niners were Robert O. Tripp, Mathias Parkhurst and Mr. Ellis, who left San Francisco with the intention of making redwood shingles. By 1851, Ellis left the area, but other shingle makers, sawmill men and lumberjacks were hard at work supplying the building boom in San Francisco. Parkhurst purchased a 127-acre parcel of Rancho Canada Raymundo. On the land, Parkhurst and Tripp built the first Woodside Store to supply the woodsmen. In 1854, after the original structure burned down, they built the existing building. Parkhurst died in 1863. Tripp and his family continued to operate the store, supplying the settlers of the area, until his death in 1909." [https://historysmc.org/woodside-store-history11/18/2019] |
Search Terms |
Woodside Store Photography |
Subjects |
General stores Lumber industry Pioneers |
People |
Burton, Bernard |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Bernard Burton |