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San Mateo Public Library

San Mateo Public Library

The San Mateo Public Library has a large collection of California history materials with an emphasis on San Mateo and the Bay Area. The San Mateo Main Library offers: a reference book collection, the California Collection, focused on local history materials; a clipping file of topics from local newspapers from the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's; San Mateo City directories from the 1890's - present; historical maps of San Mateo and the surrounding area including Sanborne insurance maps; and local newspapers on microfilm.

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233 items found in 2 collections

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101st Airborne Yearbook
The 101st Returns, One City Remembers
101st troopers instruct Regional Force troopers 11/30/69 - Vietnam
1904 First Methodist Episcopal Church
1906 Earthquake Damage to Southern Pacific Railroad Equipment
1906 Earthquake - Second Avenue
1940s Portrait with Engine 21 of the San Mateo Fire Department
1950s Aerial View - Chope Hospital and Hillsdale Garden Apartments
1955 San Mateo Flood
1970s Aerial View looking up El Camino Real
1st and B Street, 1920s
1st Anniversary, Red Cross, May 1918
2nd Avenue and Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks after earthquake
3rd Avenue, 1948
4th of July Parade on B Street
Advance-Star newspaper article
Aerial View - 1885
Aerial View - B Street Looking North
The Armitage Orphanage
Army photo - ceremony honoring City of SM 10/6/69
Army photo - City Hall ceremony 10/6/69
Army photo - departure from Vietnam
Army photo - front line briefing
Army photo - L. (Giese) Patterson Vietnam visit
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