Miscellaneous Collection

Items

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  "Alpine Crescent" petition

  request to committees to designate the area permanent open space
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  1926 Girls in Tent
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  1956-57 Portola Valley School

  Grade 8
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  2006 wine tour

  photos of the 16 people who bought the tour; a fund raiser for the PV School District Foundation; Westridge Winery, Portola Valley Ranch Winery, Cheryl Heyler. school foundation fund raiser
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  A folder with photos and provenance

  Mysterious six-eight foot statue found on Wayside Road property
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  a pile of litter

  big pile of trash by open back of van;
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  All Volunteer Committee Rosters

  Town Committees
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  Almanac 2016 summary

  burglaries, affordable housing, home safety, Jeremy Dennis
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  Almanac article 2016 rankings
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  Biden visit 2024

  text and views of the president enroute to Kozla home
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  Black Lives Matter protest

  folder of photos of gathering for social justice
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  Boring PV

  RoadSnacks.net labels PV as 6h most boring town in California;
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  Boronda Ranch Vineyard and Winery

  Boronda Ranch Vineyard and Winery
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  California statistics

  list of population at different times;
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  Camp Fremont encampment

  the tents with name at lower left; World War I
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  Camp Fremont maneuvers

  two cannon carriages, soldiers, bare PV hills in background; early landscape; sepia scan from a postcard
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  Camp Fremont maneuvers

  closeup of one of the guns from MIS-010; early landscape; sepia scan from a postcard
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  Canada de Raimundo

  Lund article about the rancho; John Greer; Maria Soto de Copinger Greer
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  car crash, Westridge

  gray Honda and tree; traffic
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  Cardinal Evacuation Simulation

  David Cardinal's study on town evacuation timeline in an emergency
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  Clean Energy meeting summary

  report on informational meeting about 'green' alternatives to PG and E.;
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  Commercial airplane noise over PV

  comments from PV Forum about increasing airplane noise;
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  Committee for Green Foothills

  members and friends celebrating in the foothills under oak branches; Open space preservation
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  Copinger biography

  article about John Copinger and Rancho Canada del Raymundo; Woodside rancho
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  COVID-19

  a folder of misccellaneous reports about the pandemic
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  Davis, Dengler memorial

  unsigned lettler to mayor recommending a memorial to Herb Dengler;
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  First Planning Commission

  First Planning Commission
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  Forum policies and procedures

  With departure of Rebecca Flynn, new moderators explain workings
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  Frank Arnold obituary

  one column in the Peninsula Times Tribune;
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  Geologic Report

  multi-page, technical report of area between Los Trancos and San Francisquito creeks
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Golden Hills Drive private railroad ; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Jared and Richard Miller aboard; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners; use windows to open
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Minty and Mitchell Tevis aboard; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Peter Mosley, Audrey Schreck; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Richard Miller, others beside the engine; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  Sandra Horning aboard; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  trestle with switcher, girls aboard; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Golden Hills model railroad

  trestle at 272 Golden Hills Drive; one of a series; Peter Mosley, Ron Schmidt owners
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  Heritage Center Evacuation Priorities

  chart and explanation of priorities for evacuation in case of fire
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  Jazz at Portola Vineyard

  lmanac article about Len Lehmann's vineyard parties
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  Jose Domingo Peralta

  article about the man who co-ownedRancho el Corte de Madera for a time ; rancho days
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  Las Lomitas Land Purchases

  List with dates
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  Library Garden

  Memo about a temporary garden, its contents and funding;
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  Los Californianos newletter

  Story of Portola 1769 journey with names of people, news of the group
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  Meeting Decorum Policy

  Rules for behavior at ;public meetings
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  Memorials

  List of memorials and tributes around town;
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  Million fliptop tabs, what one million looks like

  three children enjoying their success in acquiring the fliptop tabs
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  Missing Person on Windy Hill

  A folder of articles about Elaine McKinley, a hiker who disappeared
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  Newspapers

  local newspapers and their dates of publication;
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  Nicholas Cheyenne Dawson's memories of early San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties

  a last survivor of the 1841 arrival in CA; describes the area