Miscellaneous Collection

Obama visit

7 photos of motorcade and crowd

Palo Alto vicinity street map

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Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City street map,

includes ads and index to street names;

Peninsula Clean Energy Information

Letter from Mayor explaining a new option to PGE;

Peripetic in PV

essay by Sheldon Breiner about experiences of jogging through town;

Permission of Artist

letter authorizing PV Town Historical Assn to use her 8 drawings and prints; personal stationery

Place Names

brief listing; see Alan Brown: Place Names of San Mateo County for extensive information;

Plane crash into swimming pool

small plane wreck in empty pool at 120 Sausal;

Plane crash into swimming pool

small plane wreck in empty pool at 120 Sausal;

Plane Crashes

Article about 11954 and 1988 Plane Crashes in PV

Poor Farm history

article on San Mateo County Poor Farm; Al Eikerenkotter, Chapete, Crovello

Portion of official San Mateo County map

Skyline property owners, ; Bovet, Mariani

Portion of San Mateo County

Skyline property owners;

Portola Valley statistics

various details of population, real estate in various years;

Portuguese envelope

addressed to Rosa Silvera; found in wall of Besio house on Georgia

Portuguese letter

2 pages, part of 17d; found in wall of Besio house on Georgia

Portuguese letter

2 pages, part of 16d; found in wall of Besio house on Georgia

Preservation tax credit

Letter from California Preservation Foundation announcing new legislation

Preserving Old Letters

description of archival care for letters, etc.;

President Clinton's visit

police escort en route to Walter Shorenstein home on Westridge Dr.; presidential visits, famous people

President Clinton's visit

traffic policement and watchers en route to Walter Shorenstein home on Westridge Dr.; presidential visits, famous people

President Clinton's visit

motorcade approaching on Portola Road en route to Walter Shorenstein home on Westridge Dr.; presidential visits, famous people

President Clinton's visit

closeup of patrol car; presidential visits, famous people

President Clinton's visit

closeup of presidential limousine; presidential visits, famous people

PV 25th B'day celebration @ Giants baseball game

Giants electronic billboard welcoming the Town of PV on its 25th;

PV Women's Club newsletter

describes various activities of the group

PVSD Precinct List of voters

List of voters in PVSD as of May 2011;

Role of the Forum

Rebecca Flynn; Cynthia Dorrell; chat line

Section of official map of Santa Clara County

ranchos, townships;

silkscreen proof for Town Flag

rolled mylar sheet with black lettering and design;

Softly on Environmental Movement

Folder of video with Lund and Bacon interviewing Marion Softky on Bay Area groups

Standards for Rehabilitation

Summary of the Secretary of the Interior's standards

Stanford Primate Center

Fenced area adjacent to Webb Ranch and Jasper Ridge;

Stegner quotes

quotes on the importance of open space;

taverns

article about various taverns from 1850s until end of WWII;

The Flintridge and Portola Valley Railroad

A backyard railroad covering three properties

The land in early times

Stevens' Survey, Brown recollection,;

The Landing

Notes from interview with Jim Rapley in SF Chronicle;

Things that Never Happened

chronicle listing of proposed roads, subdivisions, college campus, etc.;

Town flag

the story of its creation; Lynn Gardner, Val Steinbeck, Cathy Behr

Typhoid

article about major epidemic begun in Portola Valley; dairying industry

Typhoid

article about major typhoid epidemic in early 1900s, started in Portola Valley; early industries

Typhoid outbreak 1903

article from Stanford Magazine;

video with snippets of PV life

Train ride at Pony Tracks, Town parade and picnic, basketball game, baseball game, men singing, old cars, a play;

Vineyards, Wineries.doc

Volunteer roster

Listing of all committee members as of January 2016;

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