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Redwood City

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico,Reg McGovern,Janet McGovern

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Redwood City

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico,Reg McGovern,Janet McGovern

Located midway on the San Francisco Peninsula, Redwood City's outstanding weather begat the motto, "Climate Best by Government Test." Once a Mexican rancho, Redwood City became the port for exporting timber from the coastal mountains and later the San Mateo County seat. Through a series of contrasting vintage and modern images, this book shows the city's amazing transformation.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738580384

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9780738580388

Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico

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Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico

The Great Depression was a terrible blow for the Bay Area's thriving art community. A few private art projects kept a small number of sculptors working, but for the majority, prospects of finding new commissions were grim. By the mid-1930s, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program had gathered steam, and assistance was provided to the nation's art community. Salvation came from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which employed thousands of artists to produce sculpture for public venues. The Bay Area art community subsequently benefitted from the need to fill the then-forthcoming Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) with sculpture of all shapes and sizes. As bad as the Depression was, its legacy more than 80 years on is one of beauty. The Bay Area is dotted with sculpture from this era, the majority of it on public display. Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area is a visual tour of this artistic bounty.

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1439661782

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9781439661789

San Carlos

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico

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San Carlos

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Betty S. Veronico

Located in the heart of the San Francisco peninsula, San Carlos is known as the aCity of Good Living.a Originally inhabited by the Costanos Indians, the town was part of the Rancho de las Pulgas land grant during the Spanish mission days. Incorporated in 1925, San Carlos is considered the birthplace of todayas Silicon Valley, having been home to such firms as Varian, Ampex, and Dalmo-Victor. The town has also boasted one of the militaryas largest dog-training facilities, the Morse Seed Company, and a number of great theaters. Community values are strong here, with popular events such as the Home Town Days Parade and Festival, Art and Wine Faire, Hot Harvest Nights, and the biannual Chickenas Ball. Over the years, the city has worked to preserve its history and many of its early structures while also providing citizens with modern civic buildings and other amenities.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073854793X

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9780738547930

Menlo Park

By: Reg McGovern, Janet McGovern, Betty S. Veronico, and Nicholas A. Veronico

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Menlo Park

By: Reg McGovern, Janet McGovern, Betty S. Veronico, and Nicholas A. Veronico

Menlo Park is ideally situated on the center of the San Francisco peninsula, benefitting from the bayside's near-perfect weather. In the late 1800s, the area's temperate climate drew many of San Francisco's elite to build lavish summer estates in town. During World War I, the area played host to the Army's Camp Fremont, and when World War II came to town, Menlo Park was home to Dibble Army Hospital. The city grew up along El Camino Real, and its downtown retail district centers around Santa Cruz Avenue. Today, Menlo Park is a suburban oasis of beautiful homes with a thriving business community that incorporates a number of leading high-tech companies.

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1467133728

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9781467133722

World War II Shipyards by the Bay

By: Nicholas Veronico

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World War II Shipyards by the Bay

By: Nicholas Veronico

In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry. Stretching from the Golden Gate to Vallejo to Sunnyvale, 14 Bay Area yards launched many of the ships that helped save the free world. Basalt Rock of Napa, Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco and Alameda, Hunters Point and Mare Island Naval Shipyards, Joshua Hendy Iron Works of Sunnyvale, Marinship of Sausalito, Permanente Metals in Richmond, and Western Pipe and Steel in South San Francisco are names that still conjure memories for many locals of one of the most impassioned war efforts in human history. Offering new opportunities for African Americans and women, recruiters searched the nation for workers who relocated here by the thousands. These motivated men and women delivered Liberty cargo ships like the SS Robert E. Peary, built in seven and a half days, a shipbuilding record that stands to this day.

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0738547174

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9780738547176

Moffett Field

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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Moffett Field

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

The looming immensity of Moffett Field's Hangar One, built in 1933 to house the world's largest--and last--rigid-frame dirigible, is an unforgettable South Bay landmark. The lighter-than-air Macon cost 2.5 million Depression-era dollars and could hold 100 men and five Sparrowhawk biplanes, yet its silvery bulk hovered silently or sailed up to 80 miles an hour. It drew crowds as it darkened the skies around Mountain View until it broke up in a storm two years later. Other blimp squadrons, equipped with carrier pigeons instead of biplanes, succeeded the Macon. Moffett Field has at various times served the navy, army, and the air force. Now home to the world's largest wind tunnel, the NASA Ames Research Center also supports research that blazes the frontiers of supercomputing, robotics, space sciences, astrobiology, and nanotechnology.

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0738531324

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9780738531328

Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area

By: Nicholas A. Veronico, Gina F. Morello, Brett A. Casadonte, and Gilda Collins

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Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area

By: Nicholas A. Veronico, Gina F. Morello, Brett A. Casadonte, and Gilda Collins

The San Francisco Bay Area's art community was thriving until the Great Depression strangled commerce in the 1930s. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal art programs brought relief to many talented but financially strapped artists. Their legacy, and that of the New Deal, adorns the walls and halls of many public spaces throughout the region. Murals cover the lobbies of the Coit Memorial Tower, the Beach Chalet, and the Aquatic Park Bathhouse (today's San Francisco Maritime Museum) and decorate many public schools and post offices. Today, almost all of this wonderful art can be viewed by the public, free of charge.

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146713144X

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9781467131445

Bloody Skies

U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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Bloody Skies

U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

A visual history of the US Eighth Air Force in World War II

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0811760723

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9780811760720

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Redwood City

Redwood City

Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area

Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area

San Carlos

San Carlos

Menlo Park

Menlo Park

World War II Shipyards by the Bay

World War II Shipyards by the Bay

Moffett Field

Moffett Field

Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area

Depression-Era Murals of the Bay Area

Bloody Skies

Bloody Skies

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