Los Altos Hills - Historical Scrapbook Digital  Archive
			Album "History of Los Altos Hills"
			These are images from a set of 8 ½  by 11 inch sheets of paper copied from a photo album using a Xerox (or similar) copier. These pages were in the possession of a resident but he did not know who created or owned the original album from which the images were copied. So these digital images are second generation - i.e. the result of scanning a copy of the original photos. On top of that, the original photos date from an era when amateur cameras and commercial black-and-white processing did not provide the quality of images we expect today.
			Nevertheless these images provide a fascinating window into the history of the area we now know  as the Town of Los Altos Hills. There are references within the text to "current residence of" and similar - from the context of other captions this would appear to refer to 1973 or thereabouts - one caption mentions the Bicentennial celebrations of 1975 which is the latest date referred to in the album thus giving some idea about when it was compiled, although clearly a lot of the photos are much older.
			Subsequent (August 2013) research has located the original of this album. It is part of the Florence Fava Collection and is archived at the Los Altos History Museum. (Identified there as Object Id = 1981.737.001)  We can assume she created the album, possibly together with  her son Lawrence.
	Link		Keywords or Digest
	Page_001.jpg		Title Page - History of the Town of Los Altos Hills
	Page_002.jpg		Primitive Ohlone hand-hewn rock bench
	Page_003.jpg		Pictures of Ohlone and map of Ohlone-Costanoan territory
	Page_004.jpg		Text - Prehistory and account of settlement found along Adobe Creek between Creekside Oaks and El Retiro
	Page_005.jpg		Artifacts found at Ohlone site
	Page_006.jpg		Sketch-map of land grants of El Corte Madera, La Purisima Concepcion and San Antonio
	Page_007.jpg		Sketch-map of lots in La Purisima Concepcion - Ann Lacey Matadero - J. Miranda, J.S. Spalding, A Miranda, T. Garcia, Martin Murphy -> Elizabeth Yuba and William Taaffe, and Blanco Rancho
	Page_008.jpg		Text about Dona Juana Briones who sold to Martin Murphy Jr and 5 lots to 5 members of Miranda family and R.M. Mesa
	Page_009.jpg		Map of Taaffe partition in the Rancho Purissima Concepcion showing Ohlone village site and Mesa Knoll
	Page_010.jpg		Text about Martin Taaffe son of Elizabeth Yuba Murphy Taaffe married Rosemary Hoffman 1888 live on 2800 acre ranch
	Page_011.jpg		Marie Louise Koenig home, Barn at Hidden Villa and Half-Way House at Hidden Villa
	Page_012.jpg		Sketch-map of Moody Road 1868 running from Mountain View station on the railroad across Hidden Villa to Page Mill
	Page_013.jpg		Limbach's Red Barn, Side view of barn, Gardener Bullis Residence (lower level 1870's), Tower at Gardner Bullis
	Page_014.jpg		Residence of Capt. Merx now the Dobrov home, "Fruit House" now part of Dale Briggs property, Old Barn (Bradley Evans)
	Page_015.jpg		Chapel in The Hills, Back View, One room Purissima School on Duval built 1902
	Page_016.jpg		Willard Griffin residence now Foothill College, Carriage House, Guest House, Henry Dana - John Lohman Home
	Page_017.jpg		William P. Huth house, Side View, Myrtle Baardness Tower, the C. West Tower
	Page_018.jpg		Rev. Thomas Atkinson "Arroyo Vista Fruit Ranch", Eucalyptus planted 1905, Burkhart Home 1905, McKee House 1905
	Page_019.jpg		Francis Avidard Home now Arthur Atherton, The W.K.H Panofsky Residence (Wolfgang Panofsky - Famous physicist, National Medal of Science, Stanford and Linear Accelerator)
	Page_020.jpg		Thomas E. Shumate Ranch - Archway leading to home, Residence, Barn, Tower (Martha Lynn 1906)
	Page_021.jpg		Dr. Harold Beaver residence (Former Geo and Daisy Whitney, Col. Nipert and Mrs Wolf), Built by Dr. Crane 1926, now the H.D. Winbigler's Home, Tower
	Page_022.jpg		Marker indicating La Purisima Concepcion Boundary on one side and the Blanco Rancho on the other side
	Page_023.jpg		Canyon Inn on Moody Road, neighborhood grocery store, tavern etc. Fred Gerdes and Martha Minnick residence early 1900's
	Page_024.jpg		Sketch-map of Byrne Park corridor settled by Col. Byrne whose grandson Albert and Granddaughter Betty (DeZahara) were responsible for acquisition by the town
	Page_025.jpg		The P.H. McCarthy House on the Austin acreage destroyed by fire 1929 now home of Thomas P. McReynolds (councilman and mayor of LAH) and "the ruins".
	Page_026.jpg		The Gerald Ferrari house (built by Col. Howard as his residence early 1900 - front and side views, swimming pool and tank
	Page_027.jpg		La Esperanza (meaning "hope") Martin Taaffe grading the road 1926, entrance 1927 and 1932 with vehicle and power poles
	Page_028.jpg		Arthur E. Fowle Honorary Mayor of LAH, now the Pender residence, Entrance to "La Esperanza", residence 1927, 1932, 1973
	Page_029.jpg		W.H. Miller residence, (Galli) Oak tree (second oldest in the area) Frank Taylor
	Page_030.jpg		Adobe Creek Lodge - Milton Haas English Country Estate 1935, Later Waxman then Martinelli, Main House and Tally Ho, now Dave Bellucci
	Page_031.jpg		Sydney W Treat residence - first Mayor of Los Altos Hill, LAH Town Hall 1970 (i.e.before Chambers wing was added) built 1956 by residents, Plaque on original Town Hall
	Page_032.jpg		Text - History of Foothill College starts in 1927 when Junior College Dept of Palo Alto High School failed - two pictures of hilltop building
	Page_033.jpg		Los Altos Hills Schools 1960 - Fremont Hills, Bullis, Purissima, St. Nicholas
	Page_034.jpg		Text - History of Fremont Hills Country Club started 1956 with  subdivision of Shumate Ranch and picture of main building
	Page_035.jpg		The Louis Corbetta's "Parasol" house 1960 - first part built as "Party House" and man-made lake
	Page_036.jpg		Town Hall addition 1975 (wing on left is new "chambers" - "Our Flag is flying" Bicentennial 1975
	Page_037.jpg		Laura Bergener home, she married Col John Howard, Howard Gate Post, old Tower house 1975
	Page_038.jpg		An early 20th century water tank and towers, Miranda Ave, Moody Rd, Campo Vista
	Page_039.jpg		Water towers  Buena Vista, Campo Vista, Purissima Avenue,  Elena Ave.
	Page_040.jpg		Water Towers of the 1900's, D. Packard, M. Bardness, J. Snell, Les Newman
	Page_041.jpg		Sketch-map of San Antonio area (from Adobe Creek to Stevens Creek) including the (Juan Prado) Mesa land and William A. & Henry F. Dana land - text about Juan Prado Mesa died 1845 leaving children orphaned and in debt.
	Page_042.jpg		Sketch-map of San Antonio area (from Adobe Creek to Stevens Creek) including Donald McLea and J.P. Hale and George Chase and Snyder properties text about Chase, Hale, and Snyder
	Page_043.jpg		Sketch-map of San Antonio area (from Adobe Creek to Stevens Creek) showing Moody Road, Stone & Sandburn properties, and Hale and Snyder properties
	Page_044.jpg		Text about  Stone and Sandborn & Joseph P. Hale
	Page_045.jpg		1893 Map of The Hale Ranch sub-division, near Mountain View,  being a part of Santa Clara with accompanying text
	Page_046.jpg		Aerial view of Mesa Hill (Eventually part of Foothill College Campus?) and view looking over El Monte Avenue
	Page_047.jpg		Thomas Wright residence (J.P. Hale Foreman) now W.D. Frampton, Front and side views and "Carriage House" now the Ellis Cotton residence
	Page_048.jpg		Cosmo George Morgan home "Little Gables" built 1910 by Percy Morgan for his parents. Later home of William Simrell founder of Town of Los Altos Hills, now the Gillman Murray Residence.
	Page_049.jpg		English Castle built by Percy Morgan 1914 (now the Ford Country Day School) later also known as Morgan Manor
	Page_050.jpg		Horace Hill Ranch 1915 (now Francis Lawlor residence) Guest House (now the Harry Cooke residence)
	Page_051.jpg		George Keith estate, now the St. Michaels Church caretakers Cottage
	Page_052.jpg		Text about C. Earl Dawson who purchased 130 acres on Magdalena - Picture of entrance and aerial view of residence.
	Page_053.jpg		Text about John Snyder Ranch purched from William and Henry Dana - two pictures, only the barns are left
	Page_054.jpg		St Joseph Seminary (also St. Patrick)  Maryknoll Seminary
	Page_055.jpg		W.T. Grant Ranch (now George Perham) Original Grant home (1864), Front view of barn, Back view of barn, The "oldest" barn.
	Page_056.jpg		Text about T.F. & G.H. Grant Ranch - presently the George Perham Ranch
	Page_057.jpg		John Sabin home (1902) on Prospect Ave, currently (1973?) Herb Dwight residence (Dwight led the project at Varian to build the first Helium-Neon laser and went on to found Spectra Physics, famous for developing the laser scanner) Later the home of councilman and mayor Steve Finn
	Page_058.jpg		More pictures of Sabin home on Prospect Ave including one of the guest cottage
	Page_059.jpg		R.W. Hills (early 1900's) The Hills Brothers Coffee Home, Garden and Greenhouse (Manuella Road)