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| Last Name, First or topic | Page # | Image type | Other information - Dr, Jr, wife of ..., occupation, etc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Building | 68 | photo | |
| Adobe Systems | 93 | photo | |
| American Legion Memorial Hall | 45 | photo | |
| Ames Building | 36 | photo | |
| Ames, Daniel T. | 36 | photo | Prof.; renowned handwriting expert |
| Amphitheatre Parkway | 95 | photo | |
| Andre House | 58 | photo | |
| Anzini, Victor | 60 | photo | |
| Architectural Record | 70 | photo | |
| Armadillo Willy's | 80 | photo | |
| Arrow Development | 69, 83 | photo | |
| Awalt High School | 46 | photo | |
| Bank of America | 34, 35 | photo | |
| Bank of Italy | 35 | photo | |
| Bay Trail extension | 90 | photo | |
| Bill Graham Presents | 92 | photo | |
| Bolster TV Repair | 62 | photo | |
| Boone, Daniel | 38 | photo | |
| Bubb Elementary School | 55 | photo | |
| Bubb family home | 55 | photo | |
| Bubb, Benjamin T. | 55 | photo | local pioneer |
| Burns, Benjamin E. | 29 | photo | Judge |
| Burns, Katherine Henley | 29 | photo | Wife of Benjamin |
| California Supply Company | 42 | photo | |
| Calthorpe Associates | 74 | photo | |
| Camino Bowl | 53, 63 | photo | |
| Camp, Elizabeth Burns | 34 | photo | Wife of Wilbur |
| Camp, Wilbur | 35 | photo | |
| Camp, Wilbur Lee | 34 | photo | Husband of Elizabeth; a veteran |
| Campen, Fritz | 41 | photo | |
| Cantin, Alexander | 41 | photo | |
| Castro family | 51 | photo | |
| Castro, Crisanto | 51 | photo | Mariano Castro's youngest son; husband of Francesca |
| Castro, Francesca | 51 | photo | Wife of Crisanto |
| Castro, Maria | 44 | photo | |
| Castro, Mariano | 50 | photo | Estrada's father-in-law |
| Castro, Mercedes | 51 | photo | Daughter of Crisanto |
| Centennial Plaza | 25 | photo | |
| Charleston Park | 95 | photo | |
| Chez TJ restaurant | 24 | photo | |
| Computer History Museum | 93 | photo | |
| Corporate Center office park | 64 | photo | |
| Craftsman farmhouse | 56 | photo | orchardist |
| Crowder, Peggy Bolster | 62 | photo | |
| Cuesta Park | 55, 82 | photo | |
| Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary | 13 | photo | |
| Cusimano, Joseph | 13 | photo | served on the city council from 1968 to 1974 and as mayor in 1974 |
| Cusimano, Sue | 13 | photo | active participants in Mountain View's civic life |
| Dale family ranch | 81 | photo | |
| Dana Street Park | 43 | photo | |
| Dana Street School | 43 | photo | |
| Disneyland | 69 | photo | |
| Duggan, Kevin | 16 | photo | |
| Eagle Park | 47 | photo | |
| Eastwood, Joseph | 58 | photo | Sr. |
| Eaton, Nathaniel | 22 | photo | Dr. |
| Edith Landels Elementary School | 43 | photo | |
| El Camino Hospital | 82 | photo | |
| El Camino Real | 11 | photo | |
| El Camino YMCA | 57 | photo | |
| Elliot, William | 12 | photo | Originally built Taylor Hotel |
| Emporium | 81 | photo | |
| Enterprise Hall | 21 | photo | |
| Erichsen, Ruth Job | 49, 56 | photo | |
| Erichsen, Ruth Job | 56 | photo | |
| Erichsen, Wallace | 49 | photo | |
| Estrada, Francisco | 50 | photo | |
| Fairchild Semiconductor | 66, 93 | photo | the valley's first successful startup |
| Farmers and Merchants Bank | 34, 35 | photo | |
| Farmers Exchange Saloon | 18 | photo | owned by Richard Harjes |
| Farr, Daniel Marcus | 27 | photo | |
| Ferry-Morse Seed Company | 64 | photo | |
| First National Bank | 40 | photo | |
| First Presbyterian Church | 77 | photo | |
| Foothill Community College | 20 | photo | |
| Forencich, Sam | 92 | photo | |
| Gemello family | 63 | photo | |
| Gemello Village | 53, 63 | photo | |
| Gemello Winery | 53 | photo | |
| Gemello, John | 53 | photo | |
| Gemello, Katherine | 53 | photo | |
| Gemello, Mario | 53 | photo | Son of John |
| Glen Theatre | 41 | photo | |
| Gobolic, Rex | 63 | photo | |
| 87, 93 | photo | ||
| Google's world headquarters | 95 | photo | |
| Grubb, Wendell | 47 | photo | coach |
| Harjes, Richard | 18 | photo | German immigrant who came to Mountain View in 1868 |
| Hewlett Packard | 73 | photo | |
| Hickman, Jim | 40 | photo | |
| Highway Elementary School | 20 | photo | |
| Hobee's restaurant | 50 | photo | |
| Home Depot | 81 | photo | |
| Hori, Asa | 54 | photo | Japanese immigrant |
| Hori, Shuichi | 54 | photo | Japanese immigrant |
| Hotel Lodge | 18 | photo | |
| Huff, Emily | 87 | photo | |
| Huff, James | 87 | photo | |
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows | 40 | photo | |
| In-N-Out Burger restaurant | 19 | photo | |
| Irmandade da Festa do Espírito | 54 | photo | founded in 1926 by Portuguese dairymen |
| J.C. Penney | 73 | photo | |
| Jehning, Al | 36 | photo | |
| Jehning, Audrey | 36 | photo | |
| Job, Alpha | 57 | photo | wife of Merle |
| Job, Barney | 56, 57 | photo | orchardist |
| Job, Juliette | 56, 57 | photo | |
| Job, Merle | 57 | photo | son of Barney and Juliette; husband of Alpha |
| Job, Ruth | 57 | photo | child of Merle and Alpha |
| Job, Thomas | 57 | photo | child of Merle and Alpha |
| Johnny Mac's | 70 | photo | |
| Jones, Enedina | 48 | photo | |
| Junction Garage | 61 | photo | |
| Junction House | 60 | photo | |
| Kapp, Joe | 38 | photo | brother of Larry |
| Kapp, Larry | 38 | photo | brother of Joe |
| Kapp's Pizza Bar and Grill | 38 | photo | |
| Kingsport Plunge | 90 | photo | saltwater recreational pool; became part of Moffett Field and is now located within Sunnyvale |
| Kline, Terry | 24 | photo | former owner of Weilheimer Building |
| Lancers, Francis | 58 | photo | St. |
| Lane's | 70 | photo | drive-in on El Camino Real |
| Linda's Drive-In | 80 | photo | |
| Los Alamos ranch | 86 | photo | |
| Los Altos High School | 46 | photo | |
| Lung, Yuen | 28 | photo | Chinese immigrant; came to Mountain View in 1879 |
| Mancini Motors | 71 | photo | |
| Mancini, Ugo | 71 | photo | owner of Mancini Motors |
| Manfredi, Andrew | 19 | photo | brother of Victor; emigrated from Palermo, Italy, in the 1880s |
| Manfredi, Victor | 19 | photo | brother of Andrew; emigrated from Palermo, Italy, in the 1880s |
| Mariposa Park | 33 | photo | |
| Mayfield Mall | 73 | photo | on San Antonio Road |
| Mayor of Old Mountain View | 19 | photo | a general store on El Camino Real opened by Victor Manfredi |
| Melena, Joe | 73, 95 | photo | |
| Mervyn's Fine Foods | 78 | photo | one of the last old-fashioned American diners on Castro Street |
| Microsoft | 86 | photo | |
| Minton Company | 59 | photo | |
| Minton Lumber Company | 26 | photo | |
| Minton, Earl D. | 26 | photo | |
| Mission Rabbitry | 62 | photo | a 1920s rabbit farm |
| Mission Revival campus | 88 | photo | |
| Mockbee Building | 38 | photo | |
| Mockbee, Jacob | 35, 38 | photo | |
| Moffett Drive-In Theatre | 83 | photo | |
| Moffett Field | 88, 89 | photo | |
| Moffett Field Historical Society | 88 | photo | |
| Monte Vista Drive-In Theatre | 21 | photo | |
| Mountain Bay Plaza | 75 | photo | |
| Mountain View Academy | 32 | photo | an Adventist high school |
| Mountain View Cemetery | 44 | photo | |
| Mountain View Historical Association | 68 | photo | |
| Mountain View History Center | 66 | photo | |
| Mountain View Hotel | 37 | photo | |
| Mountain View Post Office | 27 | photo | |
| Mountain View Register-Leader | 69, 87 | photo | |
| Mountain View Station | 23 | photo | |
| Mountain View Theatre | 41, 78 | photo | |
| Mountain View Union High School | 46, 79 | photo | |
| Mountain View Water Works | 42 | photo | |
| Mountain View Whisman School District | 85 | photo | merged from the Whisman School District |
| Mountain View's Chinatown | 28 | photo | |
| Mountain View's Community School of Music and Arts | 30 | photo | |
| Mountain View's Fire Station 1 | 43 | photo | |
| Mountain View's First Presbyterian Church | 55 | photo | |
| Mountain View's Masonic Temple | 45 | photo | |
| Mountain View's Seventh-Day Adventist church | 32 | photo | stood on the corner of Bailey Avenue |
| NASA | 88 | photo | |
| NASA Ames Research Center | 88, 91 | photo | |
| National Register of Historic Places | 68 | photo | |
| Navy's USS Macon dirigible | 89 | photo | |
| Netscape | 93 | photo | |
| North Bayshore district | 83 | photo | located between into a premier Silicon Valley office area. Arrow the Bayshore Highway (101) |
| Office Depot | 60 | photo | |
| Old Mill Specialty Center | 74 | photo | |
| Ortega Avenue cherry orchard | 52 | photo | |
| Pacific Press Publishing Company | 31 | photo | |
| Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Mountain View Center | 81 | photo | |
| Parisian Bakery | 80 | photo | |
| Park Place | 46 | photo | |
| Parkinson Brothers Lumber and Hardware Company plant | 26 | photo | |
| Pear family ranch | 52 | photo | |
| Pear, Edna | 52 | photo | |
| Pear, Mark | 52 | photo | Brother of Matt |
| Pear, Martin | 52 | photo | grandparent |
| Pear, Matt | 52 | photo | former council member and mayor |
| Pear, Milica | 52 | photo | grandparent |
| Perry, Gloria | 48 | photo | daughter of Emma Sias |
| Pioneer Memorial Park | 44 | photo | |
| Police and Fire Administration Building | 42 | photo | |
| Presbyterian church | 44 | photo | |
| Rancho Pastoría de las Borregas | 50 | photo | |
| Rasmussen School of Craft | 33 | photo | |
| Rasmussen, Bernard | 33 | photo | an Adventist couple |
| Rasmussen, Lela | 33 | photo | an Adventist couple |
| Red Rock Coffee House | 35 | photo | |
| Rengstorff Landing | 84 | photo | Henry's bayside shipping port |
| Rengstorff Park | 51 | photo | |
| Rengstorff, Henry | 84, 85 | photo | German immigrant |
| Riggs, Dean | 80 | photo | opened Linda's Drive-In |
| Riggs, Rebecca | 80 | photo | opened Linda's Drive-In |
| Rogers and Rogers General Store | 37 | photo | |
| Rogers, Arthur | 37 | photo | nephew of Thomas |
| Rogers, Thomas | 37 | photo | |
| Ron Calcagno Stadium | 58 | photo | |
| Rudgers, Carol | 61 | photo | |
| San Antonio Center | 72, 74 | photo | |
| San Antonio Road retail zone | 81 | photo | |
| San Antonio Shopping Center | 49 | photo | |
| San Francisco World's Fair | 47 | photo | |
| San Jose Evening News | 28 | photo | |
| San Jose Mercury News | 80 | photo | |
| Santa Clara Mission Church | 17 | photo | |
| Santa Clara Valley | 49 | photo | once known as the Valley of Heart's Delight |
| Santiago Villa mobile home park | 86 | photo | |
| Scarpa's Meat Market | 48 | photo | |
| Schatz, Robert K. | 42 | photo | former police chief and mayor |
| Schmidt, Emil | 61 | photo | |
| Schmitz family | 56 | photo | |
| Seascapes Fish and Pets | 48 | photo | |
| Shenandoah Plaza National Historic District | 88 | photo | |
| Shockley Laboratories | 93 | photo | |
| Shockley Semiconductor | 66 | photo | Silicon Valley's first silicon-based lab |
| Shoreline Amphitheatre | 92 | photo | |
| Shoreline Park | 16, 84, 94 | photo | regional park with a sailing lake, a golf course, and restored marshlands |
| Sias, Emma | 48 | photo | |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | 93 | photo | |
| Sizzler | 62 | photo | |
| Skinner, Charles | 61 | photo | built the Junction Garage |
| Sociedade da Festa Velha do Divino Espírito Santo | 54 | photo | |
| Southern Pacific train depot | 25 | photo | |
| Spitz, Honor | 59 | photo | |
| St. Francis High School | 58 | photo | |
| St. Joseph's Catholic Church | 17 | photo | |
| Stevens Creek | 16, 91 | photo | |
| Stevens Creek Trail | 16, 91 | photo | |
| Stierlin, Conrad | 86 | photo | immigrated to Mountain View from Switzerland in 1852 |
| Studios Architects | 93 | photo | |
| Sullivan, John | 17 | photo | from San Francisco |
| Sylvania Electronic Defense Laboratory | 65 | photo | |
| Taylor family house | 13 | photo | |
| Taylor Hotel | 12 | photo | located on the site of the town's first stagecoach stop |
| Taylor, Leticia | 12 | photo | Purchased Taylor Hotel in 1861 |
| Taylor, Samuel | 12 | photo | Purchased Taylor Hotel in 1861 |
| Treasure Island | 47 | photo | |
| Treasure Island World's Fair | 71 | photo | |
| US Navy | 88 | photo | |
| Veglia's Department Store | 48 | photo | |
| Villa Francesca | 51 | photo | |
| Vista Slope | 95 | photo | in Shoreline Park |
| Walker's Wagon Wheel | 67 | photo | |
| Waverly Park | 56 | photo | |
| Weilheimer Building | 24 | photo | |
| Weilheimer, Julius | 24 | photo | son of Seligman |
| Weilheimer, Samuel | 24 | photo | brother of Seligman |
| Weilheimer, Seligman | 24 | photo | brother of Samuel |
| Wells Fargo bank | 45 | photo | |
| Whelan blacksmith shop | 14 | photo | |
| Whelan, Charles | 15 | photo | blacksmith |
| Whelan, Daniel | 14 | photo | operated Whelan blacksmith shop |
| Whelan, Margaret | 14 | photo | operated Whelan blacksmith shop |
| Whisman School District | 85 | photo | |
| Whisman Station | 65 | photo | |
| Whisman, John W. | 85 | photo | stagecoach line operator |
| Wienerschnitzel, Der | 79 | photo | |
| Wolf Camera store | 80 | photo | |
| Wright, Nellie Swall | 59 | photo | wife of William |
| Wright, William Patrick | 59 | photo | husband of Nellie; real estate broker and founder of Mountain View's First National Bank |