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PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Cause Area

  • Community

Location

PO BOX 193PALO ALTO, CA 94302 United States

Website:

http://www.pahistory.org
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Mission Statement

The Palo Alto Historical Association maintains the historic Archives for the City of Palo Alto. Our mission is to collect, organize and preserve materials about the history and heritage of Palo Alto; make information available to the public about Palo Alto's history by means of programs, exhibits, publications, and official newsletter, The Tall Tree; and, recognize and preserve historic sites and structures.

Description

The Archives are located at the Cubberley Community Center, Room K-7, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306. The Archives are open Tuesdays 4:00 - 8:00 pm and Thursdays 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

The Archives include:

  • Historic photographs of Palo Alto and neighboring cities, dating from 1870. Of the more than 45,000 photographs, over 15,000 are currently available online.
  • Information on subjects of local interest, such as local organizations, local businesses, biographical information, brochures, and advertising fliers.
  • Obituaries published in local newspapers from the 1890s to the present.
  • Local property files, including working papers for the city-wide historic property survey.
  • Maps
  • Oral histories in audio and video form
  • DVDs of programs presented at our general meetings, available for checkout.
  • Selected digitized film and video

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