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Vintage Silicon Valley

Headlines, stories and advertisements from the 19th and 20th centuries. 

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Dr. Lee de Forest: WIRELESS WIZARD HERE TO ESTABLISH STATION
Ghosts Mounted on Ponies in Cupertino, California~ July 21, 1892
Aladdin's Lamp Rubbed for Commuters
1893 Entrepreneur course in San Francisco, California
The Federal Telegraph Company Advertisement from 1912
Dark Horse Runner from Fremont High Wins Cross Country - 1911
Going Through College on Nothing a Year - Stanford Univ. 1910
Jane Lathrop Stanford headline of Death in 1905
Jane Lathrop Stanford: Her Life Dream Realized at Last
Leland, The New Magnificent and Ideal City - 1907
Santa Clara Hills Unfold Wealth of Gorgeous Scenery to Motorists
Menlo Park Estates are Peninsula's Pride - 1911
Why Not Invent A Little Something and Pocket a Few Million
Is Milpitas on the Map? Sure, But There's No Traffic Squad There
From Call Building to Oakland City Hall in 5 Minutes
Palo Alto is an Example of Magic Growth of the Peninsula
City and Peninsula Keep Pace in Rapid and Substantial Growth
Fairest Pleasanton One of the Thriving Towns of Livermore Valley
The Port of San Francisco and its Commerce - 1901
Redwood City is Becoming a Great Industrial Center - 1911
San Bruno Rapidly Growing Peninsula Suburb - 1912
Santa Clara County Fair of 1912
Building Improvements that Reflect Prosperous Growth of San Jose
Stanford's Famous Athletes of 1900
Senator Stanford is Dead - Headline News
The Big Excursion to Sunnyvale - 1913
Steam & Electricity Doomed to fall Before Concentrated Sunpower
Wireless Wonders Worked in San Francisco
Republicans Meet in Palo Alto - 1906
Dr. McLaughlin's Electric Belt - A San Francisco Cure - 1899
Gamblers' Raid Upon Colma is Checked
Blacklegs Seek to Make Town of Colma a Plague Spot of Gambling
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