Menlo Park Centennial Celebration June 13-19, 1948 Official Program
Menlo Park: Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce, 1948. First Edition. Self Wraps, Printed, Saddle-Stapled. 8vo. Pp. [52]. Includes welcoming notes from Charles P. Burgess, Mayor of the City of Menlo Park, and Daniel Hayes, President of the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce. With programs for various days of the celebration. Includes photos of personalities appearing during programs, including Peggy Lee. Laden with ads for local businesses. Bound in stiff, textured wrappers, photo-illustrated. Spine has a split between staples, else Fine. Very Good. Item #5013
The program evokes the promise of the California dream following the Depression and WWII. Ads for the Longbarn, all-new Austin Motor Cars at the Egan Car Co., Dinah's Shack, Derry's Feed and Fuel and John S. Wickett, "the Atherton Realtor," among others, evoke the impending affluence of the region. A prominent full-page ad for the Oakville Terrace subdivision, "homes now being built or choose your own lot," is described as "highly restricted," presumably a reference to redlining designed to keep the new neighborhood exclusively white. Now housed in an archival sleeve with acid-free backing.
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