Hooked on Los Gatos Digital Database
The Hooked on Los Gatos digital database is a collaborative effort between Los Gatos (Calif.) Public Library and the Museums of Los Gatos, with collections of the two institutions forming the core of the project. Many individuals, families, and organizations have also shared their photo archives. Collections are primarily composed of photographs, but also include maps, letters, postcards, scrapbooks, programs from events, and other materials of historic interest. Included is the Hamsher Collection of approximately 100 historic photographs, many currently hanging on the walls of Los Gatos Library. Most were copied from original images taken between the late 1860s and 1920. Clarence Hamsher was a Los Gatos banker who collected the images in the 1920s. Some images in Hooked on Los Gatos are unidentified. Research is ongoing to create accurate metadata to accompany each image as it is added to the database. Can you help identify or date any of these mystery photographs? Send an email with your facts or suggestions.
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