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La Peninsula

In 1941, Dr. Frank Stanger started La Peninsula as a way to preserve the colorful stories of the county's past. A scholarly journal, La Peninsula is produced twice a year and sent to all the members of the San Mateo County Historical Association.

Current Issue
Winter 2011:
This issue includes three articles.
La Peninsula Cover "The Most Corrupt County: The Era of Prohibition and Gambling" explores San Mateo County in the 1920s and 1930s. "Bay Meadows Remembered" is a photo essay looking at the race track Bill Kyne opened in 1934. "Daly City-Colma: Leaves of History" is in honor of Daly City's Centennial.

Cover Photo: Bill Kyne, Joe DiMaggio and Frank "Lefty" O'Doul watch the races at Bay Meadows.

Recent Issues
Summer 2011: Mexican Americans in San Mateo County
Summer 2010: If These Walls Could Talk...1910 Courthouse Centennial
Spring 2010: Hillsborough's Centennial and the San Mateo County Historical Association's 75th Anniversary
Fall 2009: The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Mateo County
Spring 2009: Portuguese Americans in San Mateo County
Winter 2008: The San Mateo County Coast -- Surfing and Shipwrecks
Summer 2008: Filipino Americans in San Mateo County

Purchase
Copies of recent issues of La Peninsula can be purchased at the San Mateo County History Museum Store.

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