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How the Lawrence Tract attempted racial integration in Palo Alto in the 1950s
In Palo Alto, just south of San Francisco, lies a parcel of land that served as an experiment for interracial living in the 1950s. Why it matters: The project aimed to integrate white, Black and Asian ...
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History of Silicon Valley in one animated timeline
In 1933, the Navy purchased Moffett Field to dock and maintain the USS Macon. This made Moffett ... Dave Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, which originally made oscilloscopes.
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Palo Alto history museum is one vote away from reality
Embarcadero Media file photo. Palo Alto’s effort to build a downtown history museum will hit a critical milestone next week, when the City Council approves the final document that is required ...
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‘I want us to be known as the STEM place’: Moffett Field Museum is on a mission to modernize
The airfield’s extensive history — starting in the 1930s as a base for the Navy airship USS Macon, to eventually its handover to NASA Ames in the 1990s — is on display at the Moffett Field ...