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LONGTOOTH commented on New effort to preserve Ampex history underway
60 years ago, Ampex created the Video Cruiser, an innovative sales tool that carried their groundbreaking videotape machine right to a customer's doorstep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-USmM6YDa-I
LONGTOOTH commented on The Ampex sign and the German connection
Incorporated in 1944, Ampex occupied the top floor of the 4-story Dalmo Victor building where Walgreens and Trader Joe's now stand. From 1946 through 1951 the company address was a block north at 1155 Howard Avenue. The move to 934 Charter Street, Redwood City, was in 1952.
LONGTOOTH commented on Ampex sign removal triggers public backlash
More important than the sign, Stanford has the Ampex Corporation records in its care, custody, and control as described thusly:
Artifacts (including audio and video recording devices, recordings, and memorabilia) formerly comprising the Ampex Museum collection; approximately 25,000 photo…
LONGTOOTH commented on 150 years for NDNU
When St.Charles Elementary opened (October 2,1950) on Tamarack Avenue in San Carlos, 6 nuns living on the Notre Dame campus would arrive each school morning from Belmont in a blue Ford station wagon, some 10 minutes before classes. Sister Ann Maureen, Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, was our p…
LONGTOOTH commented on Redwood City harbor dispute continues
Mark Sanders stands on the shoulders of giants like Carolyn and Ralph Nobles and Bob Hoffman. All have struggled and persevered to keep Redwood City's historic kinship to San Francisco Bay.
LONGTOOTH commented on New lawsuit takes aim at KCSM-TV sale
KCSM-TV: students and staff share their memories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhAJGINSkpQ&t=834s
LONGTOOTH commented on Tentative sale reached for KCSM-TV
Here's a video history of KCSM-TV, beginning with its 1964 sign-on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhAJGINSkpQ
LONGTOOTH commented on Play to focus on Docktown community
The Docktown community participated in Redwood City's 2017 July 4th parade:
https://vimeo.com/user12144111/review/224247738/e6a0f38ca0
LONGTOOTH commented on Complaint raised about Docktown relocation
Docktown residents took full advantage of Independence Day when they paraded through downtown Redwood City:
https://vimeo.com/user12144111/review/224247738/e6a0f38ca0
LONGTOOTH commented on High-speed rail met with concerns in San Carlos
Former Congressman Bill Royer recounts a 1962 solution for San Mateo County:
https://vimeo.com/user12144111/review/215741725/872abd0b40