Looking Back : Photos from the Archive
SUMMER 2022 CALENDAR
July 26
Thursday , 6:30 p . m .
Understanding the History of
Housing in Mountain View Community Center , 201 Rengstorff Ave ., Mtn . View More information on Page 8
August 7
Sunday , 1:00 p . m . to 3:00 p . m .
MVHA Summer Event &
Ice Cream Social The Historic Adobe Building , 157 Moffett Blvd ., Mtn . View More information on page 1
August ( Date TBD )
MVHA Board Meeting Zoom Meeting All interested members are welcome to attend ! Email info @ mountainviewhistorical . org for details and login .
Save the Date :
September 24
Saturday , 9:00 a . m . to 12:00 p . m .
Mtn . View Harvest History Festival Heritage Park , 771 N . Rengstorff Avenue More information on page 8 .
In the spirit of our upcoming summer ice cream social , here ’ s a photo showing the interior of the Silver Seal Creamery at 242 Castro Street around the time of its opening in 1933 . A typed caption attached to the photo in our archives recounts the following humorous story :
“ This was taken before the booths were installed . They had no safe place to put their money when they closed for the night , so they devised the system of putting the cash into a small paper bag like the ones they made up for candy grab bags . This sack was then placed among the bags of candy , for certainly no burglar would think of looking there . Whichever partner closed shop at night was not the one to open the following morning . One morning a small child bought a bag of candy on his way to school , before the store was properly opened . Guess which bag of goodies he got ! They got most of the money back , the boy was so young he didn ’ t know the value and they found him tossing coins into the air for his friends to scramble for .”
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