WINTER / SPRING
February 4
Sunday , 3:00 to 5:00 p . m .
MVHA Winter Event & Meeting Los Altos Library & History Museum See page 1 for more info !
February 5 & March 4
Wednesday , 6:00 p . m . to 8:00 p . m .
MVHA Board Meeting Virtual Zoom meeting All interested members welcome to attend ! Email info @ mountainviewhistorical . org for log-in
Jan . 28 , Feb . 25 & March 24
Sunday , 2:00 p . m . to 3:00 p . m .
Downtown Walking Tours
Centennial Plaza , 600 W . Evelyn Ave , Mtn . View Details at : http :// mvhistory . eventbrite . com
Save the Date ! May 5
Sunday , 2:00 p . m . to 4:00 p . m .
MVHA Spring Meeting Adobe Building , 157 Moffett Blvd ., Mtn . View More details in our Spring Newsletter !
Looking Back : Images from the Archives
In this image from our archives , a man stands “ on top of the world ” as the iconic Mancini Motors tower is installed on El Camino Real near Castro Street , c . 1940 . Also note the house visible to the left of the tower ; it still stands today at 680 Yosemite Avenue .
Italian Immigrant Ugo Mancini came to Mountain View in 1911 and operated a variety of automobilerelated businesses along El Camino Real , culminating with the opening of the landmark Mancini Motors complex in 1940 . Ugo purchased the Chrylser Exhibit from the Golden Gate International Exhibition on Treasure Island in San Francisco for $ 3,000 . He incorporated elements of the exhibit into his new dealership , including the 20-ton , 52-foot high stainless steel tower topped by a 9-foot revolving globe . The tower remained an El Camino Real landmark until the Mancini family sold the property in 1974 and the present-day bank building was constructed at the location . The site is now slated for redevelopment again .
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