Advertisements and flyers from businesses and events including some menus
Photos concerning the history of agriculture, namely fruit growing, in the town of Los Gatos.
Carl Ambrosini grew up in Los Gatos. He provided the History Project with beautiful vintage photographs of Los Gatos Creek
John Baggerly was a beloved local newsman who wrote local history articles for the Los Gatos Weekly Times for many years. His "Pictures From the Past" pieces were a Town favorite.
Bridges spanning Los Gatos Creek
Businesses and Los Gatos History
A collection about the cats after which the town is named
Leading people from Los Gatos history
Local clubs and organizations
Local Certificates of Death issued by the California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics from 1905 - 1933. A few of the deaths recorded here occurred as early as 1875, with this paperwork prepared at the time of removal from the Old Los Gatos Cemetery on Cemetery Lane to the New Los Gatos Cemetery on Los Gatos-Almaden Road …
Hundreds of class photographs from 1936 through 1957 are available for viewing. If you attended school in the Los Gatos Union School District during those years, enter your name to see your class photo.
The Hamsher Collection consists of approximately 100 historic photographs, many currently hanging on the walls of Los Gatos Library, in the lower level. Most were copied from original images taken between the late 1860s and 1920. Clarence Hamsher was a banker who was elected President of the First National Bank of Los Gatos in 1927. He …
Former Mayor of Los Gatos, Egon Jensen contributed this collection to the history project
Historical images related to the Los Gatos Library
Maps of Los Gatos and surrounding areas
Of the thousands of historic Los Gatos photographs scanned, only a fraction were originally identified and dated. Research is ongoing at the library to create accurate metadata to accompany each image as it is added to the database. Can you help identify or date any of these mystery photographs? Please send an email to …
The Los Gatos Pageants ran most years from 1919 - 1947. These large outdoor plays were staged on the Pageant Grounds behind the current Civic Center buildings. This collection contains programs from most of the productions, and rare photographs of the actors and elaborate sets.
There are over 600 authentic postcards in the collection published to record, share and preserve the history of Los Gatos and the surrounding area in the twentieth century.
Railroads in Los Gatos history
Historic Los Gatos homes are featured in this collection. An accompanying map, linked in the footer below, allows you to quickly locate homes on a Google map of Los Gatos.
Video interviews of town figures from the KCAT TVseries "Los Gatos Then and Now"
A series of oral interviews of historic town figures conducted by Marge Rice and others
Photos of the children's artwork on the footbridge that spans highway 17 and links Forbes Mill and Old Town. For most murals there is a photo taken immediately after the mural was painted, as well as photos taken in 2011. Some murals have been painted over with new murals.
Information about the Hooked on Los Gatos project including the reproduction and use policy.
Hooked on Los Gatos - the Library and Museum History Project was started as a collaborative effort between Los Gatos Public Library and The Museums of Los Gatos, with collections of the two institutions forming the core of the project.
Included are many general collections such as Views, Residences, and Town Life, as well as many collections contributed by individuals, families, and organizations who have generously shared their photo archives in order to preserve and make accessible the cultural memory of the town.
Well over 100 individuals and 30 companies, organizations, clubs and associations have contributed funding, equipment, time and historic images to Hooked on Los Gatos, the Library and Museum History Project.
Collections are primarily composed of photographs, but also include maps, letters, postcards, scrapbooks, programs from events, audio recording, video and other materials of historic interest. The Los Gatos Weekly Times has generously allowed scanning of their photo archives.
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