 | Books City of Souls: San Francisco's Necropolis at Colma 1995: Michael Svanevik & Shirley Burgett. Paperbound: 146 pages, 5.75" x 8.75". The book presents the history of the only necropolis in the United States and features the cemeteries built in the town of Colma and some of their famous and infamous residents and outstanding monuments and works of art. |  | |
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 | Books Colma: Images of America 2007: Michael Smookler. Paperbound: 127 pages, 6.5" x 9.25". The story of how a farming community gradually became a necropolis as the dead were "evicted" from San Francisco cemeteries at the turn of the 20th century. The book of old photographs depicts Colma's evolution from farming town to a city of the dead. |  | |
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 | Books Forever LA: A Field Guide to Los Angeles Area Cemeteries & Their Residents 2010: Douglas Keister. Paperbound: 256 pages, 4.75" x 9.25". In fascinating stories and images, Douglas discusses cemetery symbols, funerary architecture and secret societies and clubs and provides GPS coordinates to most gravesites of famous people and the cemeteries where they are interred. |  | |
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 | Books Lincoln Beachey: The Man Who Owned the Sky 1997: Frank Marrero. Paperbound: 196 pages, 6" x 9". A book about the "greatest aviator of all time" who always gave his audiences a "show they'll never forget," whose aerial acrobatic feats inspired Charles Lindbergh and the ace pilots of two World Wars. |  | |
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 | Books Cypress Lawn: Guardian of California's Heritage 1996: Published by Cypress Lawn. Clothbound: 160 pages, 9.25" x 12.25". A perceptively written and elegantly designed pictorial history of one of California's most enduring landmarks. This coffee table book features more than 400 photographs including portraits of legendary California figures and a visual demographic history of the Bay Area. |  | |
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 | Books Pillars of the Past at Rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 2002: Michael Svanevik & Shirley Burgett. Paperbound: 125 pages, 6" x 9". The second edition of a guidebook to the famous and infamous personalities at Cypress Lawn, the book also features a brief history of the cemetery and the Colma Necropolis. The guidebook contains 285 major names not including other outstanding family members mentioned in the descriptions. |  | |
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 | Books San Francisco: Images of America 2001: Patricia Kennedy. Paperbound: 128 pages, 6.5" x 9.25". A visual account of early life in San Francisco, the book showcases vintage postcards and images from the author's personal collection along with photographs from the San Francisco Archives. |  | |
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 | Books San Francisco Mileposts: An Annotated Chronology 2003: Michael Svanevik & Shirley Burgett. Paperbound: 188 pages, 8.5" x 11". The book chronicles the important and interesting events of San Francisco's colorful past from the discovery of Alta California to the year 2002. Written in the present tense, the book is intended to offer some sort of immediacy. A must-read for San Francisco history buffs. |  | |
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 | Books San Mateo County Chronicles: An Annotated Edition 2006: Michael Svanevik & Shirley Burgett. Paperbound: 198 pages, 8.5" x 11". A myriad collection of interesting and historical information on San Mateo County from the late eighteenth century to early 2006. |  | |
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 | Books San Mateo: Images of America 2004: Gregory N. Zompolis. Paperbound: 128 pages, 6.5" x 9.25". A visual history of the City of San Mateo focusing more on the ordinary men and women who lived and worked there rather than featuring the lives of the rich land barons whose vast estates comprised most of the area that is now part of the City of San Mateo. |  | |
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 | Books South San Francisco: Images of America 2004: South San Francisco Historical Society. Paperbound: 128 pages, 6.5" x 9.25". A pictorial homage to the City of South San Francisco featuring photographs of events, people and activities from the late 19th century to the present as compiled by members of the South San Francisco Historical Society. |  | |
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 | Books Stories in Stone 2004: Douglas Keister. Clothbound: 288 pages, 4.74" x 9.25". A resource book for cemetery enthusiasts to better understand the symbolisms and iconography found on headstones, monuments and markers. "A beautiful and unique gift for people who like to visit cemeteries, search out ancestors, bone up on history, or dig skeletons out of the closet." |  | |