This web page has six images of the area around (what is today known as) Los Altos Hills.
We can't be sure of the exact date they were taken, but we can be pretty sure it was some time between 1945 and 1955 - in fact most likely 1947. (After 1945 because not much of this photography was being done in the U.S. during the war, and before 1955 because there are no signs of the Town Hall being built yet). There are a total of six images - each chosen to show a certain part of town within its context. But a word of caution - the images are not all displayed at the same scale. Instead, each has been sized to fit an arbitrary screen-size of 1200 by 900 pixels. (If you try to view this web site using a smart phone or other small screen - you are wasting your time) To help orient viewers to what they are looking at, each of the images has been annotated with a few colored dots - identifying certain landmarks within the town. These dots are described immediately below each picture. (It is assumed that the viewer is familiar with the geography of the town.) |
And that's it for six images of the area around (what is today known as) Los Altos Hills.
One reason these images are interesting is that they give some insight into the original ecology of the region before it begat orchards which begat upscale suburbia. Clearly these images were taken when the orchards were well established (probably at their peak) but there is still enough undisturbed territory to where we can see the two distinct kinds of landscapes
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