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half a day. This is the Oakland-Berkeley-Piedmont 

 sightseeing trip by automobile, along the famous 

 Highland Drive to Berkeley and the University of 

 California, to Piedmont Park, Lakeside Park, and 

 Oakland. 



Key Route Trolley Trip in Alameda County. 

 Leave San Francisco, foot of Market Street, Key 

 Ferry, 10:00 A. M. and 1:00 P. M. daily. Leave 

 Oakland, Twelfth and Broadway, 10:00 A. M., 

 Twenty-second and Broadway, 1:35 P. M. daily. 

 Time of complete trip about seven hours. Cost, 

 $1.00. A comprehensive and satisfying trip through 

 the cities of Berkeley, Piedmont, Oakland and Ala- 

 meda, on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. 

 Opportunity is given to visit the University of 

 California at Berkeley, and Piedmont Art Gallery 

 in Piedmont Park. 



Orchards and Gardens of Alameda County. From 

 San Francisco take Southern Pacific or Key Route 

 boat at Ferry Building; transfer to electric train 

 on other side of the bay; get off at Seventh and 

 Broadway, or Twelfth and Broadway, Oakland. 

 Board Hayward trolley (frequent cars) at Twelfth 

 and Broadway. Return at leisure. Cost, round 

 trip, San Francisco to Hayward, 50 cents; Oakland 

 to Hayward, 30 cents. An attractive rural and in- 

 terurban trip through the towns of Oakland, Fruit- 

 vale, Melrose, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Hay- 

 ward. 



The "Blossom Trip" in Santa Clara Valley. 

 Leave San Francisco by Southern Pacific Railway 

 from Third and Townsend Street Station 7:00 A. M., 

 arrive Palo Alto 8:07. Stanford University is 

 reached by electric car from Palo Alto. Leave 

 Palo Alto by Peninsular Electric Railway at 10:00 

 A. M. for the "Blossom Trip" through the Santa 

 Clara Valley, arriving at San Jose 11:58 A. M. Fre- 

 quent Southern Pacific trains return to San Fran- 

 cisco. Cost (separate tickets must be purchased 

 for the different stages of the trip), round trip 

 fare from San Francisco to Palo Alto and addi- 

 tional one way fare from San Jose to Palo Alto, 

 $1.60; "Blossom Trip," $1.00. This trip may be 

 extended to Mt. Hamilton (elevation 4250 feet) and 

 the Lick Observatory (round trip auto-stage fare 

 from San Jose to Mt. Hamilton, $5.00) ; to Saratoga, 

 where the annual "Blossom Festival" is held in 

 March; or to the charming foothill towns of Los 

 Gatos, Congress Springs, and Gilroy. At Santa Clara 

 is the University of Santa Clara, and the Santa Clara 

 Mission founded in 1777 by Father Junipero Serra. 

 Hotels at San Jose: Vendome (American plan, 



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