University Avenue, 1893 The Palo Alto Historical Association Photograph Collection contains over 12,000 photographs of Palo Alto from 1870 to the present. The photographs on this web site represent only a fraction of our collection. We hope to have all our photographs online soon. The entire collection is available in the archives at the History Desk in the Main Library. The Palo Alto Historical Association gratefully acknowledges the following for helping to make these photographs electronically available: Cable Co-op - Legacy Grant for the Community City of Palo Alto - Start-Up Grant Digital Fish Designs Palo Alto Stanford Heritage   Search The Collection Browse Browse the collection without formulating a specific search. Advanced Search Search the collection based on specific fields such as title or subject. My Favorites View collection items that you have saved to My Favorites. About The Collection View information about this collection.