Books; Children; Composition (Language arts); Education; Essays; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Two essays on natural history and agriculture, the first by Mary Chadd of Gilroy School, age 15 years, entitled "A President Takes Office" (pp. 409-10). The second essay is by Ida Stewart of Moreland School, age 12 years, entitled...
Agriculture; Campbell (Calif.); Ephemera; Handbills; Propaganda; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
There are three pages of printed material: Two pages are dated "Nov. 4, 1910." One is to the "Superintendent of Public Instruction," the other "To the Officers and Members of Local No......., Farmers E. & C. U. of A.,...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Canned tomatoes; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Richmond-Chase Company fruit label. From top left straight down: "Front Line Brand, Richmond-Chase Company, Main Office San Jose, California." At bottom towards middle: "Net weight 6 lb. 4 oz."
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Lick Observatory; Pear; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Printed on upper right of fruit label, "Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County California." Also on label: "U.S. No.1, Grown and packed by Sweetbrier Orchards, San Jose, Calif., U.S.A. Contents 4/5 bushel."
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.;
Printed on upper left of fruit label, "Sunsweet Trade Mark California Prune and Apricot Growers Inc." On upper right of label: "Net weight 25 lbs." At bottom of label: "Prepared with sulphur dioxide. Grown and packed by...
Agriculture; Painting; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
Painting of "Road with Blossoming Trees, 1922," by Theodore Wores, oil on canvas. This painting is housed at the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, http://www.tritonmuseum.org/
Agriculture; Cupertino (Calif.); Fences; Foothills; Merithew, Joseph C.; People; Photographs; Ranches; Ranch houses; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On verso of photograph: "View of foothills from porch roof of Capt. Merithew Ranch [on] McClellan Road looking west over McClellan Rd., now De Anza College."
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On text that accompanies black-and-white photograph: "Disc-plowing with a 40 HP Best. This was one of the first models with a full track. Earlier models used short tracks for power plus a single wheel out front for steering. The driver is...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Cupertino (Calif.); Fruit; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
On text accompanying black-and-white photograph, "Loading a Giant refrigerator car -- Goods are being trucked into the 50 ton refrigerator car on the siding. Very few cars of this size have been built. The standard refer is about 80% of this...
Agriculture; Ephemera; Fairs--California--San Jose; People; Programs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of program, "Santa Clara County Fair, 1948. Sept. 13 thru 19." Bearded old man with pipe carrying suitcase which says, "Hi! Neighbor. Come to the Fair Sept. 13 thru 19." At bottom: "Stay and play all day. San...
Agriculture; Albumen prints; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of albumen print, "Peaches from San Jose, Calif., 3.5 inches wide, weight one pound 2 ounces each." Written on the back, "Return to J.A. Clayton."
Advertisements; Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Livestock diseases; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Veterinary medicine;
On front of advertisement: "Important to owners and raisers of stock -- Dr. W. J. McKee, of San Jose, Cal., a Veterinary Surgeon of forty years experience, brings glad tidings to all owners and raisers of Horses, Cattle and Stock generally....
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Fruit; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
On bottom left of black-and-white photograph: "1943 run of sulphured & steam blanched cots -- Home Plant. This proved a moneysaver. E. S. suggeted [sic] 1944 Plan is based on what we learned in this operation." On text accompanying...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
In June 1960, Duffy-Mott purchased all of the processing equipment of the Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation from Thriftimart Inc. Pratt-Low was founded in 1905 in Santa Clara Valley as a packer of California fruits and vegetables.
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hay; Horses; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Haypresses were common in the rural areas around San Jose when this photo was taken in the summer of 1891. Certain models turned out bales [that] were held together by rope instead of wire. And the crews, fortified by five meals a day, worked from...
