Buildings; Horses; Postcards; Palo Alto (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Written below artist's rendition on front of postcard, "Just the [time?] for an auto ride on a pleasant day. I tried it, girlie." Also on front, at left edge: "Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher, San Francisco." On verso: Postcard...
Chinese Americans; Diversity; Horses; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); People; Photographs; Road construction; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Written at bottom of photograph, "Headquarters Smith Creek, Mt. Hamilton Road." On verso of photograph: "Blanchard album, p. 45c."
Automobiles; Buildings; Manny's Cellar; People; Photographs; Restaurants; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Thomas Fallon House; Transportation
Thomas Fallon House and Manny's Cellar Restaurant at St. John and San Pedro Streets, 1987.
New Almaden Mines; Mercury; Transportation; Receipts.
The receipt indicates Quicksilver Mining Co. shipped 45 flasks of quicksilver to the Lexington Mining Co. of Butte City, Montana by Southern Pacific Co., May 15, 1889.
Carriages & coaches--American--California--Santa Clara; Garages; Gardens; Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees; Transportation;
The Halford Family moved into this home about 1882. They lived there until the 1906 Earthquake and then moved to San Jose. After that time, the house was rented repeatedly. It was torn down in 1957 to make way for a service station.
New Almaden Mines; Mercury; Transportation; Receipts.
Shipping receipt for 54 flasks of New Almaden Quicksilver from S.F. Butterworth to be forwarded by S.F. & S.J.R.R. to S. F. Butterworth, San Francisco, April 1, 1869.
Aeronautics; Airplanes; Aviation meets; Programs; Rose Carnivals; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation; Urban life;
Santa Clara County Rose Carnival & Aviation Meet Program, 1910. Includes two pages (p. 1 and p. 12).
Automobiles; Jackhammers; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Shovels; Transportation; Trees
Santa Clara City Council members, left to right, William Kiely, Robert Maynard, Mayor Frank Keller, Larry Fargher, Larry Marsalli, Matt Talia and William Wilson, Jr. at groundbreaking for the Franklin Mall, a downtown urban redevelopment project.
Automobiles; Diversity; Fiesta de las Rosas; Mexican Americans; Parades; People; Photographs; Programs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Program for the Fiesta de las Rosas, San Jose, California, 1926. Two pages (p. 1, p. 21) from the program are included.
Horses; People; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Women;
Picture on front of postcard of two women in cowboy dress accompanied by two horses. On verso of postcard: "Round-up San Jose. Come July 1-2-3-4. One hundred years of fun crowded into four days at California's Great Frontier Celebration, the...
Astronomical observatories; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Horses; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Photograph of Mt. Hamilton Stage Co. at Lick Observatory, circa 1890. The stage transported thousands of tourists to the Lick Observatory every year. The 28 mile winding road was three and a half to four hours ride each way. The dome on the left...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Education; Elementary school buildings; Elementary schools; Horses; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Photograph of Horace Mann School, circa 1895. Horace Mann was San Jose's first "big" school building. Built in 1868 at a cost of $22,000, it was heavily damaged in the 1906 earthquake and had to be demolished. The current Horace Mann...
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara County...
Photograph of Agnews Asylum ruins after 1906 earthquake. There was severe damage and 101 patients and 11 staff members were killed.
Campus; College buildings; Education; Horses; Mission Santa Clara; Painting; People; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
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...
Gliders (Aeronautics); Maloney, Daniel John; Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
John J. Montgomery, in bowler hat, prepares his glider, “Santa Clara.” Pilot Daniel Maloney, dressed in tights, stands at center of photo. Montgomery, an alumnus of Santa Clara, was the first American to fly a heavier-than-air machine. He...
