People; Postcards; Railroads--California--San Jose; Railroad stations; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Southern Pacific Depot; Trains; Transportation;
Color postcard of the Southern Pacific Broad Gauge Depot, San Jose, California. Written on verso of postcard: "May 14th, 1909."
Parade floats; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Merchants Association; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of the San Jose Merchants Association float, 1930. Unidentified man at left.
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.
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.
Macon (Airship); Moffett Field (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); Technology; Transportation; United States--Navy;
Black-and-white photograph of the U.S.S. Macon moored at Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, Calif., after flight from Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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...
Horses; Parades; People; Photographs; Sailors; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Soldiers; Transportation; United States--Army; United States--Navy; World War I;
Black-and-white photograph of World War I Victory Parade, 1918.
Horses; Parade floats; Parades; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Roses; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of the Rose Carnival Parade.
Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees; Wagons;
Black-and-white photograph of wagons loaded with wood and a driver with a three horse team, circa 1895. The wagons may be taking the wood to or from Pacific Manufacturing Co. lumber yard.
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...
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;
Filling the Balloon for flight of John J. Montgomery’s glider, "Santa Clara."
De La Cruz Overpass; Motorcycles; People; Photographs; Police; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees;
Black-and-white photograph of ribbon-cutting ceremony at De La Cruz Overpass, Santa Clara, 1963. On verso of photo: "M. Dullea, Mayor; D.R. Von Raesfeld, City Manager; Tony Condos, City Councilman."
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."
Children; Librarians; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Public libraries; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of Friends of the Library Float, Columbus Day Parade, Santa Clara on October 3, 1965. City Librarian Frances Klune is the woman in the hat holding a parasol.
Children; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday); Mexican Americans; Parade floats; Parades; People; Photographs; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Color photograph of a float in the 1991 Cinco de Mayo Parade.
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.
