Airplanes; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Francis, Roy N.; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stockton, Ernest; Technology; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of early San Jose aviator Roy N. Francis and his young passenger, Ernest Stockton, in 1911.
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of earthquake damage at Agnews Asylum in 1906. Note: Santa Clara City Library Collection includes a book, "Santa Clara County Pioneer Papers 1973" with a chapter on "The Earthquake of April 18, 1906 in the...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Alum Rock Park Steam Railroad; Postcards; Railroad tunnels; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Artist's rendition of the entrance to tunnel, Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Calif., 1911. On verso of postcard: Addressed to "Miss Irene Bugbee, Stockton, Calif."
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...
Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose ; Horses; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life
Black-and-white photograph of the Farmers Union Building in San Jose, 1874. On verso of photo: "The southeast corner of Second and Santa Clara streets looked like this in 1874, just after A. Pfister, noted merchant, mayor and founder of San...
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.
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."
Automobiles; Buildings; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Chamber of Commerce; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of First and Santa Clara streets. Also includes the Bank of America building.
Automobiles; Ford Assembly Plant; Milpitas (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Assembly plant completed in 1955. Covered 32 acres, employed 2300 workers. Closed in 1984. Converted and reopened as the "Great Mall of the Bay Area" in 1994.
Automobiles; Diversity; Downtown Santa Clara; Mexican Americans; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Teenage girls; Transportation; Women;
Color transparency of Franklin St. looking east from Main St., Santa Clara, before urban renewal.
Automobiles; Downtown Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees; U.S. Air Force Recruiting Office;
Color transparency of Franklin St. looking northeast toward Jackson St., Santa Clara, before urban renewal.
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.
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.
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...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Automobiles; Forbes Mill; Highway 17; Los Gatos (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of Highway 17, Los Gatos. Highway 17 between San Jose and Los Gatos opened in 1959. Ruins of Forbes Mill can be seen on the right.
