The Goniometer is an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by observing the direction of a beam of light reflected from their face. The instrument was invented by W.H. Wollaston in 1807. Physical Description: Round brass base with black...
Art education; Arts & crafts; Painting; Relocation camps; Women; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a woman artist at work on a landscape scene at Tanforan, California Assembly Center.
Automobiles; Castle's Hair Store; De Luxe Restaurant; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; South 1st Street (San Jose, Calif.); Transportation; Urban life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a woman pulling a car by her teeth in a demonstration for a local dealer. On back of photo: "Nancy C. Brown, 281 S. 9th St., San Jose, California."
College students; Education; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of six women college students at San Jose State College.
College students; Costume; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of nine women (five sitting and four standing) dressed in native American costume on a car at San Jose State College.
Canneries; Women; Working class; Pear; Assembly-line methods
Women halving pears and removing their seeds in preparation for canning. Heavy duty gloves protect their hands from their sharp tools. They also wear aprons and caps over their street clothes. The workers stand at their stations along the assembly...
People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Swim clubs; Swimming; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Women's Swimming Club, San Jose State College Eighth Annual Extravaganza, April 1941.
Overland journeys to the Pacific; Travel with horses; People; Carts and wagons; Woolf family; Fuller family; Photographs
Woolfs visit the Fullers on 13,000 mile tramp across the United States, through Sunnyvale on their way northward March 31, 1913. They stopped at Fuller home to get a drink--and spent time visiting relative to their trip. The above photo was taken...
