SCU Digital Collections

- Orange Orchard, Sorosis Fruit Farm, circa 1895-1905
- Oranges; Orchards; Sorosis Fruit Farm; Women
- Orange orchard at the Sorosis Fruit Farm on the line of Interurban Road.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- "Never spray, never pay," circa 1890-1920
- Bean Spray Pump Company; Pumping machinery -- Catalogs; Pest control; Agricultural implements -- Catalogs; Manufactures -- Catalogs -- San Jose (Calif.); Agriculture;
- A brochure that contains pictures and prices of Bean Spray pumps, which were for fruit orchards.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Kansas City Pilgrims in "San Jose" on 13,000 Mile Tramp Through U.S., March 31, 1913
- Overland journeys to the Pacific; Houses -- California -- Sunnyvale; Fuller family; People; Orchards; Travel with horses; Woolf family; Bryan, William Jennings, 1860 - 1925; Fuller family; Newspapers
- "Kansas City Pilgrims in 'San Jose' on 13,000 Mile Tramp Through U.S., March 31, 1913" newspaper clipping.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- C.R. Fuller starting for his office, 1905
- Houses -- California -- Sunnyvale; Fuller family; Fuller, Charles Rexford 1883- ?; People; Orchards; Photographs
- C.R. Fuller shown leaving his family's Sunnyvale home.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Girls at Wilson's cutting shed, season of 1914
- Sunnyvale (Calif.); Children; People; Orchards; Fruit; Fuller family; Photographs
- Girls at Wilson's cutting shed season of 1914, Sunnyvale, California. Fuller family members and friends joined in the seasonal fruit labors.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Orchard gazebo with St. Joseph, circa 1911
- Gazebos; Orchards; St. Joseph; Trees; Villa Maria Winery;
- A photograph of a gazebo in the middle of a field at the Villa Maria Winery. The gazebo has a statue of St. Joseph in it, with a cross on top.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Orchard gazebo with Virgin Mary, circa 1911
- Gazebos; Orchards; Trees; Villa Maria Winery; Virgin Mary, Saint
- A photograph of a gazebo in the middle of a field at the Villa Maria Winery. The gazebo has a statue of the Virgin Mary in it, with a cross on top.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Portrait of Marshall B. Pomeroy Family Portrait, circa 1890s
- Photographs; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Pomeroy Family
- Pomeroy School in the Santa Clara Unified School District is named in honor of the pioneer Pomeroy Family of Santa Clara. Marshall Pomeroy was a prominent orchardist, active in the development of the fruit industry in the Santa Clara Valley. Prune...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Richmond-Chase Company Photograph Album, circa 1920
- Canned fruit industry; Cannery Workers; Fruit -- Preservation; Richmond-Chase Company (San Jose, Calif.); San Jose (Calif.)
- Photograph album from the Richmond-Chase canned fruit company.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Man on tractor pulling plow between rows of trees, 1940
- Agriculture; Orchards; Photographs; Plows
- B&W photograph of a man on a tractor pulling a plow between two rows of trees. The plow is presumably made by Rimple Manufacturing Company.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Smiling girl cutting apricots, circa 1940
- Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
- Black-and-white photograph of a smiling girl cutting apricots. A woman is in background, at left. On verso: "A 10,058." Bottom left on verso: "G1-004."
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Santa Clara County California, circa 1914
- Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Orchards; Pamphlets; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- From the pamphlet "Santa Clara County California," circa 1914. Includes two pages (p. 1 and p. 55).
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Santa Clara County California, circa 1910
- Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Orchards; Pamphlets; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- From the pamphlet "Santa Clara County California," circa 1910. Includes two pages (p. 1 and p. 18).
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Children and adult prune pickers posing with full buckets, circa 1940
- Agriculture; Children; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of children and pickers posing during the prune harvest with full buckets.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Children harvesting prunes, circa 1930
- Agriculture; Children; Fruit; Orchards; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of seven boys harvesting prunes. Two foremen are also in photo. On verso: "J.J. Burke 95A."
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Tractor demonstration in field with viewers, circa 1925
- Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
- Black-and-white photograph of a tractor demonstration with two men operating the farm equipment, and ten men watching them near an orchard.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Two men spraying trees with chemicals, circa 1940
- Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Pesticides; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
- Black-and-white photograph of a man sitting in a tractor while two men spray the trees in the orchard with chemicals.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Outdoor basket weavers, circa 1940
- Basket making; Children; Orchards; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
- Black-and-white photograph of men, women and children of various ages making baskets.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Sorosis Fruit Company’s Packing House, a view of the Valley and Foothills beyond, circa 1905
- Buildings; Canned fruit industry; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sorosis Fruit Company
- Black-and-white photograph of the Sorosis Fruit Company's packing house, with a view of orchards and the Santa Clara Valley.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Man holding poultry, circa 1935
- Agriculture; Chickens; Orchards; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of a man holding a chicken in each hand. Also: Picture of a chicken on a tent that says, "The Good Lays."
- Silicon Valley History Online