Church buildings; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; St. Patrick's Church;
Color postcard of St. Patrick's Church, San Jose, California, 1910. On verso of postcard: Addressed to "Mrs. P.J. Bugbee, Stockton, Calif." Postmarked "Sep 9 1910."
Letters; Mission Santa Clara; San Francisco (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Letter from George H. Briggs to his brother Robert Briggs concerning trip from San Francisco to Mission Santa Clara, July 29, 1850. Letter has two sides.
Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Buildings; Orradre Library
The Orradres and the Bannan brothers pose for photograph at Orradre Library dedication in 1964. Orradre Library was named after alumni and donor Michel Orradre.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Dressmaking; Gilroy (Calif.); Millinery; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Rickett's Millinery Shop Interior, Gilroy. On verso of photo: "Interior, Dressmaking and Millinery Shop of Mrs. J. Ricketts, 71 Monterey St. Gilroy Calif., circa 1897."
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Children; Dressmaking; Gilroy (Calif.); Millinery; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Ricketts Millinery Shop in Gilroy. On verso of photo: "Exterior, Dressmaking and Millinery Shop of Mrs. J. Ricketts, 71 Monterey St. Gilroy, Calif., circa 1897. (l-r) Bertha Ricketts, Josephine Ricketts,...
Children; New Almaden (Calif.)--History; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Written on back of black-and-white photograph, "July 4th celebration, 1898, New Almaden, California. L. to R. -- Minnie Odgers; May Wasley; Susan Edwards; Charles O'Brion, surface foreman on the Hill; Emma Hill; Ethel Chequin; Joe Pearce and...
Buildings; Illegal gambling; Lyle, George W.; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Sheriff's Dept.; Slot machines; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of Sheriff George Lyle (at right) and an unidentified man next to confiscated slot machines.
Buildings; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Rubble; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of Chinatown San Jose (probably N. 5th St.) after Earthquake on April 18, 1906. Attached to bottom of photo: "At any moment a brick well might descend upon your luckless pate."
College buildings; Education; Mission Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916;
From left, the Jesuit Faculty Residence, Mission Church, John Nobili, S.J.’s Gothic Chapel, the Science Building in the background, and the California Hotel at Santa Clara College, circa 1865. On verso: "In 1861 the mission church was...
Children; Fire hose; Fire prevention; Fire protection services; Hope Hose Company; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara Tannery (Calif.); Tanner Hose Company;
In 1878 Tanner Hose Company was formed by the employees of the Santa Clara Tannery. Jacob Eberhard, owner of the Tannery purchased a hose cart and 500 feet of hose for it. Although originally meant to provide protection for the Tannery by 1888,...
Agriculture; Automobiles; Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co.; Buildings; Canned fruit industry; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trucks;
Black-and-white panoramic photograph of Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co., located at South 1st Street, San Jose, Calif.
People; Portraits; Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.); Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco County (Calif.)--History
Portrait of Count Nikolai Rezanov, circa 1806. Maria de la Concepcion Marcela Arguello was born in the Presidio of San Francisco on February 19, 1791. She was the daughter of Don Jose Arguello, who was then serving as the Commandante of the...
Bland, Henry Meade; Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913; Nature; People; Poets; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Black-and-white photograph on postcard of San Jose State English Professor and poet Henry Meade Bland with Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras, circa 1910.
College students; Commencement ceremonies; Education; Ephemera; Programs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Front page of the Program of the Exercises at the Tenth Annual Commencement of Santa Clara College, 1861. The program is comprised of three pages.
Herrold, Charles; Photographs; Radio broadcasting; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Photograph of Professor Charles Herrold rotating radio equipment. On back of photograph: "Prof. Herrold, 'father of radio,' [at] Radio H.O.W., Baptist Church San Jose, Calif." Unknown man at lower left of photograph.
