Busicom; Calculators; Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Manufacturing; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Busicom calculator. A Japanese calculator manufacturer, Busicom, asked Intel to design a set of chips for a family of programmable calculators. The original design for Busicom's calculator called for at least a dozen...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® II processor package. Low Power at 266 and 333 MHz bring performance and efficient power consumption to applied computing applications. Originally designed for the Mobile PC market segment, these...
Electronic industries; Memory chip packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color slide of the Intel 1103 Memory chip package. Concept: Ted Hoff. Design: John Reed. This first DRAM is also the first of the chips that would enable the explosive growth of PC's; 1970 MIL became the official second source supplier for Intels...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color slide of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 2 MHz. Transistor Count: 4,500. Chip Performance: 29 (64) MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 4.5 microns. Bus width: 8 bits. Addressable memory: 64...
Advertisements; Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Livestock diseases; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Veterinary medicine;
On front of advertisement: "Important to owners and raisers of stock -- Dr. W. J. McKee, of San Jose, Cal., a Veterinary Surgeon of forty years experience, brings glad tidings to all owners and raisers of Horses, Cattle and Stock generally....
Adobes houses; Painting; San Jose (Cailf.); Valencia, Manuel
Manuel Valencia's grandfather came to California with the de Anza Party (1774) and became an administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco. The family was given many land grants. Valencia Street in the Mission district is named for the family....
New Almaden Mines; Automobile parts; Automobile repair shops; Receipts
Osen-McFarland Auto Co. issued this statement of account for Almaden Quicksilver Co., New Almaden, for the month of March, 1913, for service and parts, fueling and wash and polish, for vehicle or vehicles belonging to the Almaden Quicksiver Co....
Photograph of San Jose YWCA building taken Sept. 1962. Caption for verso of photo: A legacy from the estate of E.J. Wilcox, San Jose property owner, has financed a $25,000 "new look" for the San Jose YWCA at Second and San Antonio...
Bonds; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
In 1959, Santa Clara launched a bond drive for $22,500,000 to expand and modernize City services for the community's burgeoning population. $800,000 of that was to finance a Central Library for the City. The bond issue passed overwhelmingly. Left...
Electronic industries; Memory dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 1103 DRAM Memory Die. Concept: Ted Hoff. Design: John Reed. This first DRAM is also the first of the chips that would enable the explosive growth of PC's; 1970 MIL became the official second source supplier...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Celeron® processor package. Clock speeds: 266 MHz. Transistor Count: 7.5 million (0.25 micron process)Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP), 242 pins. Bus Speed: 66MHz. Bus Width: 64 bit system bus....
Agriculture; Ephemera; Fairs--California--San Jose; People; Programs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of program, "Santa Clara County Fair, 1948. Sept. 13 thru 19." Bearded old man with pipe carrying suitcase which says, "Hi! Neighbor. Come to the Fair Sept. 13 thru 19." At bottom: "Stay and play all day. San...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor. The 8080 became the brains of the first personal computer--the Altair, allegedly named for a destination of the Starship Enterprise from the Star Trek television show. Computer hobbyists...
Chinese; Chinese Americans; Chinese Exclusion Acts; Diversity; Ephemera; Geary Act; Receipts; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Receipt for $1.00 donation from Ng Seung Fun of Ning Yeung District Association for legal fees to fight the Geary Act. Issued by the Chinese Six Companies.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Carnadero School; Education; Ephemera; Public schools; Receipts; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Textbooks;
Receipt for books purchased for Carnadero School, February 25, 1890.
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Advertisements; Grauman, Sid, 1879-1950; Unique Theatre (San Jose, Calif.)
This is an undated (prior to April, 1906) single-fold advertising flyer for Grauman's Unique Theatre that includes advertisements for several other San Jose businesses. After the April 18, 1906 earthquake Sidney Grauman moved to Los Angeles,...