Bankers; Durmeyer, Caroline; Franck, Frederick Christian; Legislators--California; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Wedding photography; Weddings;
Frederick Franck served as representative from Santa Clara in the state legislature, first as an assemblyman from 1871-1874 and then as a state senator from 1894-1895. He was also an original stockholder in Santa Clara's first bank, the Santa Clara...
Bergin, Thomas I.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white portrait of Thomas I. Bergin, Santa Clara College's first graduate. Bergin, whose family was the chief supplier of soap and candles in Gold Rush San Francisco, was also the recipient of the first bachelor's degree awarded in...
Written on back of the photograph:, "Mr. J. Z. Anderson, Calif. Pioneer." Anderson was born in 1829 in Pennsylvania, arrived in California in 1852 and became a gold miner and then a farmer. He sent refrigerated cherries from San Jose to...
Daguerreotypes; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916;
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara and Santa Clara College. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara, after 1855. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California Hotel, was a...
