New Almaden Mines; Mercury; Transportation; Receipts.
The receipt indicates Quicksilver Mining Co. shipped 45 flasks of quicksilver to the Lexington Mining Co. of Butte City, Montana by Southern Pacific Co., May 15, 1889.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Danks, John; Letters; People;
A letter from John Danks to Major Bernard J. Reid. Danks is sorry to hear that Reid cannot be in the group of men going to visit Gettysburg to view the old battle field.
Agriculture; Cupertino (Calif.); Fences; Foothills; Merithew, Joseph C.; People; Photographs; Ranches; Ranch houses; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On verso of photograph: "View of foothills from porch roof of Capt. Merithew Ranch [on] McClellan Road looking west over McClellan Rd., now De Anza College."
College buildings; College students; Eckley, Chas; Education; Mission Gardens; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white photograph of Chas Eckley and a non-student in Mission Gardens, Santa Clara College.
African Americans; Albumen prints; Classes (Groups of students); Diversity; Education; High schools--California; High school teachers; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On back of burnished albumen print, "S.J. High School, Santa Clara St. Source: Gertrude Pyle Lauriston, 7/6/66. San Jose High School -- Mr. Wilson, principal."
Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color postcard of the Hotel Vendome. The Hotel Vendome opened in February, 1889. It was one of the finest hotels in California. Set on 13 landscaped acres, it was demolished in 1930 to make way for houses.
