College buildings; Education; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the front view of Santa Clara College, near San Jose.
Buildings; Mercury; Mining; New Almaden (Calif.)--History; New Almaden Mines; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Hill Office at New Almaden, showing a group of people in front of the building and one person with a surveyor's transit.
Bicycles; Buildings; Kane, Moulton & Company; People; Photographs; Real estate office buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a group of people standing in front of the Kane, Moulton & Company Real Estate office at Hester and The Alameda. Photo includes Jon Kane and Joe Murphy.
McKiernan, Charles Henry; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white portrait of Charles Henry "Mountain Charley" McKiernan. McKiernan was one of the first white settlers in the Santa Cruz mountains, and was noted for having survived an attack by a grizzly bear.
Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.); Students
Group of ten students identified by name and location on label below photo: back row L to R: Heffen (Comstock, Nev.), James Nealon (S.J.), Richard Bliss (S.J.). Seated L to R: John Fong (Honolulu), George Martin (S.J.), William Knightly...
Science Building and Commercial Building from across the College courtyard. The yard in front was reserved for recreation use for day students. On the far left was located a classroom dubbed Letter A. Here errant students completed penalties...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock House provided lodging to visitors to Alum Rock Park in the 1870s and 1880s. It stood on the south side of the canyon opposite the main bridge across Penitencia Creek. It burned down in 1890.
Trolley cars; Men; San Jose (Calif.); Trinity Church
A photograph of trolley car #110 in front of Trinity Church. The first run of San Jose's early trolley cars was on March 16, 1888. Early cars were powered by underground electric rails that shorted frequently. In 1890, the trolley's converted to...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Anamorphosis (visual perception)--Instruments
Described as one of many "Fine Optical Toys" in James W. Queen's Catalogue of Microscopes, Accessories and Sundries, 1890, the anamorphoscope mirror rectifies distorted drawings. Physical Description: Cylindrical mirror, black wooden top...
