Aerial photographs; Agriculture; Automobiles; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Plant; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation
Black-and-white aerial photograph of the Owens Corning Fiberglas Plant in Santa Clara, Calif., under construction in 1948. Note how vacant the land north of the Bayshore Highway in Santa Clara looked in 1948. Lafayette and Kifer marked on aerial...
Canned fruit industry; Food processing machinery; Food processing machinery industry;
B&W photograph of the Pilot Pitter machine. "Pilot Pitter Inventor-Designor Thomas. B. Keesling, Photo Apr. 1948" and "1106" inscribed at the bottom of the photo.
B&W photograph of a pitting device. Inscription reads "Pit finding and holding means - automatically adjusts knife to make correct size cut. Thomas B. Keesling Inventor. Mar 30 1948 - Witness - Chas. O Smith. #1109."
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...
