Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Redwood Park; Parks; Trees; People; Fuller family; Photographs
"Father of the Forest" at Big Basin, 1913. Charles R. Fuller is seen standing near the base of this tree, he said he felt like a microbe on the end of a toothpick. The tree is 100 ft. in circumference, 22 ft. in diameter, and said to be...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Canned vegetables industry; Education; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Textbooks;
Canning fruits and vegetables (Excerpted from a 1936 California State textbook titled, "California: Life Resources and Industries of the Golden State," Calif. Dept. of Education). Note the caption on Fig. A., page 50. Includes pages 3, 6,...
Cupertino (Calif.); Merithew, Joseph C.; People; Photographs; Ranch houses; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Captain Merithew's home and ranch, circa 1885. Written on the back of the photorgraph, "50 acres total. Left to right -- Uncle Joseph Merithew, Uncle Frederick Merithew, winery caretaker, (on porch)...
Written on back of photograph, ''Doc' Charles David Herrold, father of radio broadcasting.' Established Herrold Laboratories, Herrold College of Engineering. Born Nov. 16, 1875, Fulton, Illinois. Moved to San Jose. Sent 1st wireless telegraph...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged black-and-white photograph of the i486 microprocessor package. Clock speeds: 25 MHz (20 MIPS, 16.8. Number of transistors: 1,200,000 (1 micron, with 50 MHz at .8 micron). Bus width: 32 bits. Addressable memory: 4 gigabytes. Virtual...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 4004 microprocessor. The 4004 was Intel's first microprocessor. This breakthrough invention powered the Busicom calculator and paved the way for embedding intelligence in inanimate objects as well as the...
New Almaden Mines; Receipts; Horseshoeing; Horses; Farriers
The acknowledgement of payment is signed by John Mondragon. The Miners Fund of New Almaden's Quicksilver Mining Co. paid Mondragon $1.50 for shoeing a horse, March 22, 1905.
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Cupertino (Calif.); Fruit; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
On text accompanying black-and-white photograph, "Loading a Giant refrigerator car -- Goods are being trucked into the 50 ton refrigerator car on the siding. Very few cars of this size have been built. The standard refer is about 80% of this...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Alum Rock Park Falls; Automobiles; Bicycles; Bridges; Buildings; Camping; Carts & wagons--American--California--Saratoga; Congress Springs; Foothills; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Nature;...
1. Picnic at Congress Springs (page 85 in scrapbook) 2. Driving first spike in Peninsular Electric railroad between Palo Alto and San Jose (page 146 in scrapbook) 3. Four photos (page 164 in scrapbook)-- a) North First Street Elks Bldg., b) Santa...
