Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Reid, Letitia M. F.; Reid, George M.; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865
A letter from Bernard J. Reid to his wife Letitia M. F. Reid. He gives the latest news about camp life and jokes about baby George Reid joining the army.
Written on the back of the photograph, "San Jose Savings Bank, 286 Santa Clara St. (old numbering) now about 34 West Santa Clara St. The building at the left edge of the picture is Barbach Bldg. The second location of the city item. Picture...
Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
Bears; Charters; Clubs; Engraving; Flowers; Membership certificates; Native Sons of the Golden West; People; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees;
This is the charter document for the Santa Clara Parlor No. 100 of the Native Sons of the Golden West. Granted on November 21, 1902, the names listed include a number of distinguished Santa Clara residents of that time: John A. Day, W.H. Killam,...
Brochures; Drawings; Fruit; Leaflets; Prunes; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
"The California Prune" brochure issued by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in 1940. The brochure is composed of four pages, which contain the beginnings of the prune industry as well as facts about Santa Clara County.
Carriages & coaches--American--California--Santa Clara; Garages; Gardens; Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees; Transportation;
The Halford Family moved into this home about 1882. They lived there until the 1906 Earthquake and then moved to San Jose. After that time, the house was rented repeatedly. It was torn down in 1957 to make way for a service station.
People; Portraits; Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.); Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco County (Calif.)--History
Portrait of Count Nikolai Rezanov, circa 1806. Maria de la Concepcion Marcela Arguello was born in the Presidio of San Francisco on February 19, 1791. She was the daughter of Don Jose Arguello, who was then serving as the Commandante of the...
Bandstands; Parks; Photographs; Plaza Park; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
This bandstand was the focal point of Santa Clara's Plaza Park from about 1900 until it was torn down to build a public library building. A replica of the bandstand is located in History San Jose's Kelley Park. In 1994, the City built a new...
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Spin/Rinse dryers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a Spin/Rinse dryer. Spin/rinse dryers were used to in the etching process. The 2-inch wafers of the day had to be precisely loaded, if not they would would be tossed about and shattered during the spin cycles.
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor packages. Level Two cache: 256 KB Advanced Transfer Cache (Integrated). Processor Package Style: PGA423. System Bus Speed: 400 MHz. Users of Pentium® 4 processor-based PCs can create...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. The processor debuted with 42 million transistors and circuit lines of 0.18 microns, 29 years after Intel's first microprocessor. The Intel® Pentium® 4 processor's initial speed was...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; College students; Diversity; Education; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; University of Santa Clara; Women
Black-and-white photograph of a non-violent student sit-in in the Dean of Students' Office. On May 7th, 1969, about seventy students staged Santa Clara's first sit-in in Jerry McGrath's office (Dean of Students) to protest the firing of two student...
Buildings; College students; College teachers; Education; People; Photographs; Protest marches; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; University of Santa Clara; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of students and faculty disrupting the End-of-Year President's Review of ROTC. On May 13, 1970, about seventy-five faculty and students protested against the presence of ROTC on campus and disrupted the end-of-the-year...
Automobiles; Buildings; College students; College teachers; Education; People; Photographs; Protest marches; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Transportation; University of Santa Clara; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of students and faculty protesting ROTC on campus. On May 13, 1970, about seventy-five faculty and students protested against the presence of ROTC on campus and disrupted the end-of-the-year President's Review.
