Adobe buildings--California--Milpitas; Agriculture; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of "the Jose Maria Alviso Adobe, built in 1837 and enlarged in the early 1850s, stands as an excellent example of the Monterey style of architecture popularized throughout California in the 1830s and 1840s. It is the...
Advertisements; Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Livestock diseases; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Veterinary medicine;
On front of advertisement: "Important to owners and raisers of stock -- Dr. W. J. McKee, of San Jose, Cal., a Veterinary Surgeon of forty years experience, brings glad tidings to all owners and raisers of Horses, Cattle and Stock generally....
Aerial photographs; Agriculture; Automobiles; Buildings; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Plant, Santa Clara, Calif. Photo taken on May 5, 1949.
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...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hay; Horses; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Haypresses were common in the rural areas around San Jose when this photo was taken in the summer of 1891. Certain models turned out bales [that] were held together by rope instead of wire. And the crews, fortified by five meals a day, worked from...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of four men spraying trees in an orchard. On verso of photo: "Keeping an orchard healthy called for a lot of work. It meant spraying, dusting, pruning, irrigating, or some other form of attention almost the year...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; FMC Corporation; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of the Bean Spray Pump, circa 1915. The Bean Spray Pump Company manufactured high pressure orchard sprayers. The main plant was in San Jose. The company eventually evolved into the FMC Corporation.
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On text that accompanies black-and-white photograph: "Disc-plowing with a 40 HP Best. This was one of the first models with a full track. Earlier models used short tracks for power plus a single wheel out front for steering. The driver is...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of a group of people pumping water. Written on back of photograph, "Mrs. Frank A. (Lydia Ortley) Hunter, Mrs. Augustus (Mary Jane) Hunter, (Hand on fender?), Mr. Frank A. Hunter, front -- Clifford B. Hunter."
Agriculture; Albumen prints; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of albumen print, "Peaches from San Jose, Calif., 3.5 inches wide, weight one pound 2 ounces each." Written on the back, "Return to J.A. Clayton."
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Dried fruit; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stone fruit;
Black-and-white photograph of apricots being weighed. "Canners usually differentiate prices depending on the number of apricots required to make a pound. Fruit as small as 16 to the pound is ordinarily canned. Even 18s have been put up. 14s...
