Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Coyote (Calif.); Horses; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Twelve Mile House;
Black-and-white photograph of Twelve Mile House, circa 1890. Twelve Mile House was a rest stop on the stage line between Monterey and San Jose. As the name indicates, it was located twelve miles south of San Jose in the Coyote area. Twelve Mile...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Photographs; Sainte Claire Club; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
The Sainte Claire Club was an exclusive men's club founded in San Jose in 1888. The Mission Style Revial Clubhouse was built at the corner of North Second and Saint James in 1893. Both the building and the Club still survive.
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hay; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; The Alameda (San Jose, Calif.);
Black-and-white photograph of haystacks along the Alameda. The Alameda was the main route between Mission Santa Clara and the city of San Jose. "Planted by Indians, 1792" written on the back of the photo refers to the trees lining the...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Dwellings; Peralta Adobe; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
The Peralta Adobe is the oldest surving structure in San Jose and its only surviving adobe. It was restored in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration. In this 1947 photo it is unrestored with a tin roof and serving as a storehouse for...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Jails; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Alum Rock Jail. On verso of photo: "Much of the original road into Alum Rock Park was built by County Jail prisoners who were housed--and guarded--in these shacks. The roofed structures and the open one...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock stands at the entrance to Alum Rock Park. It is the hardened core of an extinct volcano with a high percentage of alum which gave the park its name.
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.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Big tourist attraction at Alum Rock Park. Touted as a meteor but may have been a natural occurrence. Broken up in 1918 to help with the war effort. Smelting yielded 39 tons of high grade magnanese ore used in the manufacture of armor plating.
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...
Akron (Air-ship); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Moffett Field (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); Technology; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of the Airship Akron moored at Moffett Field before departing for its home base at Lakehurst, New Jersey. To the left construction has just begun on Moffett Field's Hangar No. 1. On verso of photo: "May 14,...
Commemorative exercises; Ephemera; Mission Santa Clara; Programs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On cover: Santa Clara County Historical Society 1781-1907. Commemorative Exercises, Second Site Mission Santa Clara, 1907. Comprised of four pages.
