Arguello, Concepcion, 1791-1857; Combs; Mantilla; Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Shawls;
Concepcion Arguello was 15 in 1806 when she met the Russian Count Nicolai Rezanov, Chamberlain to the Czar while he was in San Francisco. After a three week courtship, they became engaged. An official of the royal court, he had to return to...
Electronic industries; Memory chip packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color slide of the Intel 1103 Memory chip package. Concept: Ted Hoff. Design: John Reed. This first DRAM is also the first of the chips that would enable the explosive growth of PC's; 1970 MIL became the official second source supplier for Intels...
Electronic industries; Memory dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 1103 DRAM Memory Die. Concept: Ted Hoff. Design: John Reed. This first DRAM is also the first of the chips that would enable the explosive growth of PC's; 1970 MIL became the official second source supplier...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, dark pink (faded red?) brocade. Front and back are inset with long panels of red and gold brocade edged in gold strips. Neck and edges trimmed with gold braid. Lined with beige cloth. Found with metal-edged tag "VIII.10" The...
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Moore, Gordon E., 1929-; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white portrait of Gordon Moore in 1981. Gordon E. Moore is currently Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation. Moore co-founded Intel in 1968, serving initially as Executive Vice President. He became President and Chief Executive Officer in...
Electronic industries; Grove, Andrew S.; Intel innovators; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Andrew S. Grove in 1996. Andrew S. Grove was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1960 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree and received his Ph.D. from the...
Electronic industries; Grove, Andrew S.; Intel innovators; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Andrew S. Grove. Andrew S. Grove was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1960 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree and received his Ph.D. from the...
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Moore, Gordon E., 1929-; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white portrait of Gordon Moore. Gordon E. Moore is currently Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation. Moore co-founded Intel in 1968, serving initially as Executive Vice President. He became President and Chief Executive Officer in 1975...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® processor package. Clock speeds: 60 MHz (100 MIPS, 70.4 SPECint92, 55.1 SPECfp92 on Xpress 256K L2). 66 MHz (112 MIPS, 77.9 SPECint92, 63.6 SPECfp92 on Xpress 256K L2). Number of transistors: 3.1...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color slide of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 2 MHz. Transistor Count: 4,500. Chip Performance: 29 (64) MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 4.5 microns. Bus width: 8 bits. Addressable memory: 64...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® processor. The Intel® Pentium® processor allowed computers to more easily incorporate "real world" data such as speech, sound, handwriting and photographic images. The Intel Pentium...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8080 microprocessor. The 8080 became the brains of the first personal computer--the Altair, allegedly named for a destination of the Starship Enterprise from the Star Trek television show. Computer hobbyists...
Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Rubble; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of the earthquake damaged San Jose Main Post Office in 1906. At top, above picture: "Post Office, Later Became San Jose Public Library."
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Horses; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Willow Glen (San Jose, Calif.);
Black-and-white photograph of the Kensington Post Office, Willow Glen. On verso of photo: "Between Jan. 14, 1893 and Jan. 14, 1895, all mail addressed to residents of Kensington, Calif., went to the Kensington Post Office, housed in this...
Agricultural Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Photographs; Saddlery; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Saddle Room at Agricultural Park. Agricultural Park was the site of the County Fair for many years. These appear to be racing saddles. On verso of photo: "The saddle room at Agricultural Park was located to...
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930; Men; Portraits
James Duval Phelan was born in San Francisco, April 20, 1861. He graduated from St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) in 1881 and studied law at the University of California in Berkeley. Phelan became a partner in the banking...
Captain J. H. Adams was born in Edwardsville, Illinois, on June 13, 1820. and was a Captain in the Mexican American War. He arrived in Hangtown for gold on August 1, 1849. He then arrived in Santa Clara County in August 1853 and became sheriff in...
Written on back of the photograph:, "Mr. J. Z. Anderson, Calif. Pioneer." Anderson was born in 1829 in Pennsylvania, arrived in California in 1852 and became a gold miner and then a farmer. He sent refrigerated cherries from San Jose to...
A portrait of Henry Curtner, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer who became wealthy in real estate and land speculation. He owned the Rancho Tularcitos in Milpitas and was a generous philanthropist.
Adobes houses; Painting; San Jose (Cailf.); Valencia, Manuel
Manuel Valencia's grandfather came to California with the de Anza Party (1774) and became an administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco. The family was given many land grants. Valencia Street in the Mission district is named for the family....