People; Photographs; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; State Capitols; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a replica of California's first Statehouse. It was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the meeting of the first State Legislature in San Jose.
Photographs; Canned fruit industry; The Alameda (San Jose, Calif.)
When Dr. James M. Dawson and his wife set up shop in a 12 x 16 foot shed behind their home on The Alameda in 1871, they founded Santa Clara County's canning industry. Their venture grew into the San Jose Fruit Packing Co. and was followed by many...
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.;
Printed on upper left of fruit label, "Sunsweet Trade Mark California Prune and Apricot Growers Inc." On upper right of label: "Net weight 25 lbs." At bottom of label: "Prepared with sulphur dioxide. Grown and packed by...
Horses; People; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Women;
Picture on front of postcard of two women in cowboy dress accompanied by two horses. On verso of postcard: "Round-up San Jose. Come July 1-2-3-4. One hundred years of fun crowded into four days at California's Great Frontier Celebration, the...
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Authors; College of Notre Dame (Calif.)
"Light in the Valley" is a book about the history of the College of Notre Dame from its beginnings in San Jose in 1851 until its move to Belmont in San Mateo County in 1923. In the photo, left to right, unidentified man, Edward Hart of...
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...
Burnett, John M.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
John M. Burnett, son of California’s first American governor Peter Burnett, was Santa Clara College’s second graduate, in 1858.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Conservation of natural resources;
Included in the portrait are Robert Kenna, S.J., Santa Clara's President (front row, leaning on cane), and Andrew P. Hill, standing in back, far right. Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest state park.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927; Students; Engineering; Group portraits;
Photo includes George L. Sullivan, who held California's first license in Mechanical Engineering, and was first dean of the School of Engineering, 1919-1955.
