Animals; Cows; Landscape paintings; Paintings; Rivers; Streams; Hill, Andrew Putnam
These bucolic scenes of grazing cattle are not only beautiful, but create a visual historic record of the Santa Clara Valley landscape in the nineteenth century.
Buildings; Los Gatos (Calif.); People; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trolley cars; Urban life;
Artist's rendition of downtown Los Gatos in the early 20th century. Written on the back of the photograph, "San Jose's First Antique Show. San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South Eleventh St. Sept. 22, 23, 24, 1950. 12:30 to 10:00 p.m. Sponsored by...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Dalmatic (sleeved chasuble) in yellow silk damask edged in gold metallic braid. Inset front and back with square of silk brocade, white background, multicolored (predominantly red) flowers. Panels edged in gold metallic braid. Lined with waxed flax...
Community health aides; Cooking; Cooking vessels; Influenza--United States--History--20th century; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State Normal School; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;...
Black-and-white photograph of masked San Jose State Normal School volunteers preparing food during the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Electric discharges; Scientific apparatus and instruments
When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
Electric discharges; X-ray tubes; Scientific apparatus and instruments
This instrument appears to be an early type of vacuum discharge tube or x-ray tube. The glass tube contains metal electrodes that have been sealed and from which the air has been removed by a vacuum system. Physical Description: Glass bulb with...
Galvanometer; Scientific apparatus and instruments
A galvanometer is an instrument used to measure the presence, direction, and strength of small electric currents in a conductor. A magnetic needle is deflected by the presence of an electric current in a nearby conductor. The needle turns at right...
Gift baskets; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Clam shell, woodpecker feathers, quail top knot feathers. Willow cane, brachen fern, and devil's claw weed. Bowl-shaped, light and dark brown. Dark brown pattern forms feather-like edges. Tiny red woodpecker feathers are woven in with five groups...
The Goniometer is an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by observing the direction of a beam of light reflected from their face. The instrument was invented by W.H. Wollaston in 1807. Physical Description: Round brass base with black...
Hupa basket hats; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Yurok basket hats;
Cap from the Yurok or Hupa region. Made of grass fibers, brachen fern, and willow cane. Brown round basket, bowl shaped. These caps were worn low on the forehead while carrying a burden basket. They were used to reduce the potential chaffing caused...
David Brewster, creator of Brewster's Law, patented this device in 1817. It consisted of a long, hollow tube containing two glass mirrors running along the length of the tube and separated from each other at an angle of 60 degrees. Where mirrors...
The Oersted Piezometer was used to determine the coefficient of the compressibility of liquids. Gases would have been pumped into the chamber through the funnel at the top. The pressure of the gases would have been measured via the water barometer...
Crova's apparatus was designed for the purpose of representing vibratory movements on the screen, with 8 disks. Turning the crank past a vertical slit caused the disks to rotate, while a beam of light from the optical system impinged on the slit...
"This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free end....
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Anamorphosis (visual perception)--Instruments
Described as one of many "Fine Optical Toys" in James W. Queen's Catalogue of Microscopes, Accessories and Sundries, 1890, the anamorphoscope mirror rectifies distorted drawings. Physical Description: Cylindrical mirror, black wooden top...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Camera lucida;
An artist's aid for drawing, the camera Lucida was a portable device that was used to reproduce visual images on to paper. An adjustable prism mounted on the end of a supporting arm reflects the surrounding light and produces the image onto the...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Electric batteries
Grenet Batteries were single-element battery sources with flasks varying in size, from 1/3 liter to 3 liters. These batteries, when filled with an acid solution and placed in series, were a common source of electrical current prior to the...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Induction coils
The Ruhmkorff induction coil consists of two separate coils of wire one inside the other wound around a cylinder with a central core of soft iron rods. When a current is passed through the first primary coil, current is induced in the secondary...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Optical instruments
This device was used with a prism to demonstrate the seven colors of the specturm present in a beam of sunlight: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Physical Description: Seven movable mirrors, pivoted on brass holders, set in an...
