New Almaden Mines; Hardware;Mining equipment; Receipts
Duplicate receipt for purchase of 6 glass tubes by Quicksilver Mining Co. from Conroy & O'Connor, Importers of Hardware, Iron, Steel, and Other Metals, San Francisco, Nov. 30, 1864, (No.13 on verso)
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...
Demolition; College of Notre Dame (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Men;
Demolition work removing old foundations of College of Notre Dame buildings; the truck in the foreground is owned by Kelliher Construction Co. The area is on the old Notre Dame grounds, 199 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA.
E. Auzerais & Bro., Market Street, San Jose, duplicate receipt, dated April 14, 1869, for purchase of 21 sacks of oats by New Almaden Mining Co., February 13, 1869.
Church buildings; Earthquakes; Elementary schools; High Schools--California; Photographs; Posters; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Poster publicizing a lecture by the Reverend W.S. Kelly, pastor of the Centella Methodist Episcopal Church in San Jose, on the April 18, 1906 earthquake. Poster includes photographs of earthquake damage to San Francisco, to Santa Clara's Methodist...
Santa Clara University (Calif.) Archives; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Eberhard Tannery
Old offices of Eberhard Tanning Co. in large adobe building and in excellent condition when razed by President Father Hauck, S.J. (Descended from Padre Murguia-Dela Pena mission tanning vats of Campbell-Franklin mission compund tannery, later Don...
Buildings; People; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.)--Electric Light Tower; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Urban life;
Artist's rendition of the downtown area surrounding the Electric Tower, San Jose, California. On verso of postcard: Addressed to "Miss Reed, Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal."
Empire Theater; Ephemera; Fliers (Printed matter); Posters; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Theaters; Urban life; Vaudeville;
Flier promoting the Empire Family Vaudeville Theatre, 201 North Second Street, for a program beginning Monday, May 20 (year unspecified). Entertainers include "the weird somnambulist" Miss Grace Courtland; European juggler Elverton;...
