This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
Asian Americans; Asian students; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white photograph of three Asian students, among the first to attend Santa Clara College in the early 1890s.
Automobiles; Buildings; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Chamber of Commerce; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of First and Santa Clara streets. Also includes the Bank of America building.
Automobiles; San Jose Implement Co.; San Jose (Calif.); Buildings
A photograph of the exterior of the San Jose Implement Company. Written on back, "First picture of old building." The company was at 91 S. Market Street.
Bankers; Durmeyer, Caroline; Franck, Frederick Christian; Legislators--California; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Wedding photography; Weddings;
Frederick Franck served as representative from Santa Clara in the state legislature, first as an assemblyman from 1871-1874 and then as a state senator from 1894-1895. He was also an original stockholder in Santa Clara's first bank, the Santa Clara...
Belden, Josiah; Mayors; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.)--History
Pioneer of 1841. Josiah Belden (1815-1892) was the first Mayor of San Jose. Born May 4, 1815 in upper Middletown, Conn. Married Sarah Jones on Feb. 1, 1849. Died April 23, 1892.
Bergin, Thomas I.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white portrait of Thomas I. Bergin, Santa Clara College's first graduate. Bergin, whose family was the chief supplier of soap and candles in Gold Rush San Francisco, was also the recipient of the first bachelor's degree awarded in...
Books; Children; Composition (Language arts); Education; Essays; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Two essays on natural history and agriculture, the first by Mary Chadd of Gilroy School, age 15 years, entitled "A President Takes Office" (pp. 409-10). The second essay is by Ida Stewart of Moreland School, age 12 years, entitled...
Buildings; Business enterprises; Chinese restaurants; Construction equipment; Diversity; Jose Theatre; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life
Black-and-white photograph of First Street during San Jose Light Rail construction in 1987.
Buildings; Forbes Mill; Los Gatos (Calif.); Mills--California--Los Gatos; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color postcard of "The Old Stone Mill" -- erected 1850. First building in Los Gatos, California. Forbes Mill was built in 1854 along the banks of Los Gatos Creek by James Alexander Forbes. The town of Los Gatos later grew up around it. ...
