Busicom; Calculators; Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Manufacturing; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Busicom calculator. A Japanese calculator manufacturer, Busicom, asked Intel to design a set of chips for a family of programmable calculators. The original design for Busicom's calculator called for at least a dozen...
Agricultural Park (San Jose, Calif.); Camp Terrell; National Guard of California; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Soldiers;
Black-and-white photograph of Company B, First Regiment National Guard of California. Soldiers are in dress uniforms with guests at camp reception. The regiment was based in San Francisco. Summer camp was at Camp Terrell, at the Agricultural Park...
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...
Certificates of residence; Chinese Exclusion Acts; Chinese laborers; Diversity; Geary Act; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Certificate of residence includes photograph of Chinese laborer Ng Len. "No. 76240" at top left.
McKiernan, Charles Henry; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white portrait of Charles Henry "Mountain Charley" McKiernan. McKiernan was one of the first white settlers in the Santa Cruz mountains, and was noted for having survived an attack by a grizzly bear.
This photograph of New Almaden's first uniformed baseball team was take on the Pagoda porch in Casa Grande Gardens at the Hacienda. Games with visiting teams from nearby towns were played on the grounds of Hacienda School. Standing from left to...
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...
Pavilion Building; Fairmont Hotel; San Jose (Calif.); Construction
Construction of the Pavilion buildings on east side of First Street between San Antonio and San Fernando Streets, San Jose, CA. Building on the left is the Fairmont Hotel under construction.
Agriculture; Automobiles; Baer, Charlie; Cupertino (Calif.); Gasoline; Houses--California--Cupertino; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Service stations; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of Cupertino's first service station, built by Charlie Baer in 1922. On verso of photo: "Baer home in rear at Stevens Creek Blvd. & Sunnyvale-Saratoga Rd."
Alameda, The (San Jose and Santa Clara, Calif.); Loggers; Trees; Willows
Cutting of the large Alameda Willows planted by Padre Catala, preparatory to installation of the first electronic underground trolley railroad, San Jose to Santa Clara about 1878. Photograph preserved by R.A. and Charles D. South. Willows now...
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...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On text that accompanies black-and-white photograph: "Disc-plowing with a 40 HP Best. This was one of the first models with a full track. Earlier models used short tracks for power plus a single wheel out front for steering. The driver is...
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
College buildings; Dormitories; Education; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the dormitory on the first floor of the "Ship." On verso of photo: "First floor of the present "Ship" -- a dorm at that time, 1872-1921."
Cable Car #8, eastbound on Santa Clara Street at First Street, San Jose. Wooden streetcars of this type were abandoned by San Jose Railroads during the 1920's after the introduction of the Birneys.
Electronic industries; Frohman, Dov; Intel innovators; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Dov Frohman. Later becoming President and General Manager of Intel's operations in Israel, Frohman invented the world's first erasable, programmable read-only memory 1702 EPROM, introduced by Intel in 1971.
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Microscopes; Moore, Gordon E., 1929-; Noyce, Robert N., 1927-1990; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Gordon E. Moore and Robert N. Noyce. Intel founders Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce inspect chips in Intel's first Santa Clara Fab.
