SCU Digital Collections

- Alviso Adobe, circa 1920
- 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...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Old adobe wall & library
- Adobe buildings; Libraries; Walls
- The old adobe wall and the Varsi Library to the right
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Adobe, San Jose, First Capital, California
- Adobes houses; Painting; San Jose (Cailf.); Valencia, Manuel
- Manuel Valencia's grandfather came to California with the de Anza Party (1774) and became an administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco. The family was given many land grants. Valencia Street in the Mission district is named for the family....
- Silicon Valley History Online
- San Tomas Creek, south of Hetch-Hetchy, 1962
- Aerial photographs; Farm buildings; Moffett Field (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; San Tomas Creek; Trees
- Black-and-white photograph of San Tomas Creek, south of Hetch-Hetchy, in 1962. Great America Park is now where the farm buildings once were.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Jim Williams, one of first African-Americans in Santa Clara Co., circa 1905
- African Americans; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Williams, Jim;
- Black-and-white photograph of Jim Williams, one of the first African-Americans in Santa Clara Co.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Bellford apple orchard
- Agriculture; Apple orchards; Men;
- A man in derby hat, tie and vest stands among fruit trees in the Bellford orchard
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Beets
- Agriculture; Beets; Farming
- Man in tie and vest surrounded by large beets, holding a pair up for size
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Improved Cactus Co. Spineless cactus
- Agriculture; Cactus; Farming
- Spineless cacti plants in front of a windmill and buildings
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Harvesting cactus
- Agriculture; Cactus; Harvesting; Farming;
- Workers cut and harvest cactus plants for the Improved Cactus Co.
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Pratt-Low Brand Prune Label, circa 1962
- Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
- In June 1960, Duffy-Mott purchased all of the processing equipment of the Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation from Thriftimart Inc. Pratt-Low was founded in 1905 in Santa Clara Valley as a packer of California fruits and vegetables.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- The Land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers, circa 1940
- Agriculture; Color prints; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Chamber of Commerce; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Color printed on paper, "Stop at San Jose in the famous Santa Clara Valley, California. You are cordially invited to visit our beautiful Valley. When making out your itinerary be sure to arrange to stop at San Jose. Full information about...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Cow eating cactus
- Agriculture; Farming; Cactus; Children; Buildings; Cows; Livestock; Animals
- A young boy holds a cow by a rope as it eats cactus plants, while a another boy watches the camera
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Close-up of Improved Cactus Co. Spineless cactus
- Agriculture; Farming; Cactus
- Close-up shot of spineless cactus
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Worker and Improved Cactus Co. Spineless cactus
- Agriculture; Farming; Cactus; Men;
- Worker standing next to spineless cacti illustrates their large size, windmill visible in background
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Melons, tomatoes, alfalfa
- Agriculture; Farming; Melons; Tomatoes; Alfalfa
- Panoramic view of recently harvested melon plants with tomato and alfalfa crops in the background at Lighthouse Farm
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Tomato Plants
- Agriculture; Farming; Tomatoes; Harvesting
- Crates of tomatoes piled by the sides of tomato fields
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Sauvignon Vert grape vine
- Agriculture; Grapes
- Villa Maria Sauvignon Vert grape vine in field
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Picking Sauvignon Vert grapes
- Agriculture; Harvesting; Grapes; Agricultural laborers
- Workers picking Sauvignon Vert grapes at Villa Maria, crates with ""S.C.C. Villa Maria"" in foreground
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Cherry trees
- Agriculture; Orchards; Cherry trees
- A row of cherry trees in the Bellford Orchard
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Untitled painting by Andrew Putnam Hill, 1887
- 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.
- Silicon Valley History Online