Carriages & coaches--American--California--Santa Clara; Garages; Gardens; Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees; Transportation;
The Halford Family moved into this home about 1882. They lived there until the 1906 Earthquake and then moved to San Jose. After that time, the house was rented repeatedly. It was torn down in 1957 to make way for a service station.
Automobiles; Flowers; Parades; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life; Women
Black-and-white photograph of the Cherry Carnival Parade, Franklin Street, Santa Clara, circa 1914. On verso of photo: "The Cherry Carnival celebrated the cherry industry in Santa Clara and Santa Clara Valley. It was held in the town Plaza...
Bandstands; Parks; Photographs; Plaza Park; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
This bandstand was the focal point of Santa Clara's Plaza Park from about 1900 until it was torn down to build a public library building. A replica of the bandstand is located in History San Jose's Kelley Park. In 1994, the City built a new...
Chinese Americans; Historic buildings; Ng Shing Gung Temple; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Temples, Taoist;
Black-and-white photograph of the Ng Shing Gung Temple, a Taoist temple dedicated to the Five Dieties. Located in "Heinlenville," San Jose's Chinatown, it was completed in 1888 at a cost of $2,000. It was demolished in 1949. The altar...
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....
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.
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...
