Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
College buildings; College students; College teachers; Education; People; Photographs; San Jose State Teachers College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white panoramic photograph of students and teachers posing for photo in the quadrangle of the State Teachers College.
Fruit industry; Fruit culture; Tractors; Lester Will W.; Caterpillar Diesel D4; Bean sprayers
Will W. Lester drives a Caterpillar Diesel D4 tractor pulling a 500 gallon bean sprayer through fruit orchards one mile south of Santa Clara, California 1952.
Luncheons; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Nature; People; Photographs; Picnicking; San Jose State Normal School; San Jose State University; Smith's Creek; Women;
Photograph of luncheon at Smith's Creek, on a trip to Mt. Hamilton, May 24, 1901. From Edith Young van Eaton, San Jose State Normal School class of January 1902.
Santa Clara Argus Newspaper, Book and Job Printing Establishment, William A. January, Proprietor, Market Street, San Jose, receipt for payment of printing order of March 17th, 1869 by New Almaden Q.S. Mining Co. Receipt dated April 14.
Photographs; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Floods
Approximately $200,000 in damage was caused to Agnews State Hospital properties during the flood of January 1952. Similar photos to this can be found in a 1952 County of Santa Clara Planning Commission monograph titled "Flood Problems in Santa...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Griffin, Philip; United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865; Letters; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865; People;
A letter written at the 3rd Army Corps Hospital near Alexandria, Virginia, by Philip Griffin to Captain Bernard J. Reid. Griffin tells Reid about his recent whereabouts, his health and the fact that he is not ready to rejoin the regiment, the fact...