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...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
""The hydraulic press depends on Pascal's principle: The pressure throughout a closed system is constant. At one end of the system is a small area piston driven by a lever to increase the mechanical advantage. The small-diameter tubing...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, dark pink (faded red?) brocade. Front and back are inset with long panels of red and gold brocade edged in gold strips. Neck and edges trimmed with gold braid. Lined with beige cloth. Found with metal-edged tag "VIII.10" The...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8086 microprocessor. Chalk the 8086 design up to Intel’s competitive paranoia. ”Because of the success of Zilog’s 8-bit processor, we were sure they were cooking up some super processors for 16 bits...
Hendy Iron Works; Industrial buildings; Iron-works; People; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.);
Black-and-white photograph on front of postcard of the interior of the Hendy Iron Works in Sunnyvale, Calif. Hendy Iron Works relocated to Sunnyvale after the San Francisco plant was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. It was the first large...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Natatoriums; People; Postcards; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Swimming pools;
Color, unused postcard of the Alum Rock Park Natatorium. A natatorium is a large indoor swimming pool.
Bernal, Pedro A.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white portrait of Pedro A. Bernal and his family (an elderly woman, possibly his mother, a middle-age woman and a younger woman). On back of portrait, "Pedro A. Bernal, 654 Rt. 1, San Jose Cal." Bernal was "born October 19,...
Large astronomical telescopes; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Telescope eyepieces;
Black-and-white photograph of Lick Observatory Telescope Eye Piece taken July 4, 1888.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Large astronomical telescopes; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of the Lick Observatory 36-inch refracting telescope. When built it was the most powerful telescope in the world. Weight: 13 tons. Length: 60 feet.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Parachutists--California--San Jose; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stunt flying; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of a parachutist landing, circa 1920. On verso of photo: "Stunt flyers were attracted to Phelan Field, a large tract of open land extending from First Street to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Fourth Street tracks....
The first radio telephone transmitting and receiving set which was installed on Commodore Huntington's yacht "Thelma" at Put-in-Bay, Ohio in 1907. The audion box on left with pan-cake turner above the large transmitting case was the first...
