Rev. E. Whelan and 28 members of the 1914 Sanctuary Society, including Coyle, Nicholson, Fitzpatrick, Donohue, McCarthey, Boone, Carberry, Lyons, L. Trabucco, N. Martin, L. Milburn, F. Brown, E. McLaughlin, E. Schwee, Kavanaugh, Leonard, J....
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.
Bailey, P. G.; Eventrout, Otto; Fisher, Carl; Welch, Frank; Palace Hotel Saloon; Bar room; Hotels; Bars; Men;
This photograph inside the Palace Saloon, which was located at Cahill Street and The Alameda, features a rare interior view. According to the notes on the back of the photograph, the bartender is Frank Welch. The patrons at the bar from right to...
Federal Telegraph's Engineering staff, 1917. Left to right are: Leonard Fuller, Harold Elliot, Corwin Chapman, Kurt Bley, Ralph Beal and Adrien Anderson.
The Varian Associates was a high tech company founded by Russell and Sigurd Varian. Left to right: Russell Varian, Sigurd Varian, Marvin Chodorow, Dorothy Varian, Dick Leonard, Ester Salisbury, Ed Ginston, Fred Salisbury, Don Snow, and H. Myrl...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Diversity; Mexican Americans; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of cutters lined up to get cutting equipment.
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...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Cupertino (Calif.); Fruit; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
On text accompanying black-and-white photograph, "Loading a Giant refrigerator car -- Goods are being trucked into the 50 ton refrigerator car on the siding. Very few cars of this size have been built. The standard refer is about 80% of this...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Fruit; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
On bottom left of black-and-white photograph: "1943 run of sulphured & steam blanched cots -- Home Plant. This proved a moneysaver. E. S. suggeted [sic] 1944 Plan is based on what we learned in this operation." On text accompanying...
Canneries; Women; Working class; Pear; Assembly-line methods
Women halving pears and removing their seeds in preparation for canning. Heavy duty gloves protect their hands from their sharp tools. They also wear aprons and caps over their street clothes. The workers stand at their stations along the assembly...
Letcher Garage; San Jose (Calif.); Automobiles; Buildings;
North First Street between St. James and Julian Streets. The building on right is Letcher Garage. Letcher was famous all over the State of California for erecting signs that stated how many miles to the Letcher Garage.
Demolition; College of Notre Dame (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Men;
Demolition work removing old foundations of College of Notre Dame buildings; the truck in the foreground is owned by Kelliher Construction Co. The area is on the old Notre Dame grounds, 199 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA.
