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.
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.
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930; Men; Portraits
James Duval Phelan was born in San Francisco, April 20, 1861. He graduated from St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) in 1881 and studied law at the University of California in Berkeley. Phelan became a partner in the banking...
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...
Cooper, Astley David Middleton; Art; Paintings; Men;
Astley David Middleton "A. D. M." Cooper, pictured to the right, in his studio with some of his paintings and regalia. Cooper was certainly the most flamboyant and publicized of local artists and some of his work hangs in the famed...
