Written on back of the photograph, "Louis Booksin, Willow Glen, cherry grower." Booksin married Elizabeth Kirk on December 1, 1896. He owned three fruit ranches (90 acres) in San Jose.
Louis Pellier (1812-1872) was a native of Hippolite, France. He introduced the French prune to the Santa Clara Valley. This photograph was taken in Paris.
Drawings; Education; Fruit; Mission Santa Clara; Poetry; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; University of Santa Clara
Poem by Santa Clara University English professor Henry Louis Walsh called "The Prune." Walsh was a Catholic priest who wrote the forty-one quatrain poem in 1935. It is comprised of nine pages.
Architecture; College buildings; College students; Education; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State Normal School; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white photograph of the San Jose State Normal School, San Jose, California, circa 1885-1905. Front view of the building, which was built in 1881.
Bands (Music); Musicians; Men; California National Guard; Brohaska, Fred; Lake, Will; Warner, Oscar; McMelkin, Pop; Conklin, Jim; Conterno, D.D.; Ingram, Tommy; Parsons, Charles; Laskey, Jesse; Dobson, D.D.
A photograph of the California National Guard, Fifth Regimental band. Names written on back, "Will Lake, Fred Brohaska, Oscar Warner, Ebert, Pop McMelkin, Jim Conklin, D.D. Conterno, director, Tommy Ingram, Jaffey (Fred?) Louis Nell (Knell?)...
Reporters and reporting; Men; Group portraits; University of Santa Clara
A group portrait of local newspaper reporters. Standing left to right: H. Bradbury, Postal Telegraph; Louis Ashlock, A.P.; John Chestnut, S.F. Call-Bulletin; John "Sam" Dunn, Postal Telegraph; Fr. H. Donovan, S.J.; Frank Gordon, S.J....
