Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Alum Rock Park Falls; Automobiles; Bicycles; Bridges; Buildings; Camping; Carts & wagons--American--California--Saratoga; Congress Springs; Foothills; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Nature;...
1. Picnic at Congress Springs (page 85 in scrapbook) 2. Driving first spike in Peninsular Electric railroad between Palo Alto and San Jose (page 146 in scrapbook) 3. Four photos (page 164 in scrapbook)-- a) North First Street Elks Bldg., b) Santa...
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....
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® II processor package. Low Power at 266 and 333 MHz bring performance and efficient power consumption to applied computing applications. Originally designed for the Mobile PC market segment, these...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® processor package. Clock speeds: 60 MHz (100 MIPS, 70.4 SPECint92, 55.1 SPECfp92 on Xpress 256K L2). 66 MHz (112 MIPS, 77.9 SPECint92, 63.6 SPECfp92 on Xpress 256K L2). Number of transistors: 3.1...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Color photograph of the i386 microprocessor package. Clock speeds: 16 MHz (5 to 6 MIPS) 20 MHz introduced February 16, 1987 (6 to 7 MIPS) 25 MHz introduced April 4, 1988 (8.5 MIPS) 33 MHz introduced April 10, 1989 (11.4 MIPS, 9.4 SPECint92 on...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® processor. The Intel® Pentium® processor allowed computers to more easily incorporate "real world" data such as speech, sound, handwriting and photographic images. The Intel Pentium...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8088 processor. A pivotal sale to IBM's new personal computer division made the 8088 the brains of IBM's new hit product--the IBM PC. The 8088's success propelled Intel into the ranks of the Fortune 500, and...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel386™ microprocessor. The Intel386™ microprocessor featured 275,000 transistors--more than 100 times as many as the original 4004. It was a Intel’s first 32-bit chip.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; People; Letters; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865; Reid, Letitia M. F.;
A letter from Bernard J. Reid to His wife Letitia M. F. Reid. Bernard is feeling better after an illness and hopes to receive more letters at his new address.
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of four men spraying trees in an orchard. On verso of photo: "Keeping an orchard healthy called for a lot of work. It meant spraying, dusting, pruning, irrigating, or some other form of attention almost the year...
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....
Ephemera; Handbills; Political science; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Temperance;
On front of handbill, "Governor John P. St. John will lecture at Turn Verein Hall, Third Street, San Jose, Friday evening, October 14, 1887. Free to all. Subject, --- "Prohibition." Also a Meeting of the County Central Committee and...
This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
School elections -- Cupertino (Calif.); Fliers (Printed matter).
Political leaflet supporting propositions in a 1957 election that would expand the Cupertino Union School District as "baby-boomers" began entering the elementary grades.
County Office of Education certificate awarded to Margaret Chaney on May 28, 1930 for reading more than 6 books during the school year. Note book titles and signatures of school officials.
Altar candlesticks; Mission Santa Clara; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Altar candlesticks (Mission period). Made of wood, plaster, pigment, and gilt. Both candlesticks are identical in design but x.2000.9a has more damage on the candleholder. Base is triangular with a smaller triangular piece on top. A stem widens to...
This device is for measuring differences in temperature and was named for British natural philosopher John Leslie. It is considerably more sensitive than a standard thermometer. Physical Description: Wooden pedestal base, ivory-colored face,...
