Earthquakes; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the collapsed north wing of the Vendome Hotel in San Jose. The hotel was built in 1904. There was one death in the hotel as a result of the 1906 earthquake.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Photographs; Sainte Claire Club; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
The Sainte Claire Club was an exclusive men's club founded in San Jose in 1888. The Mission Style Revial Clubhouse was built at the corner of North Second and Saint James in 1893. Both the building and the Club still survive.
Horses; Buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Omnibuses; San Jose City Hall; Post offices; St. Joseph's Cathedral
Looking north on South Market Street near San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA. A six horse team hitched to an omnibus dominates the foreground. On the side of the omnibus is written "Queen of the Pacific." City Hall, the Post Office, and St....
The Modern School of Business (San Jose, Calif.); Presbyterian Church; San Jose (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif. 1906; Earthquake damage; People; Urban life;
Earthquake damage to Presbyterian Church, North Third Street, San Jose. CA. Modern School of Business is in background.
Trolley cars; Men; San Jose (Calif.); Trinity Church
A photograph of trolley car #110 in front of Trinity Church. The first run of San Jose's early trolley cars was on March 16, 1888. Early cars were powered by underground electric rails that shorted frequently. In 1890, the trolley's converted to...
Diversity; Imprisonment; Indians of North America; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
May 3, 1809 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose, discussing the capture of a fugitive Native American named Secundino who has been charged with several thefts, and is a suspect in a rape case....
California--History--1800-1850; Diversity; Indians of North America ; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
August 3, 1808 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose. Estudillo urges kindness and fair treatment of the "heathen" Indians who are to be brought in to help with the current harvest,...
