Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Ambassadors; Group portraits; Men; Mexicans; University of Santa Clara
A group portrait of the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. at a dinner at the University of Santa Clara. Left to right: Gary Gillmore, Mayor of Santa Clara, Hugh Gray, S.J., the dean of the College of Humanities, Jose Juan de Olloqui, the Mexican...
Artists; Artists' models; Men; Portrait drawings; Women; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a Japanese artist sketching a girl posed against a background of landscapes at Tanforan, California Assembly Center.
Bands (Music); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
Group portrait of 7 musicians: 3 seated Zither players, 4 Banjo players standing in back. Photo taken in garden. 3 of 7 musicians identified: G. Hidalgo (seated row, center), G. Lafleche (standing, 2nd from right), Duvfee (standing, far right).
Bergin, Thomas I.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white portrait of Thomas I. Bergin, Santa Clara College's first graduate. Bergin, whose family was the chief supplier of soap and candles in Gold Rush San Francisco, was also the recipient of the first bachelor's degree awarded in...
Bernal, Pedro A.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white portrait of Pedro A. Bernal and his family (an elderly woman, possibly his mother, a middle-age woman and a younger woman). On back of portrait, "Pedro A. Bernal, 654 Rt. 1, San Jose Cal." Bernal was "born October 19,...
Biography; Books; Knox-Goodrich, Sarah L.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women; Women's suffrage--California--San Jose;
Sarah L. Knox-Goodrich is the only woman who has a portrait and biographical sketch in this 1881 History of Santa Clara County. These types of county histories were published all over the United States in the 1880s. The history part of the book was...
