Electric discharges; Scientific apparatus and instruments
When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges;
When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
San Jose (Calif.); Downtown; Museum of Art; Market Post Tower
This image is from the "City With a Past" photo contest in 1988. This image shows Market Street with the Museum of Art and Market Post Tower in background, 1987. Entry # 21.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Steam engines
The Eolypile (or aeolipile) is a metal sphere attached to a chariot half-filled with water and nested up to allow steam to build up. The steam is then allowed to escape in a jet making the chariot move. Physical Description: Brass 'cart' with three...
Clerks; Post offices; Postal service employees; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows female evacuees working at a post office in Portland Assembly Center in Oregon.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Earthquake damage; Fires; Rubble; Crowds; Garden City House
People in street next to the Garden City House, fire hose in street, new construction of multi-storied building down the street, after the 1906 earthquake. Garden City House was a boarding house at 11 Post Street.
