Photographs; Parades; Parade floats; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Native Sons of the Golden West; University of Santa Clara
The Native Sons of the Golden West, Santa Clara Parlor No. 100 entered a parade float honoring Father Jerome Ricard of Santa Clara College in the San Francisco Diamond Jubilee Parade of 1925. Father Ricard was known as the "Padre of the...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jesuits; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Astronomical observatories;
Fr. Ricard, known as ""Padre of the Rains"" on steps of Ricard Observatory on SCU Campus. ""When forecasting weather, he wore a Panama hat, when foul, he donned a somber sombrero.""