Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Dried fruit; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stone fruit;
Black-and-white photograph of apricots being weighed. "Canners usually differentiate prices depending on the number of apricots required to make a pound. Fruit as small as 16 to the pound is ordinarily canned. Even 18s have been put up. 14s...
Checks; Murphy, Martin, 1807-1884; Receipts (acknowledgments); San Jose (Calif.)
A receipt and two checks. The receipt is from "The Monitor and Guardian" newspaper, for a year long subscription made by Martin Murphy. The two checks were written by Murphy in 1877 and 1878. The checks come from the Commercial &...
Adult education students; Classrooms; Education; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of an adult education mathematics class.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock House provided lodging to visitors to Alum Rock Park in the 1870s and 1880s. It stood on the south side of the canyon opposite the main bridge across Penitencia Creek. It burned down in 1890.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Jails; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Alum Rock Jail. On verso of photo: "Much of the original road into Alum Rock Park was built by County Jail prisoners who were housed--and guarded--in these shacks. The roofed structures and the open one...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Big tourist attraction at Alum Rock Park. Touted as a meteor but may have been a natural occurrence. Broken up in 1918 to help with the war effort. Smelting yielded 39 tons of high grade magnanese ore used in the manufacture of armor plating.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Natatoriums; People; Postcards; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Swimming pools;
Color, unused postcard of the Alum Rock Park Natatorium. A natatorium is a large indoor swimming pool.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Alum Rock Park Steam Railroad; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of Alum Rock Steam Railroad and station.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock stands at the entrance to Alum Rock Park. It is the hardened core of an extinct volcano with a high percentage of alum which gave the park its name.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Automobiles; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Plant exterior, circa 1920. Food Machinery Company photo. Anderson-Barngrover eventually merged in the late 1920s with the Bean Spray Co. to create FMC.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Continuous Agitating Cooker; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Industrial equipment; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Company Continuous Agitating Cooker, circa 1920.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Exhibitions; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Industrial equipment; Pan-Pacific Exposition; Photographs; San Francisco (Calif.); San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Company Exhibit at the Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, 1915.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Industrial equipment; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Plant interior, including employees, circa 1920. Food Machinery Company photo. Anderson-Barngrover eventually merged in the late 1920s with the Bean Spray Co. to create FMC.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Industrial equipment; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Plant interior, including employees, circa 1920. Food Machinery Company photo. Anderson-Barngrover eventually merged in the late 1920s with the Bean Spray Co. to create FMC.
Anderson-Barngrover Mfg. Co.; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial buildings; Industrial equipment; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
Black-and-white photograph of Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Plant interior, including employees, circa 1920. Food Machinery Company photo. Anderson-Barngrover eventually merged in the late 1920s with the Bean Spray Co. to create FMC.