Men; Priests; Women; S.S. Santa Clara Victory; Warships
"Miss Alicia McCone christening the S.S. Santa Clara Victory at launching ceremony at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yard in Los Angeles Harbor. Other's in group, left to right, are...Mrs. J.W.H. Aicher, matron of honor, the reverend...
Arithmetic--Early works to 1900; Education; Elementary schools; Multiplication Tables; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spanish language;
"Table for children who are learning to count..." Includes multiplication tables, and tables for converting currencies.
"This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free end....
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; People; Letters; Campbell, James; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865
A Circular published by the Executive Committee of the Clarion County Committee of Safety. (Of which Bernard J. Reid was a member.) It encourages men to volunteer to fight in the Civil War, and raise funds for family members of these men.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Burnett, John; Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895;
A copy of a letter from Bernard J. Reid to John M. Burnett, the son of former California Governor Peter Burnett. Reid gives his condolences on Peter Burnett's death.
Galvanometer; Scientific apparatus and instruments
A galvanometer is an instrument used to measure the presence, direction, and strength of small electric currents in a conductor. A magnetic needle is deflected by the presence of an electric current in a nearby conductor. The needle turns at right...
Reporters and reporting; Men; Group portraits; University of Santa Clara
A group portrait of local newspaper reporters. Standing left to right: H. Bradbury, Postal Telegraph; Louis Ashlock, A.P.; John Chestnut, S.F. Call-Bulletin; John "Sam" Dunn, Postal Telegraph; Fr. H. Donovan, S.J.; Frank Gordon, S.J....
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...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; People; Reid, Ed; Reid, Ambrose B.; Reid, Charles Vincent; Reid, Lucille Hopkins; Reid, Anna M.; Reid, Alfred; Reid, DePaul; Reid, Little Genevieve; Reid, Little Letta; Group portraits;
A group portrait of the Reid family circa 1900. From left to right in the back row: Ed Reid, Ambrose B. Reid, and Charles Vincent Reid. From left to right sitting: Bernard J. Reid, Aunt May, Aunt Nell, Lucille Hopkins Reid (with little Genevieve...
A hydrometer measures the specific gravity of a liquid relative to water. Nicolson's hydrometer differs from other hydrometers in being totally submerged in use.
