Louise Buildings; San Jose (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif. 1906; Earthquake damage; People; Urban life;
Firemen fighting a fire at the Louise Building, Second and San Fernando streets, San Jose, CA following the 1906 earthquake. Note on reverse of print: "Dr. Irvin Fraser." Copyright J.G.Munson '06.
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color photograph of the 80286 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 6MHz (.9 MIPS) 10 MHz (1.5 MIPS) 12 MHz (2.66 MIPS). Transistor Count: 134,000. Chip Performance: 1.5 MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 1.5 microns....
Choirs (Music); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.);
Group portrait of choir with Father DeRop taken outdoors. All subjects nuimbered and most identified: back row L to R 1) F. Sargent, 2) A. Guatelli, 3) R. Bliss, 4) J. Murphy; Second row from top L to R 5) A. deMello, 6) A. Connor, 7)[un-named],...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Buildings; Theaters; Dormitories; Santa Clara (Calif.)
College Hall contained a dormitory on the ground floor and a three-thousand-seat theater on the second floor. Moved from the corner of Alviso and Franklin streets to Franklin and Lafayette streets in 1912, the durable Ship remained Santa Clara's...
Commemorative exercises; Ephemera; Mission Santa Clara; Programs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On cover: Santa Clara County Historical Society 1781-1907. Commemorative Exercises, Second Site Mission Santa Clara, 1907. Comprised of four pages.
Books; Children; Composition (Language arts); Education; Essays; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Two essays on natural history and agriculture, the first by Mary Chadd of Gilroy School, age 15 years, entitled "A President Takes Office" (pp. 409-10). The second essay is by Ida Stewart of Moreland School, age 12 years, entitled...
Cornerstones; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of Cornerstone of Second Mission, 1781. Cornerstone and artifacts blessed by by Padre Junipero Serra on Nov. 19, 1781, and placed in cornerstone of Padre Marguia's Church at the adobe third site of Mission Santa Clara....
Church buildings; Earthquakes; Elementary schools; High Schools--California; Photographs; Posters; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Poster publicizing a lecture by the Reverend W.S. Kelly, pastor of the Centella Methodist Episcopal Church in San Jose, on the April 18, 1906 earthquake. Poster includes photographs of earthquake damage to San Francisco, to Santa Clara's Methodist...
Empire Theater; Ephemera; Fliers (Printed matter); Posters; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Theaters; Urban life; Vaudeville;
Flier promoting the Empire Family Vaudeville Theatre, 201 North Second Street, for a program beginning Monday, May 20 (year unspecified). Entertainers include "the weird somnambulist" Miss Grace Courtland; European juggler Elverton;...
Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose ; Horses; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life
Black-and-white photograph of the Farmers Union Building in San Jose, 1874. On verso of photo: "The southeast corner of Second and Santa Clara streets looked like this in 1874, just after A. Pfister, noted merchant, mayor and founder of San...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Crosses; Santa Clara (Calif.)
Original cross and marker erected in 1920 by James A. Colligan, S.J., at second site of Mission Santa Clara (1779-1784). Standing next to the Cross is photographer's daughter. Cross was replaced in 1953 by a granite cross monument erected by Lions...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
Flag raising and lowering; Military cadets; University of Santa Clara
Photograph of a competitive flag raising drill at Santa Clara College on May 13, 1917. Company "C" won the event. Nicholas J. Martin served as Captain, M.A. Fitzgerald as First Lieutenant and Terry Desmond as Second Lieutanant.
Checks; Murphy, Martin, 1807-1884; San Francisco (Calif.); San Jose (Calif.)
Four checks written by Martin Murphy in 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1877. The first two checks are from the Commercial & Savings Bank of San Jose, and the second two checks come from Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers in San Francisco.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara;
Panoramic photo of frontage of Santa Clara College. Ocular illusion at left. Text on front, Santa Clara College about 1904-1905 Before quake of April 18, 1906 which dispodged frame. Second storey of "California Hotel," white building at...
