Written on back of photograph, ''Doc' Charles David Herrold, father of radio broadcasting.' Established Herrold Laboratories, Herrold College of Engineering. Born Nov. 16, 1875, Fulton, Illinois. Moved to San Jose. Sent 1st wireless telegraph...
Canneries; Women; Working class; Pear; Assembly-line methods
Women halving pears and removing their seeds in preparation for canning. Heavy duty gloves protect their hands from their sharp tools. They also wear aprons and caps over their street clothes. The workers stand at their stations along the assembly...
Fruit industry; Fruit culture; Tractors; Lester Will W.; Caterpillar Diesel D4; Bean sprayers
Will W. Lester drives a Caterpillar Diesel D4 tractor pulling a 500 gallon bean sprayer through fruit orchards one mile south of Santa Clara, California 1952.
Three mounted bicycle riders posing on a street, 1929. On left, Old Man Connett. Winners of G.C.U. 80 mile race over Kings Mountain (l to r) Stanley Conklin, 4th place; R. Berti, 1st place; Dan Anter, 3rd place.
Von Dorster, Tillie; Lester, Carrie; Lester, Sarah; Lester, Minnie; Snyder, Alice Lester; Upcraft, Mrs.; Women; Portraits, Group
The Willing Workers of Valley View Annual Meeting at home of Sarah E. Lester. Also identified: Aunt Tillie Von Dorster, Aunt Carrie Lester, Aunt Sarah Lester, Minnie Lester, Alice Lester Snyder, Mrs. Upcraft.
The first radio telephone transmitting and receiving set which was installed on Commodore Huntington's yacht "Thelma" at Put-in-Bay, Ohio in 1907. The audion box on left with pan-cake turner above the large transmitting case was the first...
