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.
Aerial views; San Jose (Calif.); Churches; St. Joseph's Cathedral
An aerial view of Market Street, San Jose, CA. View is looking south from the top of the Electric Light Tower. Open area at right is the plaza. Church is St. Joseph's.
On back of the photograph: "Picture taken on lawn of J. R. Welch home, 253 South Eigth Street San Jose, where a concrete building of State College now stands. Right: Camellia Blanche Marsh, Mrs. Artus Metzger and sister of Mrs. J. R. Welch....
Trolley cars; Men; San Jose (Calif.); Trinity Church
A photograph of trolley car #110 in front of Trinity Church. The first run of San Jose's early trolley cars was on March 16, 1888. Early cars were powered by underground electric rails that shorted frequently. In 1890, the trolley's converted to...
This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
Automobiles; Gliders (Aeronautics); Maloney, Daniel John; Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of John J. Montgomery's Glider "Santa Clara" after landing. On verso: "[Daniel John Maloney's] safe landing at predesignated spot... south of Poplar Street and east of present Alviso Street extension, April...
Alameda, The (San Jose and Santa Clara, Calif.); Loggers; Trees; Willows
Cutting of the large Alameda Willows planted by Padre Catala, preparatory to installation of the first electronic underground trolley railroad, San Jose to Santa Clara about 1878. Photograph preserved by R.A. and Charles D. South. Willows now...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Alum Rock Park Falls; Automobiles; Bicycles; Bridges; Buildings; Camping; Carts & wagons--American--California--Saratoga; Congress Springs; Foothills; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Nature;...
1. Picnic at Congress Springs (page 85 in scrapbook) 2. Driving first spike in Peninsular Electric railroad between Palo Alto and San Jose (page 146 in scrapbook) 3. Four photos (page 164 in scrapbook)-- a) North First Street Elks Bldg., b) Santa...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings;
Site of Padre Marguia's third church of Mission Santa Clara, with depot of South Pacific Coast Railroad in background. The third Mission cornerstone was laid in March 1781, dedicated on May 15, 1784 by Padre Junipero Serra, damaged by earthquakes...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings; Mission Santa Clara
Image of old adobe wall and overhang corridor with benches. Text on verso, "Built in 1822-1823 as north wall of looms and dressmaking buidling of Indian girls whose 'marjerio' adjoined its east end on inside of quadrangle. The padres'...
