Automobiles; Flowers; Parades; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life; Women
Black-and-white photograph of the Cherry Carnival Parade, Franklin Street, Santa Clara, circa 1914. On verso of photo: "The Cherry Carnival celebrated the cherry industry in Santa Clara and Santa Clara Valley. It was held in the town Plaza...
Pavilion Building; Fairmont Hotel; San Jose (Calif.); Construction
Construction of the Pavilion buildings on east side of First Street between San Antonio and San Fernando Streets, San Jose, CA. Building on the left is the Fairmont Hotel under construction.
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....
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Cornerstones; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.)
Cornerstone and artifacts blessed by by Padre Junipero Serra on Nov. 19, 1781, and placed in cornerstone fo Padre Margula's Church at the adobe third site of Mission Santa Clara. The items were unearthed by workmen laying gas mains in the middle of...
Demolition; College of Notre Dame (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Men;
Demolition work removing old foundations of College of Notre Dame buildings; the truck in the foreground is owned by Kelliher Construction Co. The area is on the old Notre Dame grounds, 199 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA.
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Cable Car #8, eastbound on Santa Clara Street at First Street, San Jose. Wooden streetcars of this type were abandoned by San Jose Railroads during the 1920's after the introduction of the Birneys.
An interior view of Drew's Cyclery. Written on back of the photograph: "Everett Drew on left. Drew's Cyclery, Franklin Street, between Main and Washington, in Santa Clara 8.29.11."
E. Auzerais & Bro., Market Street, San Jose, duplicate receipt, dated April 14, 1869, for purchase of 21 sacks of oats by New Almaden Mining Co., February 13, 1869.
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...
Buildings; Eberhard Tannery (Santa Clara, Calif.); Horses; Industrial buildings; People; Photographs; Railroads--California--Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Tanneries;
Photograph of Eberhard Tannery workers on Grant Street, Santa Clara, circa 1890. The man in the cape is Phillip Sassenrach, a relative of the prominent Roll Family. The residence in the picture is a boarding house. Note the San Jose-Santa Clara...
Palo Alto (Calif.); Photographs; Redwoods; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of El Palo Alto, the Tall Tree located off Alma Street by the Southern Pacific tracks and San Francisquito Creek. It lent its name to the City of Palo Alto. El Palo Alto is a redwood tree thought to be over 1,000 years...
