Cornerstones; Mission Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On verso of black-and-white photograph: "Photo of Padre Murguia Mission Church and compound ruins -- Cornerstone laid March, 1781. Dedicated May 15, 1784 by Serra. Damaged by quakes of 1812 & 1818. Photo by Alice Hare, Santa Clara...
Electric discharges; Scientific apparatus and instruments
When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
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...
Ephemera; Handbills; Political science; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Temperance;
On front of handbill, "Governor John P. St. John will lecture at Turn Verein Hall, Third Street, San Jose, Friday evening, October 14, 1887. Free to all. Subject, --- "Prohibition." Also a Meeting of the County Central Committee and...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings;
Image of adobe outbuilding of third site of Mission Santa Clara. The building was an Indian family's apartment that was taken over by Yankee squatters.
Arnold, William R. (William Richard), 1881-1965; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; Mission Santa Clara; Priests; University of Santa Clara
Photograph of president Herbert Hoover attending the memorial mass held at Mission Santa Clara for the victims of the "Akron" dirigible crash. At top stands Rev. Dennis L?, who presided over the mass. Lower row, third from left stands...
Automobiles; Welch, J. R. Judge; San Jose (Calif.);
Judge J. R. Welch and Mrs. Welch in a flower decorated car in front of their home at 253 So. Eighth Street, San Jose, CA. "Winton automobile - third on Pacific coast - owned by J. R. Welch. Judge Welch & Mrs. Welch pictured in the auto,...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Education; Elementary school buildings; Elementary schools; Horses; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Photograph of Horace Mann School, circa 1895. Horace Mann was San Jose's first "big" school building. Built in 1868 at a cost of $22,000, it was heavily damaged in the 1906 earthquake and had to be demolished. The current Horace Mann...
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...
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Noyce, Robert N., 1927-1990; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Intel co-founder Robert N. Noyce in 1987. Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had...
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Noyce, Robert N., 1927-1990; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Robert N. Noyce. Intel co-founder, Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had earned...
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...
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....
Blossomtime Tours; Maps; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Blossom Time Tours map is on front of postcard, going as far north as Alviso and as far south as Los Gatos. Copyright [of map] by: The H. M. Gousha Company. Image of blossoming orchard is in background near edge of postcard. Also on front of...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Coins; Medals; Cornerstones;Mission Santa Clara
Image of coins, medals and crucifix blessed by Padre Junipero Serra on Nov. 19, 1781, and placed in cornerstone of Padre Marguia's Church at the third site of Mission Santa Clara. The items were found by workmen at the corner of Campbell Avenue and...
