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.); 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...
