Checks; Murphy, Martin, 1807-1884; Receipts (acknowledgments); San Jose (Calif.)
A receipt and two checks. The receipt is from "The Monitor and Guardian" newspaper, for a year long subscription made by Martin Murphy. The two checks were written by Murphy in 1877 and 1878. The checks come from the Commercial &...
"This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free end....
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...
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.); Students; Bathrooms;
A lithograph of the interior of the student washroom of the Ship. There are four rows of sinks and mirrors. One student is cleaning his shoe, two are washing up, and two are hanging their hats and coats. The Ship served as a dormitory on the...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
""This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8088 processor. A pivotal sale to IBM's new personal computer division made the 8088 the brains of IBM's new hit product--the IBM PC. The 8088's success propelled Intel into the ranks of the Fortune 500, and...
Horses; People; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Women;
Picture on front of postcard of two women in cowboy dress accompanied by two horses. On verso of postcard: "Round-up San Jose. Come July 1-2-3-4. One hundred years of fun crowded into four days at California's Great Frontier Celebration, the...
Agriculture; Campbell (Calif.); Ephemera; Handbills; Propaganda; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
There are three pages of printed material: Two pages are dated "Nov. 4, 1910." One is to the "Superintendent of Public Instruction," the other "To the Officers and Members of Local No......., Farmers E. & C. U. of A.,...
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....
Checks; Murphy, Martin, 1807-1884; San Francisco (Calif.); San Jose (Calif.)
Four checks written by Martin Murphy in 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1877. The first two checks are from the Commercial & Savings Bank of San Jose, and the second two checks come from Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers in San Francisco.
Courthouses; Distillation apparatus; People; Photographs; Prohibition; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of a man posing with two confiscated stills.
