Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
Original pulpit used by Fr. Catala, and the marker above his grave, next to the altar of the Crucifix in St. Clare's Church, after remodeling by Fr. Kenna and before the fire of 1926
Electronic industries; Memory chip packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged black-and-white photograph of the Intel® Schottky 3101 Bipolar Ram Memory chip package. The 3101 is the world's first solid state memory device and Intel's first product. The 3101 used Schottky barrier diode, bipolar technology. The...
Missal covers; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Votive painting;
Painting in gouache on board surrounded by elaborate frame or border of lace, embroidery, sequins, silk ribbon, beads, and feathers. Parchment backing. This was used as decorative panel or missal cover. The small painting depicts a female figure...
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Spin/Rinse dryers; Technicians; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Spin/rinse dryers being used in the 4-inch wafer etching process.
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Spin/Rinse dryers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a Spin/Rinse dryer. Spin/rinse dryers were used to in the etching process. The 2-inch wafers of the day had to be precisely loaded, if not they would would be tossed about and shattered during the spin cycles.
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of an operator monitoring the furnace bank gauges used in the 2-inch wafer fabrication process.
Clean rooms; Computers; Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Printers; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technicians; Technology;
Color photograph of cleanroom printers. Special printing supplies are used to maintain the cleanroom environment required in the wafer fabrication process.
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Memory dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 27C64 CHMOS EPROM Memory Die. Intel’s first CHMOS EPROM. The Microchip Technology Inc. 27C64 is a CMOS 64K bit (Electrically) Programmable Read Only Memory. The device is organized as 8K words by 8 bits...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8008 microprocessor. The 8008 was twice as powerful as the 4004. A 1974 article in Radio Electronics referred to a device called the Mark-8 which used the 8008. The Mark-8 is known as one of the first...
Electronic industries; People; Photographs; San Carlos (Calif.)--History; Technology;
At bottom of black-and-white photographic print: "Eimac employees Naomi Prindle of San Carlos, left, and Bernice Buttacavole, San Mateo, are shown with two Eimac electron-power tubes widely used in military and commercial applications. Eimac...
Electronic industries; People; Photographs; San Bruno (Calif.)--History; Technology;
At bottom of black-and-white photographic print: "Eimac super power klystrons are tested in San Bruno, California plant. An Eimac super power klystron was used in the recent Venus radar contact supplying the high radio frequency power. Eimac...
College buildings; Education; Lake Lagunita; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stanford (Calif.); Stanford University;
Black-and-white photograph of Lake Lagunita, Stanford University, circa 1900. Although formerly used by students for boating and swimming, it is a dry lakebed most of the year.
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On text that accompanies black-and-white photograph: "Disc-plowing with a 40 HP Best. This was one of the first models with a full track. Earlier models used short tracks for power plus a single wheel out front for steering. The driver is...
Agnews Clock Tower; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Automobiles; Buildings; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of the Agnews Clock Tower, which was once used as a treatment building. It is one of four hospital buildings on the site that survived after the campus was purchased by Sun Microsystems.
The Mission Motor Car Company's Service Department and Used Car Department located at 6th and Santa Clara St. San Jose. The Mission Motor Car Company was owened by Normandin and Campin, and distributed Chevrolet, Franklin, Baker Electric, Hudson,...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Big tourist attraction at Alum Rock Park. Touted as a meteor but may have been a natural occurrence. Broken up in 1918 to help with the war effort. Smelting yielded 39 tons of high grade magnanese ore used in the manufacture of armor plating.
Photo of the first radio telephone and telegraph set connected to the 11,500 foot "carpet" aerial. Set was used by Ray Newbry to telegraph 100 miles. Operator and location are not identified.
