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...
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Authors; College of Notre Dame (Calif.)
"Light in the Valley" is a book about the history of the College of Notre Dame from its beginnings in San Jose in 1851 until its move to Belmont in San Mateo County in 1923. In the photo, left to right, unidentified man, Edward Hart of...
Trolley cars; Men; San Jose (Calif.); Trinity Church
A photograph of trolley car #110 in front of Trinity Church. The first run of San Jose's early trolley cars was on March 16, 1888. Early cars were powered by underground electric rails that shorted frequently. In 1890, the trolley's converted to...
A portrait of Henry Curtner, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer who became wealthy in real estate and land speculation. He owned the Rancho Tularcitos in Milpitas and was a generous philanthropist.
Congress Springs; People; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Saratoga (Calif.); Women;
Artist's drawing featuring six people standing near the Spring House, Congress Springs, Santa Clara Valley, California, circa 1920. Postcard is unused.
Buildings; People; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.)--Electric Light Tower; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Urban life;
Artist's rendition of the downtown area surrounding the Electric Tower, San Jose, California. On verso of postcard: Addressed to "Miss Reed, Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal."
Agriculture; Automobiles; Orchards; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees;
Black-and-white panoramic photograph of automobile parked alongside road circling orchard. Caption reads "Santa Clara Valley in Springtime. The Valley of Heart's Delight."
Adobe buildings--California--Milpitas; Agriculture; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of "the Jose Maria Alviso Adobe, built in 1837 and enlarged in the early 1850s, stands as an excellent example of the Monterey style of architecture popularized throughout California in the 1830s and 1840s. It is the...
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...
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of earthquake damage at Agnews Asylum in 1906. Note: Santa Clara City Library Collection includes a book, "Santa Clara County Pioneer Papers 1973" with a chapter on "The Earthquake of April 18, 1906 in the...
