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...
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...
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of four men spraying trees in an orchard. On verso of photo: "Keeping an orchard healthy called for a lot of work. It meant spraying, dusting, pruning, irrigating, or some other form of attention almost the year...
Agricultural societies; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Ephemera; Membership certificates; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Society;
Certificate of life membership to the Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Society for Isaac S. Thompson, dated December 30, 1859.
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of men and women sorting prunes. On verso of photo: "A sorting crew is at work in a dry shed. The prunes shown here are dry and on their way via the packing house to commercial destinations far beyond the Santa Clara...
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the view from the Almaden Valley looking north toward Milpitas. Monument and Mission Peaks are in the center left, buildings of downtown San Jose can be seen in the center right.
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."
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Lick Observatory; Pear; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Printed on upper right of fruit label, "Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County California." Also on label: "U.S. No.1, Grown and packed by Sweetbrier Orchards, San Jose, Calif., U.S.A. Contents 4/5 bushel."
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
In June 1960, Duffy-Mott purchased all of the processing equipment of the Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation from Thriftimart Inc. Pratt-Low was founded in 1905 in Santa Clara Valley as a packer of California fruits and vegetables.
Agriculture; Carriages & coaches--American--California--Saratoga; Horses; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Saratoga (Calif.); Transportation;
Color postcard of Saratoga Foot Hills, Santa Clara Valley, Calif., circa 1909.
Agriculture; Color prints; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Chamber of Commerce; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color printed on paper, "Stop at San Jose in the famous Santa Clara Valley, California. You are cordially invited to visit our beautiful Valley. When making out your itinerary be sure to arrange to stop at San Jose. Full information about...
