Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Redwood Park; Parks; Trees; People; Fuller family; Photographs
"Father of the Forest" at Big Basin, 1913. Charles R. Fuller is seen standing near the base of this tree, he said he felt like a microbe on the end of a toothpick. The tree is 100 ft. in circumference, 22 ft. in diameter, and said to be...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Reid, Genevieve;
A letter written in San Francisco from Genevieve to her family. She wishes everyone a Happy New Year, thanks them for their Christmas gifts, and describes what she did on Christmas day.
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 &...
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...
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...
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.
Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose ; Horses; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life
Black-and-white photograph of the Farmers Union Building in San Jose, 1874. On verso of photo: "The southeast corner of Second and Santa Clara streets looked like this in 1874, just after A. Pfister, noted merchant, mayor and founder of San...
Courthouses; People; Photographs; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Santa Clara County Courthouse, taken one year after its completion. It was designed by local architect Levi Goodrich, at a cost of $200,000. The courthouse was originally built with one great courtroom directly...
County Office of Education certificate awarded to Margaret Chaney on May 28, 1930 for reading more than 6 books during the school year. Note book titles and signatures of school officials.
Dance; Dance parties; Ephemera; Fliers (Printed matter); Guitars; Las Hermanas Padilla; Mexican Americans; People; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose Municipal Auditorium; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Flier in Spanish promoting a Mexican-American dance at the Civic Auditorium on Saturday, September 10 (year unspecified), featuring performers, the Hermanas Padilla. "Empresarios: Pedro Gomez, Frank Davilla, L. Vidaurri"
Empire Theater; Ephemera; Fliers (Printed matter); Posters; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Theaters; Urban life; Vaudeville;
Flier promoting the Empire Family Vaudeville Theatre, 201 North Second Street, for a program beginning Monday, May 20 (year unspecified). Entertainers include "the weird somnambulist" Miss Grace Courtland; European juggler Elverton;...
