Eel baskets; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Willow eel or fish trap basket from the Yurok region of Northwestern California. Open twined baskets of unique shapes are both cleverly designed to catch eels and fish, to drain water rapidly, and to contain and transport the catch back to the...
Vertical Component of the Weichart Seismograph c.1910. Photo taken in the "Octagon-shaped Building" shortly after the installation of the Weichert, probably in 1910.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
Advertisements; Grauman, Sid, 1879-1950; Unique Theatre (San Jose, Calif.)
This is an undated (prior to April, 1906) single-fold advertising flyer for Grauman's Unique Theatre that includes advertisements for several other San Jose businesses. After the April 18, 1906 earthquake Sidney Grauman moved to Los Angeles,...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara, after 1855. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California Hotel, was a...
Daguerreotypes; Ford, James P.; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This daguerreotype, taken circa 1854 by James Ford, is the earliest known photograph of Santa Clara. The mission cross stands in the front of the church; to the left is the east wing of the mission quadrangle. The bell tower has been encased in...
Santa Clara College (Calif.); Seismological stations; Earthquakes
the Vertical Component of the Weichert Seismograph circa 1910. Photo taken in the "Octogon-shaped building" shortly after the installation of the Weichert, circa 1910.
Earthquakes; Santa Clara College (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
The students of Santa Clara College camped out in the yeard after the great earthquake, April 18th, 1906. Wooden beds - 1st Division; iron beds - 2nd Division.
