Adobes houses; Painting; San Jose (Cailf.); Valencia, Manuel
Manuel Valencia's grandfather came to California with the de Anza Party (1774) and became an administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco. The family was given many land grants. Valencia Street in the Mission district is named for the family....
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,...
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.
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara County...
Photograph of Agnews Asylum ruins after 1906 earthquake. There was severe damage and 101 patients and 11 staff members were killed.
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Altar candlesticks; Mission Santa Clara; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Altar candlesticks (Mission period). Made of wood, plaster, pigment, and gilt. Both candlesticks are identical in design but x.2000.9a has more damage on the candleholder. Base is triangular with a smaller triangular piece on top. A stem widens to...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Jails; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Alum Rock Jail. On verso of photo: "Much of the original road into Alum Rock Park was built by County Jail prisoners who were housed--and guarded--in these shacks. The roofed structures and the open one...
Arguello, Concepcion, 1791-1857; Combs; Mantilla; Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1764-1807; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Shawls;
Concepcion Arguello was 15 in 1806 when she met the Russian Count Nicolai Rezanov, Chamberlain to the Czar while he was in San Francisco. After a three week courtship, they became engaged. An official of the royal court, he had to return to...
Astronomical Observatories; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Mead, L. A.; Astronomical Clocks; University of Santa Clara
From caption on back of photograph: "Rev. Jerome S. Ricard, S. J. and Mr. L. A. Mead examine the Grimshaw and Baxter Clock (after Mead) at the time of its installation in the Ricard Observatory, 1929."
Astronomical Observatories; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Mead, L. A.; Astronomical Clocks; University of Santa Clara
From caption on back of photograph: 'Rev. Jerome S. Ricard, S. J. and Mr. L. A. Mead discuss the Grimshaw and Baxter Clock (after Mead) when it was installed in the Ricard Observatory, 1929.'
Automobiles; Gliders (Aeronautics); Maloney, Daniel John; Montgomery, John J. (John Joseph), 1858-1911; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of John J. Montgomery's Glider "Santa Clara" after landing. On verso: "[Daniel John Maloney's] safe landing at predesignated spot... south of Poplar Street and east of present Alviso Street extension, April...
Baer, Charlie; Children; Girls; Parade floats; People; Photographs; Prune and Apricot Growers Association; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of a parade float of Prune and Apricot Growers shortly after group's formation. The driver is Charlie Baer. The Prune and Apricot Growers Association was formed in 1917.
Brides; Grooms (Weddings); Relocation camps; Weddings; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a happy young couple of evacuees immediately after a ceremony with pastor looking on at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center, with cake and trimmings ready for the wedding reception.
