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 machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hay; Horses; People; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Haypresses were common in the rural areas around San Jose when this photo was taken in the summer of 1891. Certain models turned out bales [that] were held together by rope instead of wire. And the crews, fortified by five meals a day, worked from...
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Dried fruit; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stone fruit;
Black-and-white photograph of apricots being weighed. "Canners usually differentiate prices depending on the number of apricots required to make a pound. Fruit as small as 16 to the pound is ordinarily canned. Even 18s have been put up. 14s...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, colorful flat silk ground and long stitch flat silk floral embroidery on ivory satin with gold thread stitching. The Chasuble is the outer-most vestment worn by bishops and priests at Mass. The original form of this vestment was a...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Electric batteries
Grenet Batteries were single-element battery sources with flasks varying in size, from 1/3 liter to 3 liters. These batteries, when filled with an acid solution and placed in series, were a common source of electrical current prior to the...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric batteries
Grenet Batteries were single-element battery sources with flasks varying in size, from 1/3 liter to 3 liters. These batteries, when filled with an acid solution and placed in series, were a common source of electrical current prior to the...
Dormitory 2nd Division in the Ship, used as a dorm until 1912 when O'Connor Hall opened. With the construction of O'Connor Hall, Seniors enjoyed the privacy of two-man rooms. Other students continued to share common sleeping quarters.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Buildings
Santa Clara College as seen around 1895. Students are gathered on Fr. Cunningham's Sodality Ball Park. California Hotel can be seen dimly behind trees. A common form of recreation for special occasions was the organized Field Day held in the open...
