Brochures; Drawings; Fruit; Leaflets; Prunes; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
"The California Prune" brochure issued by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in 1940. The brochure is composed of four pages, which contain the beginnings of the prune industry as well as facts about Santa Clara County.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock House provided lodging to visitors to Alum Rock Park in the 1870s and 1880s. It stood on the south side of the canyon opposite the main bridge across Penitencia Creek. It burned down in 1890.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock stands at the entrance to Alum Rock Park. It is the hardened core of an extinct volcano with a high percentage of alum which gave the park its name.
Automobiles; Ford Assembly Plant; Milpitas (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Assembly plant completed in 1955. Covered 32 acres, employed 2300 workers. Closed in 1984. Converted and reopened as the "Great Mall of the Bay Area" in 1994.
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Big tourist attraction at Alum Rock Park. Touted as a meteor but may have been a natural occurrence. Broken up in 1918 to help with the war effort. Smelting yielded 39 tons of high grade magnanese ore used in the manufacture of armor plating.
Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County and Alameda County, Calif.); Homeless camps; Homeless persons; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of a homeless camp on Coyote Creek. On verso of photo: "Hobo Camp on Coyote Creek, 1906."
Earthquakes; Houses--California--San Jose; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of a house destroyed by the 1906 earthquake. On verso of photo: "Residence on 6th St."
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Parachutists--California--San Jose; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stunt flying; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of a parachutist landing, circa 1920. On verso of photo: "Stunt flyers were attracted to Phelan Field, a large tract of open land extending from First Street to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Fourth Street tracks....
People; Photographs; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; State Capitols; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a replica of California's first Statehouse. It was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the meeting of the first State Legislature in San Jose.
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of Agnews Asylum under construction. Agnews was a state institution for the mentally ill completed in 1888 at a cost of $750,000. It had a frontage of 750 feet, and housed over 900 patients. It was the predecessor of the...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Children; Classes (Groups of students); Education; Elementary schools; Elementary school teachers; Girls; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of an East San Jose School classroom in 1898. East San Jose School was located on Adams between Alum Rock Avenue and Jefferson.
Agricultural Park (San Jose, Calif.); Camp Terrell; National Guard of California; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Soldiers;
Black-and-white photograph of Company B, First Regiment National Guard of California. Soldiers are in dress uniforms with guests at camp reception. The regiment was based in San Francisco. Summer camp was at Camp Terrell, at the Agricultural Park...
Airplanes; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Francis, Roy N.; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stockton, Ernest; Technology; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of early San Jose aviator Roy N. Francis and his young passenger, Ernest Stockton, in 1911.
Palo Alto (Calif.); Photographs; Redwoods; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of El Palo Alto, the Tall Tree located off Alma Street by the Southern Pacific tracks and San Francisquito Creek. It lent its name to the City of Palo Alto. El Palo Alto is a redwood tree thought to be over 1,000 years...
