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.
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...
Children; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday); Mexican Americans; Parade floats; Parades; People; Photographs; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Color photograph of a float in the 1991 Cinco de Mayo Parade.
Earthquakes; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the collapsed north wing of the Vendome Hotel in San Jose. The hotel was built in 1904. There was one death in the hotel as a result of the 1906 earthquake.
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Canned fruit industry; Cherries; Difiore's Cherry Orchard; Fruit; Italian Americans; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of nine cherry packers (seven women and two men) at Difiore's Cherry Orchard.
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.
Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Rubble; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of the earthquake damaged San Jose Main Post Office in 1906. At top, above picture: "Post Office, Later Became San Jose Public Library."
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; 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.
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...
Buildings; Forbes Mill; Los Gatos (Calif.); Mills--California--Los Gatos; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color postcard of "The Old Stone Mill" -- erected 1850. First building in Los Gatos, California. Forbes Mill was built in 1854 along the banks of Los Gatos Creek by James Alexander Forbes. The town of Los Gatos later grew up around it. ...
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.
