Photographs; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.)
This photograph, circa 1896, shows what the main building of the Agnews State Asylum for the Insane looked like in the years before it collapsed in the April 1906 Earthquake.
Bandstands; Parks; Photographs; Plaza Park; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
This bandstand was the focal point of Santa Clara's Plaza Park from about 1900 until it was torn down to build a public library building. A replica of the bandstand is located in History San Jose's Kelley Park. In 1994, the City built a new...
Flags--American; People; Photographs; Restaurants; Saddlerock Restaurant; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Wine;
Black-and-white photograph of a banquet scene at the Saddlerock Restaurant in Santa Clara, circa 1910. On verso of photo: "The old Frank Bldg. on Franklin St -- between Main and Washington (on the north side of Franklin St.)."
Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West; Palms; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a barbecue for the Santa Clara County Native Sons & Daughters of the Golden West. This barbecue in honor of Native Californians in Santa Clara County was held at the home of Johnie Corotto in on 560 N. First St. in...
Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
Blossomtime Tours; Maps; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Blossom Time Tours map is on front of postcard, going as far north as Alviso and as far south as Los Gatos. Copyright [of map] by: The H. M. Gousha Company. Image of blossoming orchard is in background near edge of postcard. Also on front of...
Bonds; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
In 1959, Santa Clara launched a bond drive for $22,500,000 to expand and modernize City services for the community's burgeoning population. $800,000 of that was to finance a Central Library for the City. The bond issue passed overwhelmingly. Left...
Houses--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees;
Black-and-white photograph of the Bond Residence, Franklin Street, Santa Clara, California, 1898. Note: Novelist Jack London, a friend of the Bond Family, visited this residence on his visits to Santa Clara Valley. Santa Clara City Library includes...
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Authors; College of Notre Dame (Calif.)
"Light in the Valley" is a book about the history of the College of Notre Dame from its beginnings in San Jose in 1851 until its move to Belmont in San Mateo County in 1923. In the photo, left to right, unidentified man, Edward Hart of...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Canned vegetables industry; Education; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Textbooks;
Canning fruits and vegetables (Excerpted from a 1936 California State textbook titled, "California: Life Resources and Industries of the Golden State," Calif. Dept. of Education). Note the caption on Fig. A., page 50. Includes pages 3, 6,...
