Santa Clara University (Calif.); Dining rooms; Students;
Interior of dining hall with students eating at tables. The Students' Dining Room was created during the Civil War when Villiger extended the first floor of the Adobe Lodge northward toward the sacristy of the Mission Church.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865; Danks, John; Letters;
A letter from John Danks to Bernard J. Reid. Danks is applying for a pension from the government due to injury during the Civil War. Danks needs to find a person who witnessed his wounding during battle, and hopes Reid can help in that matter.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Cooper, John; Letters; People; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865;
A letter from John Cooper to Bernard J. Reid. Cooper outlines the creation of new committees during the last meeting of the 63rd Regiment Volunteers of Pennsylvania. Reid was elected to one of these committees.
2 photographic views of Bob Coward, halfback and captain of the Broncos football team from 1896-98, as an invalid from spinal injuries suffered during a game
Photographs; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Floods
Approximately $200,000 in damage was caused to Agnews State Hospital properties during the flood of January 1952. Similar photos to this can be found in a 1952 County of Santa Clara Planning Commission monograph titled "Flood Problems in Santa...
Fourth of July; Electric Light Tower; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; San Jose (Calif.)
Writton on back of photograph, "San Jose Electric Light Tower located on Market and Santa Clara Streets. This is a night scene during the 4th of July, I don't remember the date. Ernest W. Ostererjan presents this picture to the San Jose State...
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Spin/Rinse dryers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a Spin/Rinse dryer. Spin/rinse dryers were used to in the etching process. The 2-inch wafers of the day had to be precisely loaded, if not they would would be tossed about and shattered during the spin cycles.
Electronic industries; Manufacturing; Microscopes; Miniskirts; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of mini skirts. Prior to the introduction of the clean room bunnysuit, labcoats were the required garment. During the popularity of the mini skirt, ladies often shorten their labcoats to mini skirt lengths.
Cable Car #8, eastbound on Santa Clara Street at First Street, San Jose. Wooden streetcars of this type were abandoned by San Jose Railroads during the 1920's after the introduction of the Birneys.
