Clerks; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Lost and found possessions; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Lost and found department with evacuees claiming items at Portland Assembly Center in Oregon.
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....
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, dark pink (faded red?) brocade. Front and back are inset with long panels of red and gold brocade edged in gold strips. Neck and edges trimmed with gold braid. Lined with beige cloth. Found with metal-edged tag "VIII.10" The...
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...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Fox, George W.; United States, Civil War, 1861-1865
A letter from George W. Fox to Captain Bernard J. Reid. Fox explains that he has found some men who will join Reid to fight against General Lee's Army.
Advertisements; Agriculture; Drawings; Ephemera; Livestock diseases; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Veterinary medicine;
On front of advertisement: "Important to owners and raisers of stock -- Dr. W. J. McKee, of San Jose, Cal., a Veterinary Surgeon of forty years experience, brings glad tidings to all owners and raisers of Horses, Cattle and Stock generally....
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Swords--Spain; Antiquities
Ethel & Grady Lewis show off a Spanish sword that was dug up on their former property, the Neves Estate, after the land was sold to the City of Santa Clara and the City hired contractors to break ground on the land in 1965-67 to build the Santa...
Judge Hiram Bond and his family lived on an estate on Lincoln St. in Santa Clara called New Park. This picture of the horsewoman was found in a group of photos labeled Bond Family pictures.
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...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Dalmatic (sleeved chasuble) in yellow silk damask edged in gold metallic braid. Inset front and back with square of silk brocade, white background, multicolored (predominantly red) flowers. Panels edged in gold metallic braid. Lined with waxed flax...
Documents; Ordinances, Municipal--California--San Jose; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Handwritten, undated document marked "Ordinance No. 2 from No. 1 to 8, marked on the Journal as No.2." Ordinance describes several criminal activities, including galloping "his or their horses through the Streets of this Town";...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Coins; Medals; Cornerstones;Mission Santa Clara
Image of coins, medals and crucifix blessed by Padre Junipero Serra on Nov. 19, 1781, and placed in cornerstone of Padre Marguia's Church at the third site of Mission Santa Clara. The items were found by workmen at the corner of Campbell Avenue and...
