Astronomical observatories; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Horses; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Photograph of Mt. Hamilton Stage Co. at Lick Observatory, circa 1890. The stage transported thousands of tourists to the Lick Observatory every year. The 28 mile winding road was three and a half to four hours ride each way. The dome on the left...
Agnews Clock Tower; Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Automobiles; Buildings; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of the Agnews Clock Tower, which was once used as a treatment building. It is one of four hospital buildings on the site that survived after the campus was purchased by Sun Microsystems.
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of four men spraying trees in an orchard. On verso of photo: "Keeping an orchard healthy called for a lot of work. It meant spraying, dusting, pruning, irrigating, or some other form of attention almost the year...
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Glass plate negative of a stagecoach drawn by four horses on a dirt road with the stagecoach driver at the reins. Trees line the road at right, and the acequia can be seen at the bottom right corner.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Redwood Park; Parks; Trees; People; Fuller family; Photographs; People;
"Mother of the Forest" at Big Basin, 1913. Hugh Jeidell, a New York author, is seen at the hollow trunk of same. It is 312 ft. tall and 21 ft. in diameter. In 1909, a boy 12 yers of age (son of Prof. C.D. Marx of Stanford University)...
Family; Interviews; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows the head of the family of four being interviewed after arriving at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center.
Courthouses; Distillation apparatus; People; Photographs; Prohibition; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of four men dismantling confiscated stills in front of the courthouse, San Jose, California.
Miniature leather bound photo album displaying individual portraits with their names written underneath. Owned by Sarah Locke, graduate of San Jose Normal school.
Mission Period; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Water filter urns;
Vessel made of porous stone. There are four four-inch-square projections flush with the top of the urn. These projections are approx. 1.5 inches thick and are part of the urn. Top is round, bottom is oval.
College students; Costume; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State College; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of nine women (five sitting and four standing) dressed in native American costume on a car at San Jose State College.
Commemorative exercises; Ephemera; Mission Santa Clara; Programs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On cover: Santa Clara County Historical Society 1781-1907. Commemorative Exercises, Second Site Mission Santa Clara, 1907. Comprised of four pages.
Cooking baskets; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Natural fiber, grass, willow, and devil's claw weed. Round large bowl basket. Black geometric design in four black bands represents hills and valleys. Bound edge.
