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...
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...
Daguerreotypes; People; Portraits; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Teal, Eliza Hyde; Women;
Daguerreotype portrait of Eliza Hyde Teal in dark floral dress and gold painted jewels. Gold mat, inside covering is red velvet with floral design; papier mache case design of girl picking flowers.
Missal covers; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Votive painting;
Painting in gouache on board surrounded by elaborate frame or border of lace, embroidery, sequins, silk ribbon, beads, and feathers. Parchment backing. This was used as decorative panel or missal cover. The small painting depicts a female figure...
Electronic industries; Memory chip packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged black-and-white photograph of the Intel® Schottky 3101 Bipolar Ram Memory chip package. The 3101 is the world's first solid state memory device and Intel's first product. The 3101 used Schottky barrier diode, bipolar technology. The...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Reid, Kate;
A letter written at the Stanislaus river in Tuolumne County from Bernard J. Reid to his sister Kate Reid. Bernard is having no success in the gold mines and is in debt.
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Reid, James; San Francisco (Calif.);
A letter written in San Francisco from Bernard J. Reid to his brother James Reid. Bernard hopes that James writes soon, and laments his bad luck of not finding any gold after working hard to help a company dam the Stanislaus river.
A photograph of a team of oxen pulling a log. Written on front of the photograph, "Hihn Lumber Co., Gold Gulch, Felton, Santa Cruz County, California 1898. J. Sinnott, P. Williams, E. West. J. Legett."
Captain J. H. Adams was born in Edwardsville, Illinois, on June 13, 1820. and was a Captain in the Mexican American War. He arrived in Hangtown for gold on August 1, 1849. He then arrived in Santa Clara County in August 1853 and became sheriff in...
Written on back of the photograph:, "Mr. J. Z. Anderson, Calif. Pioneer." Anderson was born in 1829 in Pennsylvania, arrived in California in 1852 and became a gold miner and then a farmer. He sent refrigerated cherries from San Jose to...
Bergin, Thomas I.; College students; Education; People; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life;
Black-and-white portrait of Thomas I. Bergin, Santa Clara College's first graduate. Bergin, whose family was the chief supplier of soap and candles in Gold Rush San Francisco, was also the recipient of the first bachelor's degree awarded in...
Altar candlesticks; Mission Santa Clara; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Altar candlesticks (Mission period). Made of wood, plaster, pigment, and gilt. Both candlesticks are identical in design but x.2000.9a has more damage on the candleholder. Base is triangular with a smaller triangular piece on top. A stem widens to...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, colorful flat silk ground and long stitch flat silk floral embroidery on ivory satin with gold thread stitching. The Chasuble is the outer-most vestment worn by bishops and priests at Mass. The original form of this vestment was a...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, green background; salmon -rose, silver galons- gold 'ribbon' trim fiddleback. Franciscan family style; lime-color lining. Early Mission Santa Clara 1800-1825. The original shape of this vestment was perfectly round, with a hole in the...
