Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color postcard of the Hotel Vendome. The Hotel Vendome opened in February, 1889. It was one of the finest hotels in California. Set on 13 landscaped acres, it was demolished in 1930 to make way for houses.
Earthquakes; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Postcards; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Note on picture side of postcard, "There were many private houses as bad as this but they are taking them all down and will build new ones." Addressed to "Mrs. May E. Graham, Bullion, Placer County, California."
Ephemera; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Menus; New Year's Eve; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of menu: Artist's color rendition of a very young child (naked except for shoes and socks) standing on a circular rug. Written below drawing: "I've laid aside most everything to wish you a Happy New Year." A pale blue sash is an...
Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees;
Black-and-white photograph of the Hotel Vendome, San Jose, before the Annex was built, circa 1900. Note: After this photograph was taken, an Annex was built. The Annex was demolished by the April 18, 1906 Earthquake, killing one man.
Advertisements; Congress Springs and Santa Clara Stage Line; Drawings; Ephemera; Hotels; Pacific Congress Springs Hotel; Railroads--California--Santa Clara; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Saratoga (Calif.); Schedules (Time plans); ...
Advertisement for the Pacific Congress Springs Hotel and the Congress Springs and Santa Clara. Stage Line.
Earthquakes; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the collapsed north wing of the Vendome Hotel in San Jose. The hotel was built in 1904. There was one death in the hotel as a result of the 1906 earthquake.
Bailey, P. G.; Eventrout, Otto; Fisher, Carl; Welch, Frank; Palace Hotel Saloon; Bar room; Hotels; Bars; Men;
This photograph inside the Palace Saloon, which was located at Cahill Street and The Alameda, features a rare interior view. According to the notes on the back of the photograph, the bartender is Frank Welch. The patrons at the bar from right to...
Buildings; Earthquakes; Hotels; Photographs; Rubble; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of an hotel in San Jose after the earthquake in 1906. Written on back of the photograph, "Nice airy bedrooms. A lodging house in San Jose, California after the earthquake."
