Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
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.
Eel baskets; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Willow eel or fish trap basket from the Yurok region of Northwestern California. Open twined baskets of unique shapes are both cleverly designed to catch eels and fish, to drain water rapidly, and to contain and transport the catch back to the...
