Agriculture; Painting; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees
Painting of "Road with Blossoming Trees, 1922," by Theodore Wores, oil on canvas. This painting is housed at the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, http://www.tritonmuseum.org/
Alaska; Aniakchak volcano; Jesuits; Mass; Nature; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; University of Santa Clara; Volcanoes;
Black-and-white photograph of Fr. Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest," saying Mass in Aniakchak Crater, Alaska. This image was eliminated by National Geographic from one of Fr. Hubbard's lectures. He refused to go on until it was put back 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...
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...
Choirs (Music); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
Group portrait of choir taken on lawn, St. Clare's (Mission) Church. Note on back: Some SCC students in choir. Some singers hold books (hymnals?), Rev. Father Wm Melehers S.J. stands back row 5th from left, young man seated front row center rests...
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...
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...
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, 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...
Computers; Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Color slide of the Altair 8800 microcomputer. The Altair 8800 microcomputer, based on the Intel 8080 microprocessor, was the first successful home or personal computer. It was designed to be expandable, holding up to 16 cards that plugged into 100...
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.
Daguerreotypes; Ford, James P.; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This daguerreotype, taken circa 1854 by James Ford, is the earliest known photograph of Santa Clara. The mission cross stands in the front of the church; to the left is the east wing of the mission quadrangle. The bell tower has been encased in...
Daguerreotypes; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916;
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara and Santa Clara College. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California...
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...
Electronic industries; Integrated circuit design; People; Photographs; Rubyliths; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Women;
Color slide of rubylith cutting. In Intel's early days, each layer of an integrated circuit design was drawn by hand, then transferred onto rubyliths. Operators such as the two women pictured here worked at light tables cutting each vector onto...
