Ephemera; Italian Americans; Organizations--California--San Jose; Programs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On left side of front cover of program, "Given by the Italian Colony of San Jose." On right side: "In Honor of our returned 'Boys'." At bottom middle, "Elk's Hall, (Columbus Day), October 12, 1919." Colored Italian and...
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...
School elections -- Cupertino (Calif.); Fliers (Printed matter).
Political leaflet supporting propositions in a 1957 election that would expand the Cupertino Union School District as "baby-boomers" began entering the elementary grades.
Automobiles; Diversity; Fiesta de las Rosas; Mexican Americans; Parades; People; Photographs; Programs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Program for the Fiesta de las Rosas, San Jose, California, 1926. Two pages (p. 1, p. 21) from the program are included.
Biography; Books; Knox-Goodrich, Sarah L.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women; Women's suffrage--California--San Jose;
Sarah L. Knox-Goodrich is the only woman who has a portrait and biographical sketch in this 1881 History of Santa Clara County. These types of county histories were published all over the United States in the 1880s. The history part of the book was...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Conservation of natural resources;
Included in the portrait are Robert Kenna, S.J., Santa Clara's President (front row, leaning on cane), and Andrew P. Hill, standing in back, far right. Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest state park.