The first radio telephone transmitting and receiving set which was installed on Commodore Huntington's yacht "Thelma" at Put-in-Bay, Ohio in 1907. The audion box on left with pan-cake turner above the large transmitting case was the first...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technology;
Color photograph of the 80286 microprocessor package. Clock speed: 6MHz (.9 MIPS) 10 MHz (1.5 MIPS) 12 MHz (2.66 MIPS). Transistor Count: 134,000. Chip Performance: 1.5 MIPS (millions of instructions per second). Circuit Line Size: 1.5 microns....
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 80286 processor. The Intel 286, originally known as the 80286, was the first Intel processor that could run all the software written for its predecessor. This software compatibility remains a hallmark of...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8086 microprocessor. Chalk the 8086 design up to Intel’s competitive paranoia. ”Because of the success of Zilog’s 8-bit processor, we were sure they were cooking up some super processors for 16 bits...
Chinese Americans; Historic buildings; Ng Shing Gung Temple; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Temples, Taoist;
Black-and-white photograph of the Ng Shing Gung Temple, a Taoist temple dedicated to the Five Dieties. Located in "Heinlenville," San Jose's Chinatown, it was completed in 1888 at a cost of $2,000. It was demolished in 1949. The altar...
Photographs; Canned fruit industry; The Alameda (San Jose, Calif.)
When Dr. James M. Dawson and his wife set up shop in a 12 x 16 foot shed behind their home on The Alameda in 1871, they founded Santa Clara County's canning industry. Their venture grew into the San Jose Fruit Packing Co. and was followed by many...
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...
Astronomical Observatories; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Mead, L. A.; Astronomical Clocks; University of Santa Clara
From caption on back of photograph: 'Rev. Jerome S. Ricard, S. J. and Mr. L. A. Mead discuss the Grimshaw and Baxter Clock (after Mead) when it was installed in the Ricard Observatory, 1929.'
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara, after 1855. 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 Hotel, was a...
