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...
Cornerstones; Mission Santa Clara; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On verso of black-and-white photograph: "Photo of Padre Murguia Mission Church and compound ruins -- Cornerstone laid March, 1781. Dedicated May 15, 1784 by Serra. Damaged by quakes of 1812 & 1818. Photo by Alice Hare, Santa Clara...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings;
Site of Padre Marguia's third church of Mission Santa Clara, with depot of South Pacific Coast Railroad in background. The third Mission cornerstone was laid in March 1781, dedicated on May 15, 1784 by Padre Junipero Serra, damaged by earthquakes...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.);
Mission Church as it appeared after an Italianate Victorian façade of wood with two matching towers was laid over its original adobe front in 1861. The California Hotel with its second floor Debating Hall can also be seen.
