Trolley cars; Men; San Jose (Calif.); Trinity Church
A photograph of trolley car #110 in front of Trinity Church. The first run of San Jose's early trolley cars was on March 16, 1888. Early cars were powered by underground electric rails that shorted frequently. In 1890, the trolley's converted to...
Fishing; People; Photographs; Richards, W. W.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Waddell Creek;
Black-and-white photograph of "West Fork, Waddell Creek, 1.5 miles below "Kelly's Cabin." Also, #86 at lower right, and "W.W.R." at lower right below photograph. W.W. Richards is fishing in the photo.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Coyote (Calif.); Horses; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Twelve Mile House;
Black-and-white photograph of Twelve Mile House, circa 1890. Twelve Mile House was a rest stop on the stage line between Monterey and San Jose. As the name indicates, it was located twelve miles south of San Jose in the Coyote area. Twelve Mile...
Letcher Garage; San Jose (Calif.); Automobiles; Buildings;
North First Street between St. James and Julian Streets. The building on right is Letcher Garage. Letcher was famous all over the State of California for erecting signs that stated how many miles to the Letcher Garage.
On back of the photograph: "Picture taken on lawn of J. R. Welch home, 253 South Eigth Street San Jose, where a concrete building of State College now stands. Right: Camellia Blanche Marsh, Mrs. Artus Metzger and sister of Mrs. J. R. Welch....
Photo of the first radio telephone and telegraph set connected to the 11,500 foot "carpet" aerial. Set was used by Ray Newbry to telegraph 100 miles. Operator and location are not identified.
