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...
Mission Period; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Water filter urns;
Vessel made of porous stone. There are four four-inch-square projections flush with the top of the urn. These projections are approx. 1.5 inches thick and are part of the urn. Top is round, bottom is oval.
This instrument allowed water to be heated to a temperature higher than boiling point at atmospheric pressure, resulting in considerably high pressure inside. Papin designed a model of a digester in 1680 that allowed a piston inside a cylinder to...
San Jose (Calif.); Downtown; Museum of Art; Market Post Tower
This image is from the "City With a Past" photo contest in 1988. This image shows Market Street with the Museum of Art and Market Post Tower in background, 1987. Entry # 21.
Mission Santa Clara; Photographs; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Santo of Christ, probably from Mexico. Polychrome figure made of wood, plaster, gilt, and dry pigment. Original hands missing; existing hands added later.
Electronic industries; Intel i860 (Microprocessor); Intel microprocessors; Posters; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Supercomputers; Technology;
Promotional poster depicting Intel's i860 XP Supercomputing Microprocessor.
