Electronic industries; Manufacturing; Microscopes; Miniskirts; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of mini skirts. Prior to the introduction of the clean room bunnysuit, labcoats were the required garment. During the popularity of the mini skirt, ladies often shorten their labcoats to mini skirt lengths.
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hangars; Moffett Field (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Hangar No. 1 Doors. The gigantic "orange peel" doors weighed nearly 500 tons each. The hangar was so huge clouds would often form near the ceiling. The round structure at the right was the helium storage 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...
Collage of photos from August 1924 at an office of clerical workers. Artwork by Frank Hill, photo by Gordon. [Frank Hill was a commercial illustrator who often produced collages such as this one for the Mercury News; he had a second floor office on...
This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
Church vestments; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Chasuble, colorful flat silk ground and long stitch flat silk floral embroidery on ivory satin with gold thread stitching. The Chasuble is the outer-most vestment worn by bishops and priests at Mass. The original form of this vestment was a...
