Big Basin Redwoods State Park (Calif.); Documents; Forest conservation; Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922; Redwoods; Reunions; Richards, W. W.; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--History; Sempervirens Club of California; People;
Document written by W.W. Richards ("a Charter Member") covering the years 1900-1927 (for their 27th reunion). Andrew P. Hill was the "Father of [the] Sempervirens Club," and this document was part of an album containing all of...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Memory dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 27C64 CHMOS EPROM Memory Die. Intel’s first CHMOS EPROM. The Microchip Technology Inc. 27C64 is a CMOS 64K bit (Electrically) Programmable Read Only Memory. The device is organized as 8K words by 8 bits...
Cannery workers--Labor unions; Ephemera; Programs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front: "Official program -- Grand Ball. Sponsored by Cannery Workers Union of Santa Clara County, Local 20852 of the A. F. of L. Civic Auditorium, San Jose. Saturday, November 27, 1937. Valuable Door Prizes. Music by Elwood Hart's...
Los Gatos (Calif.); Los Gatos Creek; Nature; Postcards; Rivers; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color rendition of a part of Los Gatos Creek, California, 1906. Below picture on front of postcard: "I am to tired to write. But very soon I will. All is well. Josephine." On verso of postcard: Postmarked "1906 Jun 12."
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Dwellings; Peralta Adobe; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
The Peralta Adobe is the oldest surving structure in San Jose and its only surviving adobe. It was restored in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration. In this 1947 photo it is unrestored with a tin roof and serving as a storehouse for...
The artist made this painting based on Moses Schallenberger's description of his cabin at Truckee Lake Camp (today known as Donner Lake). He described it as a windowless cabin twelve by fourteen feet, covered with rawhide and brush as a roof, with...
Children; Costumes; Parades & processions; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a class of kindergarten evacuees in costume preparing to take part in a baby parade and show held at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center.
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.
Photographs; San Jose State University; Automobiles; Student activism
Individual black and white frame from a contact sheet. Shows the car buried as a part of SJSC Survival Faire on February 20, 1970, being pulled out of its grave at some future date. The location is between the old cafeteria building and 7th Street...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Steam engines
The Eolypile (or aeolipile) is a metal sphere attached to a chariot half-filled with water and nested up to allow steam to build up. The steam is then allowed to escape in a jet making the chariot move. Physical Description: Brass 'cart' with three...
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Television receivers and reception;
Color postcard of Philco "Princess" Television, 1959. Back of card reads: "The 'Princess' was part of the Predicta line of Philco televisions produced in the late 1950's. The shape of the 'Princess' reflects the 'space age' design...
