Buildings; Fires; People; Photographs; Ruins; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of the ruins of the Pioneer Drug Store, Santa Clara, California, 1906. Note: Drug store built in Santa Clara in 1851 by Dr. H.H. Warburton. Photo taken several days after this building destroyed by fire of November 4,...
Photographs; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Pomeroy Family
Pomeroy School in the Santa Clara Unified School District is named in honor of the pioneer Pomeroy Family of Santa Clara. Marshall Pomeroy was a prominent orchardist, active in the development of the fruit industry in the Santa Clara Valley. Prune...
Books; Education; Historical records; Public schools; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Leather bound book measuring 16" x 11". Top of each page when opened out has these column headings: Scholar's name, age (yrs, mo.), Nativity, Date of Admission, To what grade, From what school, Name of parent, Occupation of parent,...
Agnews State Hospital (San Jose, Calif.); Buildings; Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Earthquakes; People; Photographs; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
Black-and-white photograph of earthquake damage at Agnews Asylum in 1906. Note: Santa Clara City Library Collection includes a book, "Santa Clara County Pioneer Papers 1973" with a chapter on "The Earthquake of April 18, 1906 in the...
Church buildings; Earthquakes; Houses--California--Santa Clara; Photographs; Rubble; Ruins; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of earthquake damage, Methodist Episcopal Church, Santa Clara. Note: Santa Clara City Library Collection includes a book, "Santa Clara County Pioneer Papers 1973" with a chapter on "The Earthquake of April...
Belden, Josiah; Mayors; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.)--History
Pioneer of 1841. Josiah Belden (1815-1892) was the first Mayor of San Jose. Born May 4, 1815 in upper Middletown, Conn. Married Sarah Jones on Feb. 1, 1849. Died April 23, 1892.
Written on back of the photograph:, "Mr. J. Z. Anderson, Calif. Pioneer." Anderson was born in 1829 in Pennsylvania, arrived in California in 1852 and became a gold miner and then a farmer. He sent refrigerated cherries from San Jose to...
A portrait of Henry Curtner, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer who became wealthy in real estate and land speculation. He owned the Rancho Tularcitos in Milpitas and was a generous philanthropist.
Buildings; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Note: Drug store built in Santa Clara in 1851 by Dr. H.H. Warburton. Photo taken 3 days before this building destroyed by fire of November 4, 1906 which started in Mr. Rainey's livery stable and spread to this old building.
