Automobiles; Carriages & coaches--American--California--Santa Clara; Gardens; Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Ted Wilson house on Winchester Rd., on the south side of Catholic Cemetery. The cemetery sexton lived there. The mausoleum now occupies the property. Note women in automobile at left and men in horse drawn...
Automobiles; Houses--California--San Jose; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Wine--California--San Jose; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of a wine delivery man in his car, in front of a house. On back of photo: "John C. Gordon Collection, Photographic Collection. Property of SJSU Library Special Collections."
Battle of Santa Clara; Bayonets; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
This bayonet was found on the Neves property on land dug up to build the Central Library for the city in the 1960s. A serial number on the bayonet was used to date it and to surmise that it might have been used in the 1847 Battle of Santa Clara....
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Swords--Spain; Antiquities
Ethel & Grady Lewis show off a Spanish sword that was dug up on their former property, the Neves Estate, after the land was sold to the City of Santa Clara and the City hired contractors to break ground on the land in 1965-67 to build the Santa...
Photograph of San Jose YWCA building taken Sept. 1962. Caption for verso of photo: A legacy from the estate of E.J. Wilcox, San Jose property owner, has financed a $25,000 "new look" for the San Jose YWCA at Second and San Antonio...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
