Adobes houses; Painting; San Jose (Cailf.); Valencia, Manuel
Manuel Valencia's grandfather came to California with the de Anza Party (1774) and became an administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco. The family was given many land grants. Valencia Street in the Mission district is named for the family....
Agricultural machinery; Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Spraying equipment; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of four men spraying trees in an orchard. On verso of photo: "Keeping an orchard healthy called for a lot of work. It meant spraying, dusting, pruning, irrigating, or some other form of attention almost the year...
Agriculture; Chickens; Farms; Poultry -- industry California
B&W photograph of several chicken coops with numerous chickens outside of them. Foothills in the background, some bare tree branches in the foreground obstructing the view of the coops.
The Letcher Garage at 214-224 N. 1st near St. James in San Jose, CA. The garage apears to sell automobiles. Signs on the buliding say, "Packard," "Pierce-Arrow," and "Cadillac." Three cars and some men are in front of...
Automobiles; Welch, J. R. Judge; San Jose (Calif.);
Judge J. R. Welch and Mrs. Welch in a flower decorated car in front of their home at 253 So. Eighth Street, San Jose, CA. "Winton automobile - third on Pacific coast - owned by J. R. Welch. Judge Welch & Mrs. Welch pictured in the auto,...
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,...
Choirs (Music); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
Group portrait of choir taken on lawn, St. Clare's (Mission) Church. Note on back: Some SCC students in choir. Some singers hold books (hymnals?), Rev. Father Wm Melehers S.J. stands back row 5th from left, young man seated front row center rests...
Classes (Groups of students); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
Spanish class with Reverend Father Arzu S.J. Taken outdoors in courtyard in front of Administration building. Students numbered, some identified. Standing (L to R): 1) [un-named], 2) [un-named], 3) M. Percy, 4) [un-named], 5) [un-named], 6)...
Cooper, Astley David Middleton; Art; Paintings; Men;
Astley David Middleton "A. D. M." Cooper, pictured to the right, in his studio with some of his paintings and regalia. Cooper was certainly the most flamboyant and publicized of local artists and some of his work hangs in the famed...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® 8086 microprocessor. Chalk the 8086 design up to Intel’s competitive paranoia. ”Because of the success of Zilog’s 8-bit processor, we were sure they were cooking up some super processors for 16 bits...
