Canneries; Women; Working class; Pear; Assembly-line methods
Women halving pears and removing their seeds in preparation for canning. Heavy duty gloves protect their hands from their sharp tools. They also wear aprons and caps over their street clothes. The workers stand at their stations along the assembly...
Automobiles; Associated Oil Company; Service stations
An Associated Oil Company service station at the corner of San Francisco Road (now US 101) and Saratoga-Mountain View Road (now California Highway 9 or Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road). Two men and a dog stand with an automobile.
B&W photograph of a long horizontal cutting machine on a stand, in front of a white backdrop. Picture shot indoors. Machine made by Rimple Manufacturing Co.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Optical instruments
This device was used with a prism to demonstrate the seven colors of the specturm present in a beam of sunlight: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Physical Description: Seven movable mirrors, pivoted on brass holders, set in an...
David Brewster, creator of Brewster's Law, patented this device in 1817. It consisted of a long, hollow tube containing two glass mirrors running along the length of the tube and separated from each other at an angle of 60 degrees. Where mirrors...
Cornet Players; Mandolinists; Musicians; Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.)
Group of 6 mandolin and cornet players, taken outdoors in garden near (administration?) building. Three mandolin players seated on bench, one mandolin player stands R. of group, two cornet players stand behind bench.
