Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Jose; Engraving; Horses; Knox Building; People; Public buildings; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Engraving of the Knox Building. The Knox Building stood at the northwest corner of First and Santa Clara. It was constructed in 1866, and demolished in 1945. Note the Library on the second floor at far right. This engraving is from Thompson &...
Automobiles; Old City Hall (San Jose, Calif.); Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Color photograph of San Jose's Old City Hall before demolition. It stood in Plaza de Cesar Chavez where the children's fountain now bubbles. Old City Hall was vacated in 1956 when the new City Hall in the Civic Center was completed. It was...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Jails; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of the Alum Rock Jail. On verso of photo: "Much of the original road into Alum Rock Park was built by County Jail prisoners who were housed--and guarded--in these shacks. The roofed structures and the open one...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Buildings; Nature; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Alum Rock House provided lodging to visitors to Alum Rock Park in the 1870s and 1880s. It stood on the south side of the canyon opposite the main bridge across Penitencia Creek. It burned down in 1890.
