Automobiles; People; Postcards; Public buildings; San Jose City Hall (San Jose, Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Front of postcard shows San Jose City Hall on a beautiful day in 1963. On verso of postcard, "City Hall, San Jose, California. This magnificent steel and glass structure has a curved design which has won nationwide acclaim. Set amid pleasant...
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...
Old City Hall (San Jose, Calif.); Photographs; Public buildings; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of San Jose City Hall, 1887. Written on the back of the photograph, "Taken soon after completion of the structure shows North side of bldg."
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hangars; Moffett Field (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Hangar No. 1 Doors. The gigantic "orange peel" doors weighed nearly 500 tons each. The hangar was so huge clouds would often form near the ceiling. The round structure at the right was the helium storage and...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Dwellings; Peralta Adobe; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
The Peralta Adobe is the oldest surving structure in San Jose and its only surviving adobe. It was restored in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration. In this 1947 photo it is unrestored with a tin roof and serving as a storehouse for...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Classrooms; Education; Debates; adobe buildings
Interior of Debating Hall and early classroom located in the upper story of the California Hotel. The adobe structure was former mission building and roadside inn, taht was converted by John Nobili, S.J. into one of Santa Clara's first classrooms.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Buildings;
Built in c. 1862 under the auspices of Burchard Villiger, S.J., President of Santa Clara College from 1861-1865, the Faculty Residence was a four-story wooden structure with a foundation located on the former residence of the Fransiscan...
