African Americans; College students; Diversity; Education; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semester registration; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of students lining up to register for classes at San Jose State College in the early 1970s.
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Dried fruit; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stone fruit;
Black-and-white photograph of apricots being weighed. "Canners usually differentiate prices depending on the number of apricots required to make a pound. Fruit as small as 16 to the pound is ordinarily canned. Even 18s have been put up. 14s...
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Diversity; Mexican Americans; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of cutters lined up to get cutting equipment.
Air showers; Clean rooms; Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technicians; Technology;
Color photograph of an air shower. The final step prior to entering the wafer fabrication (Fab) workarea is a 360 turn in the airshower. The airshower removes any particles that may have been picked up wihle the employee puts on the fab bunnysuit...
Alum Rock Park (San Jose, Calif.); Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Nature; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Big tourist attraction at Alum Rock Park. Touted as a meteor but may have been a natural occurrence. Broken up in 1918 to help with the war effort. Smelting yielded 39 tons of high grade magnanese ore used in the manufacture of armor plating.
This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
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....
Boys; Campaigning; Children; People; Photographs; Political science; Presidents Election; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of a young boy holding up a sign in support of Sargent Shriver on his visit to San Jose during his run for Vice-President under George McGovern, October 5, 1972.
