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.
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...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
""This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free...
"This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free end....
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...
Computers; Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Color slide of the Altair 8800 microcomputer. The Altair 8800 microcomputer, based on the Intel 8080 microprocessor, was the first successful home or personal computer. It was designed to be expandable, holding up to 16 cards that plugged into 100...
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.
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....
