Church buildings; Earthquakes; Elementary schools; High Schools--California; Photographs; Posters; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Poster publicizing a lecture by the Reverend W.S. Kelly, pastor of the Centella Methodist Episcopal Church in San Jose, on the April 18, 1906 earthquake. Poster includes photographs of earthquake damage to San Francisco, to Santa Clara's Methodist...
Children; College students; Education; Girls; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Serra Center; University of Santa Clara; Volunteers; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of SCCAP Volunteer Carol Malley '67 at Serra Center in 1966. Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP), a student-run volunteer
organization, was established in 1965. SCCAP coordinates various volunteer programs,...
Cannery workers--Labor unions; Ephemera; Programs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front: "Official program -- Grand Ball. Sponsored by Cannery Workers Union of Santa Clara County, Local 20852 of the A. F. of L. Civic Auditorium, San Jose. Saturday, November 27, 1937. Valuable Door Prizes. Music by Elwood Hart's...
Reid, Bernard J. (Bernard Joseph), 1823-1904; Letters; People; Reid, Genevieve;
A letter from Genevieve Reid to her father Bernard J. Reid. Genevieve updates her father on the various things she is doing while on vacation in the Bay Area.
Food; General stores; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans Pomona Assembly Center (Calif.)
Photograph shows one of the Pomona, California Assembly Center stores displaying various sections of goods available for purchase with evacuees buying goods.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Simple machines; Archimedean screw
A simple mechanical device credited to Archimedes. When the lower end of the screw is placed in water, turning the device raises water to the top. This principle has various applications for drainage and irrigation, but the instrument can also be...
Asian Americans; Grocery trade; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of an Asian man in a grocery store with a box containing a mason jar in his right hand. There is a "Home Canning Headquarters" sign at middle back, as well as various freezer jars, bags of sugar, and mason jars.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Simple machines; Archimedean screw
A simple mechanical device credited to Archimedes. When the lower end of the screw is placed in water, turning the device raises water to the top. This principle has various applications for drainage and irrigation, but the instrument can also be...
