Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Noyce, Robert N., 1927-1990; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Intel co-founder Robert N. Noyce in 1987. Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had...
Electronic industries; Intel innovators; Noyce, Robert N., 1927-1990; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Robert N. Noyce. Intel co-founder, Bob Noyce's nickname was the "Mayor of Silicon Valley." He was one of the very first scientists to work in the area -- long before the stretch of California had earned...
Bunnysuits; Electronic industries; Manufacturing; People; Photographs; Quality assurance; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor wafers; Technicians; Technology; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of early bunnysuits. Today's modern bunnysuit is made of Gortex®. The first bunnysuits, introduced at Intel in 1973, were made of polyester. The suits were very baggy and had the look of a poor bunny rabbit costume, thus...
Ephemera; Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Menus; New Year's Eve; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
On front of menu: Artist's color rendition of a very young child (naked except for shoes and socks) standing on a circular rug. Written below drawing: "I've laid aside most everything to wish you a Happy New Year." A pale blue sash is an...
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor dies; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel486™ microprocessor. The 486s are very similar to their immediate predecessor, the Intel 80386DX. The main differences are that the 486 has an optimised instruction set, has an on-chip unified instruction...
Los Gatos (Calif.); Los Gatos Creek; Nature; Postcards; Rivers; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color rendition of a part of Los Gatos Creek, California, 1906. Below picture on front of postcard: "I am to tired to write. But very soon I will. All is well. Josephine." On verso of postcard: Postmarked "1906 Jun 12."
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Cupertino (Calif.); Fruit; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation;
On text accompanying black-and-white photograph, "Loading a Giant refrigerator car -- Goods are being trucked into the 50 ton refrigerator car on the siding. Very few cars of this size have been built. The standard refer is about 80% of this...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Redwood Park; Parks; Trees; People; Fuller family; Photographs; People;
"Mother of the Forest" at Big Basin, 1913. Hugh Jeidell, a New York author, is seen at the hollow trunk of same. It is 312 ft. tall and 21 ft. in diameter. In 1909, a boy 12 yers of age (son of Prof. C.D. Marx of Stanford University)...
Overland journeys to the Pacific; Travel with horses; People; Carts and wagons; Woolf family; Fuller family; Photographs
Woolfs visit the Fullers on 13,000 mile tramp across the United States, through Sunnyvale on their way northward March 31, 1913. They stopped at Fuller home to get a drink--and spent time visiting relative to their trip. The above photo was taken...
B&W photograph of very large wine fermentation vats on both sides of an aisle containing a pump cart. Picture taken indoors, at the Graystone - Bisceglia Winery.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Induction coils
The Ruhmkorff induction coil consists of two separate coils of wire one inside the other wound around a cylinder with a central core of soft iron rods. When a current is passed through the first primary coil, current is induced in the secondary...
People; Portraits; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women; Wright, Sue;
Ambrotype of Sue Wright (related to the Bradleys) wearing a black dress and choker, very light tinted cheeks. Inside covering is made of red and black velvets, cased in a papier mache case which opens on both ends.
Biography; Books; Knox-Goodrich, Sarah L.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women; Women's suffrage--California--San Jose;
Sarah L. Knox-Goodrich is the only woman who has a portrait and biographical sketch in this 1881 History of Santa Clara County. These types of county histories were published all over the United States in the 1880s. The history part of the book was...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Induction coil
The Ruhmkorff induction coil consists of two separate coils of wire one inside the other wound around a cylinder with a central core of soft iron rods. When a current is passed through the first primary coil, current is induced in the secondary...
