SCU Digital Collections

- Benson Bowling Alley and counter
- Buildings
- Young men bowl at the Benson Center, back counter visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Worker and Improved Cactus Co. Spineless cactus
- Agriculture; Farming; Cactus; Men;
- Worker standing next to spineless cacti illustrates their large size, windmill visible in background
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Lafayette St. frontage
- Streets; Buildings; Water tanks
- Winery and Science building visible from Lafayette St
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Spark Discharge Device, circa 1870-1890
- Electric discharges; Scientific apparatus and instruments
- When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Spark Discharge Device
- Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges;
- When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
- Claravision
- Walsh, McLaughlin and Dunne
- Buildings
- Walsh and McLaughlin Halls visible on left, Dunne Hall on right
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Conservatory
- Farming
- View of a greenhouse in the old vineyard, with a structure for circulating water visible to the side
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- St. Joseph Shrine and Varsi
- Buildings
- Varsi Library on the left, with the shrine of St. Joseph visible in the background
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Steeple and Plane
- Buildings
- Two-winged plane flying close to Mission, steeple clearly visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Priests at Chapel Altar
- Buildings
- Two priests at the altar of the Student Chapel with a portrait of the Holy Family visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Planes Over Campus
- Buildings
- Two planes fly over the Mission, with O'Connor and St. Joseph's Hall visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- People Rest Outside Mission
- Buildings
- Two people rest on the front steps of the Mission Church, Nobili Hall visible in background
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Mission Santa Clara, circa 1854
- Daguerreotypes; Ford, James P.; Mission Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- This daguerreotype, taken circa 1854 by James Ford, is the earliest known photograph of Santa Clara. The mission cross stands in the front of the church; to the left is the east wing of the mission quadrangle. The bell tower has been encased in...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Domes and Photoheliograph
- Buildings
- The three domes with the outside photoheliograph visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Three Domes of Observatory
- Buildings
- The three domes of the observatory visible, the ground around the observatory barren
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Three Domes from Behind Observatory
- Buildings
- The three domes of the observatory visible, the area behind the observatory spotted with bushes and three hutches in a row
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Observatory with Factories
- Buildings
- The three domes of the observatory and its backyard visible, with city factories in the background
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Thomas J. Bannan Engineerng Building
- Buildings
- The Thomas J. Bannan Engineering Building with title visible
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Theatre Stage in the Ship
- Buildings
- The theatre stage with curtain up visible beyond audience and director's pit
- SCU Historic Buildings
- Street to the Mission
- Buildings
- The street leading to the Mission Church, with the students' chapel visible on the right
- SCU Historic Buildings