SCU Digital Collections

- Lafayette St. frontage
- Streets; Buildings; Water tanks
- Winery and Science building visible from Lafayette St
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- 1906 Earthquake, San Jose, CA
- St. Josephs Cathedral (San Jose, Calif.); San Jose (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif. 1906; Earthquake damage; Urban life; People;
- Looking southwest on First Street, San Jose, CA following the 1906 earthquake. Onlookers in foreground and background view the damage. St. Joseph's Church is visible in background. Note on reverse of print: "Augustus Bennett, DDS."
- 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
- Entrance to Garden After Fire of 1909
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.);
- Entrance to garden months after the fire burned down Father's Residence. The Adobe walls of Padres Viader and Catala residence have been cleared away. The crooked line of the entrance walk from Alviso Street west into and through the old residence...
- Claravision
- Adobe Wall bricks
- Santa Clara University (Calif.);Mission Santa Clara; Adobe buildings
- Closeup of Adobe Wall. Three columns of original bricks are visible.
- Claravision
- Aerial view of University of Santa Clara, c. 1931
- Santa Clara University (Calif.); Aerial views;Santa Clara (Calif.)
- Aerial view of University of Santa Clara and its surroundings, including Ryan Field. Notre Dame Holy Angels Academy is also visible.
- Claravision
- Main Street, Santa Clara, circa 1895-1905
- Santa Clara (Calif.); Trolley cars; Horses; Wagons
- Main Street, Santa Clara, with horse drawn vehicles and streetcars visible in distance.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- City Hall, San Jose, circa 1885-1895
- San Jose City Hall; Buildings; Horses; People; City Hall Plaza;
- City Hall Plaza at Market Street and Park Ave., looking southwest. Horse driven fire wagon and vehicles are visible.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Group Portrait
- Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.); Students
- Group portrait. Damaged photo: standing top row cut out, only seated persons visible.
- Claravision
- The garden
- Palms; Courtyards; Missions; Adobe buildings; Walls
- The Mission Garden with the Mission Church visible in the background
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Alviso St. frontage
- Mission churches; Streets
- Campus fence of brick and trees surrounding campus visible from Alviso St
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Wine aging cellar at Graystone-Bisceglia Winery, circa 1940s
- Graystone-Bisceglia Winery (St. Helena, Calif.); Photographs; Wine; Wineries;
- B&W photograph of a wine aging cellar at the Graystone - Bisceglia Winery, with numerous casks visible.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- 1906 Earthquake damage, Garden City Implement and Vehicle Company
- Garden City Implement and Vehicle Company; San Jose (Calif.); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif. 1906; Earthquake damage; People; Urban life;
- Earthquake damage to Garden City Implement and Vehicle Company at 61 South Market Street, San Jose, CA. Home Union store also visible.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Conservatory
- Farming
- View of a greenhouse in the old vineyard, with a structure for circulating water visible to the side
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- On the beach below the bridge
- Events
- A group on the Manresa beach with the Railroad bridge visible in the background
- 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
- Classrooms and bandstand
- Educational facilities; Courtyards, Trees; Bandstands
- Student classroom buildings in background with the bandstand visible in foreground
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- 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
- Pot and Base Photo at Garden City Potter, 1926
- Ceramic industries; Pottery; San Jose (Calif.);
- photograph of pot and pot base taken at the Garden City Pottery, June 1926. Person's neck and shoulders visible but out of focus behind backdrop.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Garden City Pottery White Pot Display, 1926
- Ceramic industries; Pottery; San Jose (Calif.);
- photograph of two pots, man's head visible behind backdrop, taken at the Garden City Pottery, June 1926.
- Silicon Valley History Online