Bernal, Pedro A.; People; Portraits; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white portrait of Pedro A. Bernal and his family (an elderly woman, possibly his mother, a middle-age woman and a younger woman). On back of portrait, "Pedro A. Bernal, 654 Rt. 1, San Jose Cal." Bernal was "born October 19,...
Automobiles; Castle's Hair Store; De Luxe Restaurant; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; South 1st Street (San Jose, Calif.); Transportation; Urban life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of a woman pulling a car by her teeth in a demonstration for a local dealer. On back of photo: "Nancy C. Brown, 281 S. 9th St., San Jose, California."
College buildings; College students; Festivals; May Day; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); San Jose State Normal School; San Jose State University; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of six young men who are "harnessed" to a wheeled vehicle on which a young woman and young man sit, and another young woman stands, each in festival clothing.
Young woman seated, reading book. Nearby is a baby carriage rigged with what appears to be an antenna and megaphone. Woman may be Mrs. Charles Herrold.
Art education; Arts & crafts; Painting; Relocation camps; Women; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a woman artist at work on a landscape scene at Tanforan, California Assembly Center.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Civil rights workers; San Jose (Calif.); Mexican Americans; Politicians;
A black-and-white photograph of City Council Woman Blanca Alvarado meeting Caesar Chavez at the 20th Anniversary of United Farm Workers, celebrated at the Sacred Heart Church, San Jose, Calif.
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...
Bonds; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
In 1959, Santa Clara launched a bond drive for $22,500,000 to expand and modernize City services for the community's burgeoning population. $800,000 of that was to finance a Central Library for the City. The bond issue passed overwhelmingly. Left...
Eye examination; Optometry; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Black-and-white photograph of an optometrist, equipped with a variety of optometry instruments, giving a woman an eye examination with a female assistant at right.
