Basketball; Basketball players; Relocation camps; Sports; Women; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Stockton Assemby Center (Calif.)
Woman evacuee playing a solitary game of basketball at the Stockton Assembly Center in California.
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...
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.
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...
Banking industry; Clerks; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a Japanese man being interviewed by a representative of the Federal Reserve Bank at a San Francisco Control station, assisted by a Japanese American woman as interpreter and clerk.
Children; Librarians; People; Photographs; Public buildings; Public libraries; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of Friends of the Library Float, Columbus Day Parade, Santa Clara on October 3, 1965. City Librarian Frances Klune is the woman in the hat holding a parasol.
People; Photographs; Radio broadcasting; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
On back of black-and-white photograph: "1st Baptist Church Station." In photograph itself: Two men in "control room," as well as one man ready to begin broadcast. Four people are seated, including three men and one woman.
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 woman loading the furnace. Chips are loaded in furnace for testing.
Buildings; Los Gatos (Calif.); People; Postcards; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trolley cars; Urban life;
Artist's rendition of downtown Los Gatos in the early 20th century. Written on the back of the photograph, "San Jose's First Antique Show. San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South Eleventh St. Sept. 22, 23, 24, 1950. 12:30 to 10:00 p.m. Sponsored by...
Najar, Maria Ampara; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Robles, Don Teodoro; Wedding rings; Women
Don Teodoro divorced his wife in 1855 over a mystery woman named Lola, and lost half of his share of Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito in the divorce. There is a marriage license for Maria Ampara Najar and Teodoro in the History San Jose Research...
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.
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.
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,...
