Altar candlesticks; Mission Santa Clara; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Altar candlesticks (Mission period). Made of wood, plaster, pigment, and gilt. Both candlesticks are identical in design but x.2000.9a has more damage on the candleholder. Base is triangular with a smaller triangular piece on top. A stem widens to...
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...
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961; Postcards; Radio--Receivers and reception; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology;
Color postcard of Gilfilan Brothers of Los Angeles cathedral style home broadcast radio receiver. Written on back of postcard, "In the early 1920's, 'wireless' devices used by amateurs were wires and circuitry attached to a wood base, called a...
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...
Electric discharges; X-ray tubes; Scientific apparatus and instruments
This instrument appears to be an early type of vacuum discharge tube or x-ray tube. The glass tube contains metal electrodes that have been sealed and from which the air has been removed by a vacuum system. Physical Description: Glass bulb with...
Horses; Houses--California--Santa Clara; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trees; Wagons;
Black-and-white photograph of wagons loaded with wood and a driver with a three horse team, circa 1895. The wagons may be taking the wood to or from Pacific Manufacturing Co. lumber yard.
Mission Santa Clara; Photographs; Religious articles; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Santo of Christ, probably from Mexico. Polychrome figure made of wood, plaster, gilt, and dry pigment. Original hands missing; existing hands added later.
Portrait of 22 members of the1st year high class of 1914 including Henry, Hall, Hayes, Hugh, and Wood, with a priest, students dressed in suits and standing on the steps of O'Connor
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Adobe buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.);
This image is the earliest known image of Mission Santa Clara, circa 1854. 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 wood to prevent erosion of...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.);
Mission Church as it appeared after an Italianate Victorian façade of wood with two matching towers was laid over its original adobe front in 1861. The California Hotel with its second floor Debating Hall can also be seen.
Thermodynamics--Experiments; Scientific apparatus and instruments
The brass ball will just pass through a brass ring when cold, but when the ball is heated in boiling water it expands so that it no longer passes through the ring. The ball and ring demonstration of heat expansion has been in use since the early...
