The San Jose Electric Light Tower shortly after its collapse. Several people with umbrellas are depicted viewing the wreckage while walking on the sidewalk in the rain.
Photograph shows the wall between the 1915 and the 1926 sections of the YWCA building. There is a bulletin board on the wall. To the left of the wall is an archway with a set of stairs leading upward.
Photograph shows a drawing for the Training School section of the 1915 San Jose State Normal School La Torre yearbook. The image shows a group of young children holding hands and forming a circle around their female teacher.
This pamphlet describes Villa Montalvo, the country home of former San Francisco mayor and US senator James Phelan. The text was originally printed in the April, 1915 issue of Overland Monthly. The pamphlet also contains many pictures of the house...
Photocopy shows a portrait of George Hearst on the left and his wife Phoebe Apperson Hearst on the right. These portraits were used in an article in the San Jose Mercury News on Sunday, March 21, 1976.
Photograph shows Inez Jackson, Lois Cullison, Mary Root, and Mrs John Goldsborough at a table with items from the 1926 cornerstone box on it. Lois Cullison is holding up a small American flag with 46 stars on it and the box is in front of her....
Photograph is of Mary Root, Inez Jackson, Lois Cullison, and Mrs. John Goldsborogh standing at a table with items from the 1926 cornerstone box. The box is on the table by Mrs. Goldsborogh and she is holding a sheet of paper that she may be...
Photograph shows Mary Root and Mrs. John Goldsborough looking at a newspaper that probably came from the 1926 cornerstone box. The headline reads: Rainier Brewing Company. The box is on the table in front of them. Lois Cullison is in the...
Photograph shows Inez Jackson and Mary Root standing at a table with a large open box and many different objects on it. There is a sign on the table that reads: "From the 1926 cornerstone." Some of the objects include a Bible,...
Drawing of the San Jose electric tower.
Electric Light Tower in San Jose, inspired by J. J. Owen, editor of the San Jose Mercury. The tower stood 237-feet tall and was lighted on December 13, 1881. The tower was damaged by a windstorm on February...
