Silicon Valley (Images of America)
Silicon Valley (Images of America) by Sam Shueh
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Indexed by Shirley Hunt
| Last Name/Place | First Name | Page | Image Type | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 ledger shows School expense | Evergreen | 40 | photo | |
| Adobe headquarters San Jose | San Jose | 108 | photo | Founded 1982 to make desktop publishing software |
| Aerial view of Sunnyvale 1940 | Sunnyvale | 57 | photo | |
| Agnew clock tower rebuilt after 1906 | Agnew Village | 70 | photo | Well known as mental hospital until 1960s |
| Agnew Development Center 1887 | Agnew Village | 68 | photo | Construction in process |
| Agnew Development Center 1888 | Agnew Village | 68 | photo | Construction nearly complete |
| Air intake on subsonic wind tunnel | Mountain View | 54 | photo | Current |
| Alviso Port used for supply transport | Alviso | 112 | photo | Later used for yachts |
| Amdahl | Gene | 2 | photo | 1963 IBM event demo of S/360 mainframe computer |
| Apple Computer ad Apple-1 | Cupertino | 105 | photo | Photo 1976 |
| Apple headquarters 1 Infinite Loop | Cupertino | 82 | photo | |
| Apple release of iPhone NY store | New York | 106 | photo | People stood in line overnight before the release |
| Assorted disk drives from startups | Santa Clara | 103 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Assorted PCs created by companies | Santa Clara | 103 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Babbage computer demonstrated | Mountain View | 92 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Bank of Italy 1st and 2nd street | San Jose | 89 | photo | Photo 1890 |
| Bank of Italy 1st and Santa Clara St. | San Jose | 89 | photo | Photo 1930s |
| Bankrupt corporate property | Mountain View | 55 | photo | |
| Bicycle race, 35th Annual | Los Gatos | 126 | photo | Photo 2008 |
| Blackberry Farm golf course | Santa Clara | 77 | photo | Photo current day |
| Bombers parked outside hangars | Moffett Field | 50 | photo | |
| Bookmobile in Almaden garage 1967 | Santa Clara County | 116 | photo | |
| Bubb family gathering | Cupertino | 86 | photo | Photo 19th century |
| C.J. Olson cherry store 2008 | Sunnyvale | 64 | photo | |
| Cali family feed store | San Jose | 80 | photo | Photo around 1925 |
| Cali Plaza on same site | San Jose | 80 | photo | Photo current day |
| Caltrain station taking passengers | Gilroy | 113 | photo | Passengers for Gilroy Garlic Festival |
| Camp Fremont, Menlo Park | 8th division army formation | 11 | photo | (1918) 27000 men preparing for war in France |
| Center buildings damaged 1906 | Agnew Village | 69 | photo | Earthquake damaged many mason buildings |
| Center buildings damaged 1989 | Agnew Village | 69 | photo | 1989 earthquake – less damage due to upgrades |
| Cesar Chavez and followers (1982) | San Jose | 38 | photo | Mexican Heritage Plaza |
| Check for $476,065.90 price | Purchase price | 43 | photo | Moffett Field used for dirigibles |
| Chinese New Year dragon parade | San Francisco Peninsula | 122 | photo | Photo 19th century |
| Chinese-American bank | Cupertino | 79 | photo | Photo current day at same location as Store |
| Cinnabars baseball team 1897 | New Almaden Mines | 121 | photo | |
| Cisco TelePresence System | Santa Clara | 104 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Classmate PC, 2nd Gen | Santa Clara | 102 | photo | Current day |
| Corner Washington St and ECR | Santa Clara | 74 | photo | Photo around 1907 |
| Corner Washington St and ECR | Santa Clara | 74 | photo | Photo current day |
| Cray-1 supercomputer | 97 | photo | Computer Museum | |
| Cray-2 supercomputer | 97 | photo | Computer Museum | |
| Crossman bought part of Murphy land | Sunnyvale | 57 | photo | Used it to create Sunnyvale (City of Destiny) |
| Crossroads business current day | Cupertino | 85 | photo | |
| Cupertino City Hall | Cupertino | 85 | photo | Photo prior to 1955 |
| Current City Hall opened 2005 | San Jose | 115 | photo | |
| Cyclists at Blackberry Farm | Santa Clara | 77 | photo | Photo 19th century, near Steven’s Creek Blvd |
| Cypress Hotel and condominiums | Cupertino | 81 | photo | Current day – where Sutherland vineyards was once located |
| Deborah (Olsen) owner in front | Sunnyvale | 64 | photo | |
| Dedication of IBM site, halo sculpture | San Jose | 98 | photo | Photo 1958 |
| Demonstration of Babbage theory | 92 | photo | Henry Babbage created mechanical computer | |
| Demonstrations on issues (1968) | Capitol and Tully Roads | 36 | photo | |
| Dixon Family created Landing Access | Milpitas | 33 | photo | 1930 photo shows lone home from the family |
| Downtown San Jose | San Jose | 87 | photo | Photo estimated 1900s |
| East Capitol road ethnic diversity | East San Jose | 38 | photo | 1954 photo |
| Eichler home sign | Rancho Riconada | 83 | photo | Photo 1960 |
| El Palo Alto CA Historical Landmark No. 2 | 13 | photo | The tree suffered great damage to trunk but survived | |
| Electrodata system computer | 95 | photo | Acquired by Burrough and became Unisys | |
| Evergreen district farmer Hassler land | San Jose | 37 | photo | 1940 photo |
| Evergreen home development | San Jose | 37 | photo | Current day |
| Fire in chapel 1926 | Santa Clara | 72 | photo | College chapel rebuilt with items rescued from fire |
| FMC manufactured military equipment | San Jose | 75 | photo | Photo 1960 of a M113 fighting vehicle |
| Food Machinery Corp (FMC) interior | San Jose | 75 | photo | Photo 1920 of food manufacturer |
| Ford Motor Co Plant (1952) | Milpitas | 35 | photo | 6000 people were employed |
| Ford plant closed in 1970 | Milpitas | 35 | photo | The Great Mall took over the buildings and the site |
| Front of an Eichler home | Unknown | 83 | photo | |
| Fruit trees bloom before homes built | Silicon Valley | 39 | photo | Valley of Heart’s Delight |
| Fruit trees bloom on farm | Cupertino | 86 | photo | Photo 1880 Stevens Creek and Sunnyvale-Saratoga road |
| Garage on Addison St. | Palo Alto | 9 | photo | Garage where William Hewlett and David Packard started HP in 1938 |
| Glaeser (left) | Edward | cover | Group photo | |
| Goldy Machine Co 1908 | Sunnyvale | 59 | photo | |
| Google gPhone rival to iPhone | 106 | photo | Competitive features | |
| GPS analog computer, 1959 | Mountain View | 93 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Great America ride The Demon | Santa Clara | 76 | photo | Photo around 1976 |
| Great America ride The Revolution | Santa Clara | 76 | photo | Photo around 1976 |
| Hangar metal gates | Moffett Field | 44 | photo | |
| Hangar One steel girders | Moffett Field | 44 | photo | |
| Hangar One used for Boeing F3B | Moffett Field | 47 | photo | F3Bs were light fighter-bombers |
| Hangar One used for LTA balloons | Moffett Field | 48 | photo | Lighter than air reconnaissance balloons |
| Hangar Two and 3 motorized ballons | Hangar Two | 50 | photo | |
| Hart | Alexander J. | 91 | photo | Photo around 1912 |
| Hart’s department store | San Jose | 91 | photo | Photo around 1912 |
| Hendy 1945 milestone celebration | Sunnyvale | 62 | photo | |
| Hendy building 2009 | Sunnyvale | 61 | photo | |
| Hendy building interior 1941 | Sunnyvale | 62 | photo | |
| Hendy plant surrouded by fruit trees | Sunnyvale | 63 | photo | |
| Higuera’s hybrid building (replica) | Higuera Adobe Park | 32 | photo | Original built 1830 on Milpitas ranch (Adobe and wood) |
| Historic plaque in front HP garage | Palo Alto | 10 | photo | Closeup shows the writing on the plaque |
| Home Union General Merchandise | San Jose | 78 | photo | Photo 1892 (Name later changed to Cupertino store) |
| Homes built on former fruit trees | Silicon Valley | 39 | photo | 2008 photo from Sierra Road |
| Hoover Home 1920 | Stanford University | 19 | photo | Hoover deeded the house to the university in 1941 |
| Hoover Tower 1941 | Stanford University | 19 | photo | The tower holds a vast collection of the French Revolution |
| HP HQ sign on #3000 Hanover St. | Palo Alto | 10 | photo | |
| I-280 highway opening late 1960s | San Francisco Peninsula | 117 | photo | |
| IBM 305 RAMAC mfg floor | San Jose | 99 | photo | Photo 1957 |
| IBM 7030 mainframe computer | 95 | photo | ||
| IBM Advanced Disk File team | San Jose | 99 | photo | Photo 1957 |
| IBM Amdahl System/360 (1964-1977) | 94 | photo | ||
| IBM development team hard drive | San Jose | 101 | photo | Photo 1989 |
| IBM PC with children | 102 | photo | Photo around 1981 | |
| IBM tape drive3420 (ISD) | Santa Clara County | 96 | photo | With 2 county officials (1971) |
| Illuminated sign Sunnyvale 1921 | Sunnyvale | 66 | photo | Sign located South Murphy Ave and El Camino Real |
| Infobus at San Jose City Hall 2006 | San Jose | 116 | photo | |
| Intel Building 1 (front) | Santa Clara | 100 | photo | Current day |
| Intel Core 2 Mobile CPU (2.1 ghz) | Santa Clara | 100 | photo | |
| Intel team for Optical modulator wafer | Santa Clara | 101 | photo | |
| Interurban trolley 1907 riders | San Jose | 111 | photo | |
| IOOF society parade Santa clara Street | San Jose | 90 | photo | Photo 1919 |
| James Forbes adobe home (1830s) | Milpitas | 33 | photo | By 1910 only 2 walls remain |
| Japanese buddhist temple | San Jose | 123 | photo | Built in 1937 to replace previous temple |
| Japanese children’s parade 1935 | San Jose | 123 | photo | |
| Japanese-American basebal team 1925 | San Jose | 121 | photo | |
| John C. Bollinger and his family | San Jose | 84 | photo | Photo 19th century |
| Joshua Hendy Iron Works 1930s | Sunnyvale | 61 | photo | |
| Jubilee Incubator Co 1907 | Sunnyvale | 59 | photo | |
| Kaar Engineering advert 1947 | Palo Alto | 25 | photo | Advert shows radio telescope direction finder |
| Khrushchev | Nikita | 98 | Group photo | Soviet General Secretary 1958 |
| Kite balloon towed by sailors | Hangar One | 49 | photo | |
| Large number of motorcycles 1920s | Gilroy | 112 | photo | |
| Lawrence | William H. | 84 | photo | Photo 1910 |
| Libby, McNeil, and Libby | Sunnyvale | 60 | photo | |
| Lick Observatory (20th century) | Mt. Hamilton | 28 | stereo-card | World’s first permanently occupied observatory |
| Macon crew members after crash | Sur Point coastline | 47 | photo | Resulted in Moffett Field reassigned to other aircraft |
| Magazine cover of Hi Tech leaders | Silicon Valley | 108 | photo | |
| Main Quadrangle 100 ft arch 1902 | Stanford University | 18 | photo | During the 1906 earthquake the upper right side fell |
| Main Quadrangle 100 ft arch repaired | Stanford University | 18 | photo | The repair involved capping the columns with red tiles. |
| Map of Stage Lines California 1858 | CA | 109 | photo | |
| Mariani Sr | Paul | 65 | photo | Includes his family, 1918 |
| Mariani Sr | Paul | 65 | Group photo | With C.J. Olson 1941 |
| Mayfield trolley service | Palo Alto | 111 | photo | |
| Mission Church (SCU) 2001 | Santa Clara | 72 | photo | Buildings were upgraded for earthquake safety |
| Mission Gardens | Santa Clara | 73 | photo | Photo appears to be from 1900s |
| Moffett Air Station & NASA Ames | Mountain View | 52 | photo | photo 1970 aerial view |
| Moffett Air Station & NASA Ames | Mountain View | 52 | photo | photo 2008 aerial view |
| Motel with mature trees 2008 | Sunnyvale | 67 | photo | |
| Mountain View farm used for Moffett | 1000 acre site | 43 | photo | Around 1931 |
| Mountain View train station | Castro Street | 41 | photo | Current day |
| Mural of historical businesses | Cupertino | 81 | photo | Current day |
| Murphy house 1961 | Sunnyvale | 56 | photo | Burned down 1961 |
| NASA Ames aerial view | Mountain View | 54 | photo | photo 1975 |
| Navy fighters over Moffett Field | Mountain View | 53 | photo | photo 1960 |
| Netscape startup access Internet | Santa Clara | 104 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Next City Hall (1958-2007) | San Jose | 115 | photo | |
| Observatory before 1907 | Mt. Hamilton | 30 | photo | Horse corral is now a parking lot |
| Observatory interior | Lick Observatory | 29 | photo | Chinese laborers provided most of the manpower |
| Observatory with snow | Mt. Hamilton | 30 | photo | Peak 4,209 feet above sea level ensures annual snowfall |
| Olson | C. J. | 65 | Group photo | With Paul Mariani Sr 1941 |
| Onion farm where Chinese worked | Dixon /Scott Creek Roads | 34 | photo | 1920 photo |
| Original 12-inch telescope 1887 | Lick Observatory | 28 | photo | |
| Original SJ City Hall 1959 | San Jose | 114 | photo | |
| Over Hangar One and whole airfield | Moffett Field | 51 | photo | |
| Palo Alto 1894 Closeup ground level | 22 | photo | Southwest view of various businesses, plank walkway | |
| Palo Alto 1894 overhead view | 15 | photo | Shows train. bank of Palo Alto, and Palo Alto Inn | |
| Palo Alto 2006 facing circle | 22 | photo | High Street and University Ave | |
| Palo Alto farm (Stanford family) 1910 | Palo Alto | 14 | photo | Used by Stanfords to relax on weekends |
| Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto | 26 | photo | Founded 1898, drew high-achieving intellectual students |
| Parkinson Lumber Company 1893 | Palo Alto | 23 | photo | Parkinson opened many businesses and schools |
| Phelan entertained Native Americans | Santa Cruz | 120 | photo | |
| Pickett Slide Rule | Mountain View | 93 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Picture of I-280 from Foothill campus | Foothill college | 118 | photo | Photo 2000s |
| Postcard shows city hall and buildings | San Jose | 114 | photo postcard | |
| Prof. Montgomery’s fixed wing glider | Santa Clara | 53 | photo | photo 1894 |
| Redwood tree named El Palo Alto | 13 | photo | Picture of original tree in 1769 Portola Expedition age 843 years | |
| Reid-Hillview Airport plane crash | San Jose | 36 | photo | The airport bordered Eastridge Mall |
| Replica of Murphy house | Sunnyvale | 56 | photo | Heritage Park Museum shows how it was part of area |
| Restored Rengstorff home | Shoreline Blvd | 42 | photo | Original home built 1864 |
| Ricard Observatory (SCU) | Santa Clara | 73 | photo | Photo around 1900s |
| Road showing wagon to construction | Mt. Hamilton Road | 29 | photo | Construction materials brought with horse-drawn wagons |
| Rocket booster ignited in test | Coyote CA | 107 | photo | Since 1988 the site was shut down |
| Rocket boosters in test bed | Coyote CA | 107 | photo | United Technology for US Air Force 1960 |
| Sakauye family deliver strawberries | Milpitas Train Station | 34 | photo | |
| Same property new company | Mountain View | 55 | photo | photo 2008 |
| San Jose Normal College dance | San Jose | 127 | photo | Photo 1919 |
| San Jose Sharks 2000-2001 season | San Jose | 127 | photo | |
| Sand Hill Road | Menlo Park | 12 | photo | Venture capalist firms for Silicon Valley startups |
| Santa Clara Asis and College 1861 | Santa Clara | 71 | photo | |
| Santa Clara Bicycle club | Santa Clara | 126 | photo | |
| Santa Clara College 1890s | Santa Clara | 71 | photo | Includes new wrought-iron fence |
| Santa Clara University vs UCLA | Santa Clara University | 125 | photo | Photo 1951 |
| Saturn -Lick Observatory telescope | Mt. Hamilton | 27 | photo | Eclipse of Saturn using 36-inch telescope in 19th century |
| Schuckl Cannery 1930 | Sunnyvale | 60 | photo | |
| Sheel (right) | Karl | cover | Group photo | In front of 1960 IBM mainframe computer, San Jose |
| Sign replaced with new one 1960 | Sunnyvale | 66 | photo | |
| Silver Creek Valley built on farmland | Evergreen | 40 | photo | Current day |
| Southern Pacific Railroad station | Los Gatos | 113 | photo | |
| Sparrowhawk scout plane on Macon | Above Moffett Field | 46 | photo | The scout plane could be released and retrieved in air |
| Squadron of 9 motorized balloons | San Jose | 49 | photo | Over First street in formation |
| St. James Park | San Jose | 88 | photo | Photo 19th century |
| St. James Square | San Jose | 88 | photo | Photo 1848 |
| Stanford football game vs San Jose | Stanford University | 125 | photo | Photo 2008 |
| Stanford Linear Accelerator | Menlo Park | 12 | photo | Research lab that contributed Website tech to companies |
| Stanford Memorial Church 1906 | Stanford University | 17 | photo | Most of the Romanesque building was damaged in 1906 quake |
| Stanford Theater 1933 | Palo Alto-Emerson & Univ | 24 | photo | Automobile parking was very congested |
| Stanford Theater 1987 (restored) | Palo Alto | 24 | photo | Lucile Packard Foundation restored it and shows films |
| Stanford Union Complex 1923 | Stanford University | 20 | photo | Women’s dorm and first campus student union |
| Stanford Union Complex 2006 | Stanford University | 20 | photo | Refurbished based on original style |
| Stanford University main entrance 1900 | Stanford University | 16 | photo | Original contained ornate detail of archway |
| Stanford Universitymain entrance 2008 | Stanford University | 16 | photo | Rebuilt after original was destroyed in 1906 earthquake |
| Statue of Stanford family | Stanford University | 15 | photo | Statue was built for his son who died of typhoid in Europe |
| Stelling brothers with 2 wheel cycles | Cupertino | 78 | photo | Photo 19th century, near Steven’s Creek Blvd |
| Steve Jobs’ parents house/garage | Cupertino | 82 | photo | Where Jobs/Wozniak lauched Apple computer |
| Sun Microsystems purchased land | Agnew Village | 70 | photo | Most buildings were demolished, new construction (2008) |
| Sunnyvale business fronts 1900s | Sunnyvale | 58 | photo | |
| Taiko drumming Obon festival | San Jose | 124 | photo | Photo 2008 |
| Taipei grade school class reunion 2008 | Palo Alto | 122 | photo | |
| The Akron inside Hangar One | Moffett Field | 45 | photo | Around 1932 |
| The Akron, Navy first airship | Moffett Field | 45 | photo | Around 1932 |
| The Circle, 1906 | Palo Alto | 21 | photo | Adjacent to Stanford, El Camino & Alma Street, market |
| The Circle, 1941 | Palo Alto | 21 | photo | An underpass for the train was constucted along with roads |
| The Cupertino Store | Cupertino | 79 | photo | Photo 1950 |
| The Great Lick Crossley reflector | Mt. Hamilton | 31 | photo | In continuous use since 1879 |
| The IOOF building | San Jose | 90 | photo | Photo 19th century |
| The Macon, second airship | Above Moffett Field | 46 | photo | |
| The Parkinson Block 1920 | Palo Alto | 23 | photo | Parkinson became mayor and held many positions |
| The Stanford Home (1887) | San Francisco | 14 | photo | Served as a state capitol briefly, later sold to pay expenses |
| Trolley lines San Jose 1910 | San Jose | 110 | photo | |
| USS Macon patrolling over Hangar one | Moffett Field | 51 | photo | |
| Valley Transit Authority (VTA) 1988 | San Jose | 110 | photo | |
| Various balloons being inflated | Hangar One | 48 | photo | Balloons were used until 1950s |
| Veteran’s Day parade 1906 | Sunnyvale | 58 | photo | Same view of businesses |
| Victory Parade on University Ave | 8th division returns home | 11 | photo | Soldiers marched in masks to protect from flu outbreak |
| View from peak of Observatory | Facing Silicon Valley | 31 | photo | Photo Nov 13 2008 |
| View of Palm Drive from El Camino Real | Stanford University | 17 | photo | |
| Villa Montalvo home 1912 | Saratoga | 119 | photo | US senator James Duval Phelan built it in Santa Cruz |
| Walgreen replaced with motel 1984 | Sunnyvale | 67 | photo | Same corner |
| Water tank, windmill of home | Shoreline Blvd | 42 | photo | Back of restored home current day |
| Watson | Thomas | 98 | Group photo | IBM CEO 1958 |
| West side fruit drier near Apple site | Cupertino | 105 | photo | |
| Westinghouse ad show purchase 1947 | Sunnyvale | 63 | photo | Since 1996 Northrup-Grumman bought plant |
| Winchester disk drive 14inch | Santa Clara County | 96 | photo | For IBM 3330 computer |
| WISC computer (created by Amdahl) | University of Wisconsin | 94 | photo | Computer Museum |
| Workers posing with barley thresher | Evergreen district 1925 | 32 | photo | John Steinbeck based his novels on his own experiences |
| Young girls dance in Obon festival | San Jose | 124 | photo | Photo 1937 |