San Jose (Postcard History Series)

by Bob Johnson

Indexed by Matthew Yoshimoto

Last Name, First or topicpage #Image typeOther information
Allen, F. S.29photoof Pasadena
Almaden Expressway105photo
Alquist State Office Building124photo
Alum Rock Meteor88photo
Alum Rock Park77, 82photo
Alviso Slough51photo
American Trust Company15photo
Auditorium Rink52photobuilt in 1909
Bank of America13photomoved its local headquarters to Park Center Plaza at the corner of Park Avenue and Market Street
Bank of Italy9, 103photochanged its name to Bank of America
Bank of San Jose10photolocated on the northwest corner of the busy intersection of First and Santa Clara Streets
Beach, Tyler118photoice and coal dealer
Belden, Josiah116photoearly mayor of San Jose
Belknap, Lewis J.112photoDr.
Borica, Diego de23photoMexican governor
Boysen Oak101photo
Breyfogle, Charles15photoDr.; president of Garden City Bank
Brohaska’s Orchestra52photo
Brown, Pat38photoGov.
Brown, Richard78photo
California Theatre9photo
Cantina Murrieta Café61photo
Carnegie Library39photo
Carnegie, Andrew39photo
Casa del Pueblo retirement community52photo
Cathedral for the Diocese of San Jose109photo
Centella Methodist Episcopal Church104photobuilt at Reed and Second Streets to replace an older and smaller Methodist Episcopal church on the same site
Central Christian Church106photo
Christian Church106photo
Church of the Holy Family109photobuilt at the northwest corner of San Fernando and River Streets with donations from the local Italian community
Civic Auditorium69photo
Clunie, T. J.75photoCongressman; elected in 1888, he promised the voters a new San Jose Post Office
Cogswell, Henry67photoSan Francisco dentist
Col, Peter93photowholesale grocer
College of Notre Dame30, 121photofounded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Columbia Hospital112photo
Columbus, Christopher68photo
Commercial Building21photo
Commercial Club16
County Government Center73photo
Coyote Creek100photo
Crespi, Juan101photoFr.
de Anza, Juan Bautista121photoearly California explorer who passed through the Santa Clara Valley
de Havilland, Olivia121photo
DeLorean, John37photoretired General Motors executive and later founder of DeLorean Motor Company
Diridon, Rod125photoSr.
Dougherty house98photo
Dougherty Lumber Company98photowife of William Dougherty
Dougherty, Ann98photo
Dougherty, William98photofounder of Dougherty Lumber Company
E. J. Kump Associates37photo
Eagle Brewery120photoat the corner of Market and San Carlos Streets
Edbrooke, Willoughby75photoPost office architect
Edenvale Garden City Park64photo
Electric Light Tower19, 49, 50, 66photo
Fairmont Hotel66, 119photo
First Baptist Church of San Jose105photosecond-oldest Baptist congregation in California
First Christian Church106photo
First Church of Christ Scientist106photo
First Methodist Episcopal Church111photo
First National Bank of San Jose10, 16, 17photo
First Presbyterian Church107photo
Foothill College37photo
Fred Flintstone59photo
Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden99photoA group of dedicated volunteers
Frontier Village57, 63photoWild West-themed amusement park opened on October 21, 1961
Garden City Bank14, 15photoThe bank grew steadily in the 1910s, adding branches in Saratoga, Gilroy, and Campbell
Garden City Bank Building12photolater named American Trust Company
Garden City Sanitarium26, 112photofounded in 1897 by Dr. Lewis J. Belknap
Giannini, A. G.13photoBank of Italy founder and president
Gilman, Alexander119photo
Glendale Galleria shopping center11photo
Goodrich, Levi30, 34photo
Gordon Biersch Brew Pub20photo
Grant School25photo
Great America Theme Park64photoopened in 1976 in nearby Santa Clara
Guadalupe Parkway74, 109photo
Guadalupe River100photo
Guth, William Wesley33photopresident of the University of the Pacific
Hale’s Department Store105photo
Hall of Records72, 73photoconstructed in the Romanesque Revival style in 1892
Hanchett Park neighborhood93photo
Hayes Mansion57, 62, 97photo
Hayes, Everis97photoson of Mary Hayes-Chynoweth
Hayes, Orley97photoson of Mary Hayes-Chynoweth
Hayes-Chynoweth, Mary97photowealthy widow who, in 1887, acquired a 240-acre tract of land in the Edenvale area of San Jose
Haywood, Susan121photo
Helen Guth Hall33photoladies dormitory built in the mission style in 1909
Herbert Hoover Junior High School27photoSan Jose’s second junior high school was built in 1931 and named after then-president Herbert Hoover
Herbert, George95photo
Herbert, Lucy95photo
Hester Elementary School25photo
Hippodrome Theater18photobuilt in 1919
Hoover, Herbet27photoUS President
Horace Mann School24photo
Hospital Corporation of America114photo
Hotel De Anza31, 121photo
Hotel Dorchester119photo
Hotel Montgomery119photobuilt in 1911 by local developer and civic booster T. S. Montgomery
Hotel Sainte Claire120, 121photo
Hotel Vendome116photo
Institute of Pantherapy113photo
J. C. Penney Store21photo
James, Jesse60photo
Japanese Friendship Garden98photo
Japanese Tea House86, 87photo
Johnson, Nels76photoDanish immigrant
Kactus Kong59photo
Kelley Park85, 98photo
Kelsey, Bill57photo
L. Lion and Sons Furniture Store20photoFounded in 1856 by Lazard Lion
Larkspur Hotel Group120photo
Last National Bank60photo
Lenzen, Jacob27, 116photo
Lenzen, Theodore66, 110photoArchitect
Lewis, Harvey48photo
Lil, Diamond59photosinger at the Silver Dollar Saloon
Lion, Lazard20photo
Llano de los Robles101photoJuan Crespi gave eastern Santa Clara County this name (Spanish for “plain of oaks”)
Longfellow School25photo
Lost Dutchman Mine59photo
Lourdes Grotto31photo
Lyman, Chester42photo
Mann, Horace24photothe famous 19th-century educator
McCabe Hall69photo
McCabe, Jay69photo
McColl, L. C.104photo
McKenzie, Charles126photoarchitect
McKinley, William45photoPres.
McLaren, John99photohorticulturist
Medico-Dental Building111photo
Methodist Church111photo
Mineral Spring Fountain83photoat Alum Rock Park in San Jose
Minton, Henry A.13photoSan Francisco architect
Mission Santa Clara81, 92photo
Moffett Field Army Air Base126photo
Montgomery, T. S.69, 70, 119, 120photo
Morgan, Julia124photo
Morris Daily Auditorium38photo
Naglee Mansion95photo
Naglee Park95, 96photo
Naglee Park Tract95photoSan Jose’s first planned subdivision
Naglee, Henry Morris95photogeneral
National Register of Historic Places43photo
O’Brien, Maurice20photo
O’Brien’s Candy Store20photoFounded in 1868 by Maurice O’Brien
O’Connor Hospital110photo
O’Connor Sanitarium110photoerected in 1888 thanks to the generosity of Judge Myles P. O’Connor
O’Connor, Myles P.110photoJudge; a lawyer and businessman who had made a fortune in the California gold mines
Office of the State Architect38photo
Ohlone Indians101photo
Owen, J. J.49photoSan Jose Mercury publisher
Paseo Plaza Condominium complex96photo
Penitencia Creek80, 86photo
Plaza de Cesar Chavez126photo
Plaza Park65, 67photonow known as Plaza de Cesar Chavez
Polk, Willis106photoSan Francisco architect
Porter Building19photoconstructed around 1890 by Norman Porter
Porter, Norman19photo
Quilty, Charles W.96photoSan Jose attorney and president of the San Jose Light and Power Company
Rainbow Falls62photo
Rod Diridon Station125photo
Rogers, Will120photo
Ron, Marshal59, 60photo
Rooney, Mickey121photo
Roos Atkins Clothing Store21photo
Roosevelt Junior High School112photo
Roosevelt, Eleanor121photo
Roosevelt, Theodore26, 54photoPresident
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum48photo
Rosicrucian Park46photo
Rosicrucian Planetarium46photo
Rosicrucian Science Building47photo
Rosicrucian University48photo
Sacred Heart of Jesus31photostatue; erected to commemorate the college’s “Golden Jubilee”
Sainte Claire Club123photoprivate men’s club moved into this mission-style building in 1896
San Jose and Santa Clara Railway Company78photo
San Jose Athletic Club122photo
San Jose City Council88photo
San Jose City Hall66, 67, 74, 106photomodeled after a Victorian-era Bavarian town hall
San Jose Elks Lodge123photolocated at the corner of First and St. John Streets
San Jose Evening News44photo
San Jose Fire Department71photo
San Jose Giants41photo
San Jose Hospital114photo
San Jose Light and Power Company96photo
San Jose Main Library40photo
San Jose Main Post Office76photo
San Jose Medical Center114photo
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden99photodesignated an All-America Rose Selection Test Garden
San Jose Municipal Stadium41photo
San Jose Museum of Modern Art76photo
San Jose Post Office66, 75photo
San Jose Public Library40, 76photo
San Jose Safe Deposit Bank10photoFounded in 1885, the bank stood at the southeast corner of First and Santa Clara Streets
San Jose Scottish Rite Lodge122photo
San Jose State Normal School34, 35photo
San Jose State Teachers College36photo
San Jose State University36, 119photo
Santa Clara County Courthouse42photo
Santa Clara County Hospital115photo
Santa Clara County Jail74photo
Santa Clara County Office Building74photo
Santa Clara County Rose Society99photo
Santa Clara County Superior Court Building72photo
Scottish Rite Temple122photoconstructed on the corner of North Third and St. James Streets
Sherman Clay Music Store18photo
Silver Dollar Saloon58photo
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul110photo
Sonoma Chicken Coop71photo
Sorosis Orchard Company101photo
South Bay Yacht Club51photoformed in 1888 by a group of local businessmen and boating enthusiasts
Southern Pacific Depot125photolocated along the north side of Bassett Street between San Pedro and First Streets; constructed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style at a cost of $100,000
St. James Hotel42, 45, 76, 118photo
St. James Office Building122photo
St. James Park42, 44, 106, 118, 122photo
St. James Square44photo
St. Joseph’s Cathedral66, 67, 109photothe oldest church in San Jose
St. Patrick’s Church108photothe second-oldest Catholic parish in San Jose
St. Patrick’s Elementary School108photo
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church104photo
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church105photo
St. Peter’s Basilica109photoin Rome
Stevenson, James113photoOwner of Institute of Pantherapy
Stevenson, Mary113photoOwner of Institute of Pantherapy
Tech Museum of Innovation69photo
Teetering Tunnel57photo
Temple of Karnak47photo
Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis46photo
The Alameda124photo
The Conservatory of Music32photo
The First Methodist Episcopal Church104photobuilt on the northeast corner of Fifth and Santa Clara Streets to replace a church on North Second Street
The Garden City91photoa nickname well suited to San Jose
Theodore the Bear59photo
Tower Hall38photo
Town Park Towers107photo
Trinity Church107photobuilt in 1863 at the northwest corner of Second and St. John Streets; stands as the last surviving example of Carpenter Gothic architecture in San Jose.
Tumbleweed59photothe gold miner was one of the costumed characters at Frontier Village
University of the Pacific32photofounded by Methodist ministers and laymen in Santa Clara in 1851
Unruh, Jesse38photoCalifornia assembly speaker
Valley Medical Center115photoa regional trauma center with specialized units treating adult trauma, pediatric trauma, spinal injuries, brain injuries, and burns
Vintage Towers111photoa high-rise apartment building for low-income tenants
Weeks, William27, 111photoarchitect
Wells Fargo Bank15photo
West Hall33photo
Westin, Marshal61photo
Winchester Mystery House56photo
Winchester, Sarah53photo
Wolfe, Frank87photoarchitect
Wolfe, Frank Delos93photolocal architect
Woolworth Store22photo
Works Progress Administration41photo
Wycoff, Ralph76photo
YMCA building124photo
Yogi Bear59photo