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- Collection: Santa Clara Public Memory
Photo of Memorial Cornerstone for Alice Phelan Sullivan, Foundress of the Carmel of the Infant JesusThe cornerstone on the left hand side of the church at Santa Clara's Carmelite Monastery, which reads "In Memoriam Alice Phelan Sullivan Foundress…
Plaque of Carmelite Monastery's HistorySanta Clara Point of Historical Interest No. 2; plaque gives few details of one previous owner, Bond, who bought the land in 1895 and kept it until…
Monastery arborArbors that support wisteria plants (not blooming in image) at the Santa Clara Carmelite Monastery; were supposedly put in place by one of the…
Monastery Olive TreesOlive trees planted; a reminder of Christ in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane before his crucifixion
Siyante, Potoyanti, Coconoon, Apangasse, Aplache, and Awallache land taken (ceded by California) on March 19, 1851A dated list, plus maps, of areas detailed as "cessions"—Native American Land taken by the United States government across the United States between…
PlaqueSiteOfFirstMiningInCaliforniaFirst work done at Almaden ore in 1824; in regular producation after 1845; plaque placed by State Department of Parks and Recreation on October 13,…
Koyate, Wolasi, Newchowwe, Wacksache, Palwisha, Pokenwell, and Yawilchine land taken in 1851 (ceded by the state of California)A dated list, plus maps, of areas detailed as "cessions"—Native American Land taken by the United States government across the United States between…
San Jose News on James P. Pierce
Santa Clara Women's Club Adobe
Women's Club Adobe Plaque"This Adobe, among the oldest in Santa Clara Valley, was one of the several continuous rows of homes built in 1792-1800 as dwellings for the Indian…