Month: February 2017
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New Artifact Drives into the HSJ Collection
Earlier this month History San José received a new addition to the Collection – a working 1940 Chevy Pickup Truck. The truck was donated by Marie Gairaud and belonged to her husband Louis. The truck arrived at HSJ on the 6th anniversary of his passing. We are honored to add Louis’ truck to the Collection…
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Posters in HSJ’s Collection Illustrate Our Past
As part of a year-long, National Endowment for the Humanities grant-funded project to preserve and catalog our backlog of oversize archival material, we recently processed some memorable posters documenting San Jose and Santa Clara Valley’s social history. History San Jose’s collection includes a wide array of ephemeral material, including advertisements, posters, programs, flyers, brochures, and…
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