Category: Past Exhibits
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This is San Jose Calling Exhibit at City Hall
This is San Jose Calling! Celebrating 100 Years of Radio Broadcasting San Jose City Hall (June 4, 2009 to January 21, 2010) This exhibition, featuring artifacts from The Perham Collection of Early Electronics, and loans from Charles Herrold’s grandson Stephen True, celebrated the world’s first regularly scheduled broadcast station in San Jose, Herrold’s FN –…
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History of the Shasta-Hanchett Park Neighborhood
(Note: The content on this page was formerly part of the HSJ website, “Neighborhoods of San Jose,” created circa 2007, and now inactive.) The Shasta Hanchett Park neighborhood in San Jose, California, is located just west of the downtown area. The neighborhood includes four areas: Shasta Hanchett Park, Garden Alameda, St. Leo’s, and Cahill Park.…
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History of Pierce Ranch
(Note: The content on this page was formerly part of the HSJ website, “Neighborhoods of San Jose,” created circa 2007, and now inactive.) 250 acres tucked against the foothills on the northern edge of the New Almaden mines, on McAbee Road, in the Almaden valley. McAbee creek runs through the property’s southern edge. This area…
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History of New Almaden
(Note: The content on this page was formerly part of the HSJ website, “Neighborhoods of San Jose,” created circa 2007, and now inactive.) New Almaden is located 12 miles south of downtown San Jose, California, in the Capitancillo Hills of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range. Today’s Almaden Boulevard, Avenue, Expressway, and Road all follow the…
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History of Alviso
(Note: The content on this page was formerly part of the HSJ website, “Neighborhoods of San Jose,” created circa 2007, and now inactive.) Alviso is located at the south end of the San Francisco Bay and the northern most point of the City of San Jose. The Guadalupe River (which drains the Santa Cruz Mountains),…
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The Wireless Age Exhibit visits the Googleplex
A smaller version of our recent exhibit at History Park The Wireless Age: Electronics Entrepreneurs Before Silicon Valley is now on view in the Building 43 lobby at Google’s Mountain View headquarters through January 2017, made available through Google’s GoArt program. The GoArt program is run by Google employees who volunteer their time to manage exhibit spaces throughout…
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Slugs, Dingbats & Tramp Printers! Printing in Santa Clara Valley
April – December 2015 History San José is proud to present the exhibition Slugs, Dingbats, & Tramp Printers! Printing in Santa Clara Valley, opening April 2015, in partnership with the San Jose Printer’s Guild. Printing from moveable type was first introduced into Northern California around 1825 by Agustin V. Zamorano, then a government official in…
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Slugs, Dingbats & Tramp Printers! Printing in Santa Clara Valley
April – December 2015 History San José is proud to present the exhibition Slugs, Dingbats, & Tramp Printers! Printing in Santa Clara Valley, opening April 2015, in partnership with the San Jose Printer’s Guild. Printing from moveable type was first introduced into Northern California around 1825 by Agustin V. Zamorano, then a government official in…
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Through My Father’s Eyes: The Filipino American Photographs of Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914 – 1976)
History San José Presents Through My Father’s Eyes: The Filipino American Photographs of Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914 – 1976) July 14, 2012 – January 6, 2013 Arbuckle Gallery at the Pacific Hotel, History Park A special Members & VIP Reception will be held from 5:30 – 8:30 on July 25 at the Pacific Hotel Gallery,…
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Shirlie Montgomery: Picturing San José Since 1938
McKay Gallery at the Pasetta House April 14 – December 14, 2014 The online version of this exhibit has been created in conjunction with Google Cultural Institute. Click to view. Shirlie Montgomery led a colorful life. Her love of photography, sports, and journalistic photography lent her a unique eye on history. Born on Chapman Street…
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