San Jose is the Capital of the Silicon Valley the high-rise, economic engine of advanced technology. Yet it was once a verdant valley, inhabited by wildlife, waterfowl, and the native Ohlone people. The Spanish who founded California's first civilian settlement here in 1777 named it for Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the Spanish Expedition. Their farms fed the soldiers at the Monterey and San Francisco presidios, beginning an agricultural industry that thrived for nearly 200 years. Although serving briefly as California's first state capital, for many decades downtown was the somewhat sleepy commercial center of the Santa Clara Valley. A housing and population expansion that began in the 1950s exploded with San Jose's rebirth as a technological mecca.
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Co-authors Lauren Miranda Gilbert and Bob Johnson, librarians at the San Jose Public Library, have combed the extensive photographic archives of their own California Room, as well as San Jose State University Special Collections and the Sourisseau Academy.
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Great little book about San Jose,
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I really enjoyed looking at the pictures and explanations in this book. There is particularly good coverage of South San Jose, including the old IBM plant site.
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This view of Market Street looking southeast from San Fernando Street shows the twin tanks of the first public water service erected in November of 1866. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Jose, Santa Clara Street, South First Street, San Francisco, Market Street, Santa Clara County, Bank of Italy, Park Center Plaza, South Second Street, Southern Pacific, North First Street, San Carlos Street, Third Street, Almaden Boulevard, Bank of America, Hotel Sainte Claire, Hotel Vendome, James Park, San Fernando Street, Civic Auditorium, Courtesy of the Sourisseau Academy, Electric Light Tower, General Naglee, Lick Observatory, San Antonio Street New!
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This view of Market Street looking southeast from San Fernando Street shows the twin tanks of the first public water service erected in November of 1866. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Jose, Santa Clara Street, South First Street, San Francisco, Market Street, Santa Clara County, Bank of Italy, Park Center Plaza, South Second Street, Southern Pacific, North First Street, San Carlos Street, Third Street, Almaden Boulevard, Bank of America, Hotel Sainte Claire, Hotel Vendome, James Park, San Fernando Street, Civic Auditorium, Courtesy of the Sourisseau Academy, Electric Light Tower, General Naglee, Lick Observatory, San Antonio Street New!
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