Looking Back

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (May 23, 1917)

Rosenberg Matter Goes Over to Next Meeting: Town Trustees Unable to Grant Fruit Packers Request at This Time: Rosenberg Bros. & Co. Have 24-Year Lease of City Land But Want to Buy the Land Instead: Taxpayers Object — City Many Need Land in Future for Water Needs
Baseball Game to Benefit Red Cross: Campbell Athletics Play Alcatraz Parlor of Native Sons of the Golden West on University of Santa Clara Field
Archbishop Hanna to Speak at 66th Annual Commencement Exercises at University of Santa Clara
President Wilson Sets June 5 as National Registration Day: All Males Between Ages of 21 and 30 Must Register — Penalty for Failure to Do So — State Bureau of Registration Working on Details — Day Will Be a Holiday
Local Bankers Attend State Convention in Sacramento: Liberty Loans and Financing of War and Conservation of Food Industries are Principle Topics: Federal Government to Back Loans to Farmers

50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (May 24, 1967)

Downtown Development Remains a Mystery: Debate on Downtown’s Future: Councilman Matt Talia Blasts City Plans to Cloverleaf De La Cruz Prior to Opening Benton Street Across Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks
Big Builder Needed to Put Life into ‘Old Quad’: No Action Taken on Effort to Solve Downtown Dilemma as City Officials Must First Consult Prospective Developer Clarence Ching
City Fights to Keep Utility Rates: City Manager Don VonRaesfeld and Mayor-Pro-Tem Gary Gillmor to Lobby Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall to Let City Use Federal Power for Another Year and Looking for Permission to Let City Generate its Own Power : PG&E Suing City For Use of its Lines in Bringing Federal Power to City
University of Santa Clara Shakespeare Festival Turns Pro — Only Professional Shakespeare Company North of San Diego
City Corporation Yard, Corner of Poplar & Main Streets, Hosts Flea Market to Sell Salvageable Discards Gathered in City’s Recent Clean-Up Campaign
Memories of Santa Clara High Class of 1907: Fifteen Graduates Gather for 60th Anniversary Reunion
Bronze Star Medal for Heroism in Vietnam Awarded to Santa Claran Timothy Schlink

(compiled by Mary Hanel, Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara)