What San Jose, California looked like in the 1980s

#1 Zanker House placement on site. Perez Brothers Crew, 1986

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#2 Construction site opposite San Jose State University, San Jose, 1985

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#3 San Jose Water Company building, 374 West Santa Clara Street, 1980

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#4 San Jose Water Company Building, 374 West Santa Clara, 1980s

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#5 San Jose Water Company Building, 374 West Santa Clara, 1980s

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#6 San Jose Library and Fire Department, 1980s

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#7 Hotel De Anza, San Jose, 1985

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#8 Hotel De Anza, San Jose, 1989

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#9 San Jose Library and Fire Department, 1980

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#10 Teskes Germania Restaurant on the corner First and Divine Streets, San Jose, 1989

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#11 Scottish Rites Hall, 1982

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#12 Outside of San Jose International Airport, 1985

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#13 Post Street between First and Market Streets, San Jose, 1988

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#14 The Eagles Lodge, located at 146 Third Street, San Jose, 1982

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#15 Wehner Mansion, Evergreen Valley, San Jose, 1989

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#16 Teskes Germania Restaurant on the corner First and Divine Streets, San Jose, 1989

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#17 Corner view of First Church of Christ Scientist, East Saint James Street, 150′ East of North Second Street, San Jose, 1980s

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#18 San Jose Convention Center, 1988

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#19 San Jose Historic Trolleys, 1988

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#20 San Jose is Growing Up, 1987

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#21 Lesbian March on San Jose, 1980

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#22 Edwin Markham House being moved to San Jose Historical Museum, 1987

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#23 Post Street at Lightston Alley, San Jose, 1988

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#24 De Anza Hotel, 1987

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#25 De Anza Hotel at night, 1988

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#26 Orchard Supply Hardware store, located at 7884 Dublin Boulevard, 1980

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#27 San Jose Post Office, Art Center, 1988

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#28 San Jose Armory/California National Guard Building, 1980

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#29 San Jose Civic Auditorium, 1988

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#30 Santa Clara St. looking west from Third St., 1980

The Bank of America building is on the left, the Hotel de Anza is in the background.

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#31 Market Street Plaza looking south from the San Jose Art Museum, 1988

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#32 California Loan Office, Metropole Hotel, 1986

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#33 Manny’s Cellar, 1988

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#34 San Jose Airport, PSA airline jet taking off, 1980

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#35 Flooded Street. Possibly the 1998 El Nino Flood in California, 1998

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#36 Manny’s Cellar, San Jose, 1988

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#37 Paulson House, History Park, San Jose, 1989

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#38 Rear of the San Jose Armory-California National Guard, 240 North Second Street, 1980

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#39 Pacific Hotel, History Park, 1989

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#40 Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, 1985

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#41 Northwest Corner of Market Street and Post Street, 1986

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#42 Armory-California National Guard, San Jose. 240 North Second Street, 1980s

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#43 San Jose National Guard Armory, located at 240 North Second Street, 1980s

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#44 Dr. Warburton’s Office, History Park, San Jose, 1991

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#45 Ward Undertaker Parlor and Sherward Apartments, 1989

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#46 Vietnamese American Shopping Area, San Jose, 1988

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#47 Northwest Corner of Market Street and Post Street, San Jose, 1986

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#48 1938 Packard Super and club seday, Oakridge Mall, San Jose, June 18, 1982.

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#49 Manny’s Cellar Restaurant, 1987

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#50 Santa Clara County Light Rail, San Jose, 1989

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#51 Printing Office at History Park, San Jose, 1989

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#52 Pellier Park (Renewal), 1988

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#53 Winchester Mystery House exterior with fountain, 1989

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#54 Northwest Corner of Market Street and Post Street, 1986

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#55 Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, 1985

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#56 The Santa Claus Class of 1985

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#57 Wehner Mansion – Winery building, 1986

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#58 Looking west towards De Anza Hotel from top of parking lot at San Pedro and Saint John Streets, San Jose, 1988

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#59 Wehner Mansion – Summer Kitchen, San Jose, 1986

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#60 Wehner Mansion – Winery building, 1986

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#61 Looking west at De Anza Hotel from top of parking lot at San Pedro and Saint John Streets, San Jose, 1988

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#62 Wehner Mansion – Winery building, 1986

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#63 View of the second floor of the main house, 1986

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#64 Hensley District historic house, 1989

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#65 The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society Building, 1980

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#66 Amtrak train at Alviso crossing, 1980

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#67 Flood debris on residential street. Possibly the 1998 El Nino Flood in California.

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#68 Zanker House move. Moving on to the Museum Grounds, house being pivoted, 1986

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#69 Sausage Industry Suppliers Company, 1986

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#70 Crossing muddy Gold Street after rain, Alviso, California, 1983

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#71 View of rooftop, Hayes Mansion, 1989

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#72 Two-story Victorian house, 1989

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#73 Front of the Peralta Adobe.

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#74 Hayes Mansion before renovation, 1980s

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#75 Peralta Adobe soon after reconstruction, 1988

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#76 Victorian House, 1990

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#77 Zanker House placement on site. Perez Brothers Crew, 1986

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#78 Adam Osborne’s Mercedes in front of company offices, 1983

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#79 FAA inspectors examine aircraft wreckage, 1986

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#80 Hayes Mansion, side view, before renovation, 1980s

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#81 Mountain View Goodwill Drop-Off, 1986

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#82 Three-story Victorian House, corner lot, 1990

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#83 Flood damage at Alviso, California post office, 1983

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#84 Hayes Mansion exterior, before renovation, 1980

Tree that marks Pueblo Site of 1777 on Hobson between San Pedro and First Street.

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#85 Wehner Mansion, 1986

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#86 Wehner Mansion, 1986

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#87 Intersection of Santa Clara Street and Almaden, 1987

Buildings looking east at the intersection of Santa Clara Street and Almaden, including left corner of Hotel De Anza.

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#88 Historic Homes being moved to Kelley Park, 1987

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#89 Orchard Supply Hardware Cottle Road store, 1982

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#90 Wehner Mansion, 1986

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#91 Julian Street and Thirteenth Street, 1955

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#92 River Park Tower, San Jose, 1988

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#93 Orchard Supply Hardware Milpitas store, 1984

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#94 South Bay Yacht Club, 1984

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#95 Henry’s Hi-Life Bar-B-Q. St. John and Pleasant Streets, 1987

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#96 Nancy Rosenlund and Falcon Motor Van, 1980s

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#97 Aerial view of the Plaza, 1988

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#98 Bank of America, 1988

Bank of America, built in 1927, on the southeast corner of First and Santa Clara. The Bank of Italy in San Francisco was founded by A. P. Giannini, a native of San Jose. The San José branch opened in 1910. The name changed to Bank of America in 1930.

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#99 Construction of San José Convention Center, 1988

Aerial view of the Convention Center under construction clearly shows its size in relation to surrounding buildings.

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#100 Southeast corner of Santa Clara and Almaden, 1988

1988 view of banks at Santa Clara and Almaden. In the 1980s, the new bank buildings became streamlined, a contemporary look found throughout the financial world.

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#101 The Guadalupe River is still an integral part of San Jose’s downtown, 1988

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#102 Paulson House en route to History Park, 1986

Paulson House just clearing the Highway 280 overpass on Vine and Grant Streets in San Jose as it is transported from Prevost Street to History Park.

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#103 View of the Plaza, 1988

Market Street Plaza looking south from the San Jose Art Museum. The Fairmont Hotel was built on the site of the old Chinatown.

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#104 South Second Street, 1988

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#105 Zanker House in the moving truck as it makes its way into History Park, 1986

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#106 New light rail system operating on South Second Street in downtown San Jose, 1988

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#107 Eagles Hall portico, 1988

The portico from the Eagles Hall building on Third Street, facing St. James Park, was all that was preserved when a large office building was constructed on the site in 1985.

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#108 View of Park Center Plaza, 1988, one of the earliest redevelopment projects in the downtown, 1988

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#109 Trolley Barn at History Park, 1984

The Trolley Barn was built in 1984 as a place to house and restore historic trolleys, as a joint project of the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation and History San José. The tracks that extend from the Trolley Barn run across Kelley Park, and on weekends, park visitors can ride the historic streetcars.

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#110 Nelson-DeLuz House en route to History Park, 1987

The Nelson-DeLuz House (left) and Markham House (right) being transported down East Santa Clara Street on their way to History Park. The DeLuz home was originally located at South Eleventh and William Streets.

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#111 Post Street at Lightstone Alley, 1988

Post Street at Lightston Alley looking east in 1988. An early re-light district, Post was called El Dorado until 1902.

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#112 San Jose Civic Auditorium, 1988

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