San Jose, California, is the third largest city in the state, and the largest of all cities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, with a population of 1,021,795.
Commemorative stamp marking the 200th anniversary (1977) of the El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe .
Don Salvio Pacheco served as alcalde from 1827 to 1828.
Harvesting near San Jose, California; 1874, John Ross Key.
Felipe de Neve y Padilla was a Spanish soldier who served as the 4th Governor of the Californias, from 1775 to 1782. Neve is one of the founders of Los Angeles and was instrumental in the foundation of San Jose and Santa Barbara.
The Founding of Los Angeles mural at the Los Angeles Central Library; Dean Cornwell, 1933.
Felipe de Neve Library, Los Angeles.