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Only a Few Seats Left for the 
Heritage Holiday Champagne Tea!
Join us Saturday, December 10 for an afternoon of scrumptious creations and tasty tea, featuring exclusive blends from Satori Tea & champagne by the Guglielmo Winery.

Seatings available for  2:00pm.
To purchase tickets, contact Juanita Lara at 408.918.1045 or
jlara@historysanjose.org
Print of the Month
In honor of Veterans Day we are featuring an FMC amphibious troop-transport vehicle passing San Jose Civic Auditorium in a parade celebrating the end of WWII, c.1943.
Click here to check out this image and hundreds more available for purchase from our online 

Each photograph you buy supports the History San José Research Library.


Dear Friends,
I genuinely want to thank you for your support of History San José (HSJ) in 2016! This past year the staff at HSJ has been actively engaged in rethinking and reimaging our school and public programs. We want to maintain HSJ's position as a leading institution for elementary-age history programs in our region by continuing to update our programs, keeping them relevant for today's savvy students; and we want to provide high quality public programs for the entire community. We are working to incorporate 21st century life skills into all of our school and public programs that teach empathy, critical thinking, collaboration and self-directed learning - all skills important to building an intelligent and compassionate community.
 
We could not have sustained our school programs serving more than 24,000 children; or produced our original exhibitions; or hosted our events attended by more than 110,000 visitors without your assistance. As the holiday season nears, please consider giving gifts that make a difference like a tax-deductible year-end contribution; or renewing your HSJ Membership or giving a gift Membership. We appreciate your support in whatever form it takes. Thank you again!

Until next time,

Alida J. Bray
President & CEO
Celebrate San Jose's Birthday!
Sunday, November 13 from 11:00am - 3:00pm
Peralta Adobe & Fallon House Historic Site
Join us in celebrating the founding of San Jose at its oldest house - the Peralta Adobe. Enjoy a variety of historic hands-on activities and crafts, tour the Peralta Adobe and try a new tour experience with Epic Immersive Theatre Group at the Fallon House. Have a piece of cake to celebrate San Jose's 239th birthday! See the schedule of activities here.

The Peralta Adobe & Fallon House are located 175 West Saint John Street, adjacent to San Pedro Square Market. Activity Pass: $5, Fallon Tours: $5, Free for HSJ Members.
Spreading Some Halloween Fun
L ast month, after our Haunt History Park event, staff found a good way to use leftover pumpkins by donating them to students at Edenvale Elementary in South San Jose on Halloween. Teachers and staff setup a
pumpkin patch before the Pre-K and Kindergarten students arrived that morning, giving our extra pumpkins all good homes. 
Catch it before it's gone - Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California's History
If you haven't seen it yet be sure to catch our fantastic exhibit, Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California's History . D iscover the fascinating and largely unknown history of the foremothers of modern tattooing prior to WWII. The exhibit explores Native American women proudly receiving tattoos as an important rite of passage, upper-class women who started the tattooing trend, the working-class Tattooed Ladies who graced the stages of circus sideshows, and some of the first female tattoo artists in California; as well as artwork from local contemporary female tattoo artists.

Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California's History is open Saturdays & Sunday from 11:00am - 4:30pm in the Leonard & David McKay Gallery at the Pasetta House in History Park. Exhibit Closes: Saturday, December 31, 2016. 
Collections Corner

A Long History of Voting
Sabastian and Amelia Albertoli, 1896 (Courtesy Nadine Nelson)
Check out our latest blog post on HSJ Collections Volunteer  Nadine Nelson, who recently discovered a voter registration form from her great-uncle, Sabastian Albertoli, in the HSJ Collection! The registration form dates back to November 2, 1876 - just in time to participate in one of America's most disputed Presidential elections. Read more here. 

Thank You to Our Veterans!
Our Spirit of '45 volunteers and veterans were at History Park today getting ready for San Jose's Annual Veterans Day Parade. On behalf of History San José, we want to thank them and all of our veterans for their service and sacrifice to our country.

Goodbye Jim!
Jim with pets.com sock puppet from HSJ Collection.
Although we know Jim will thoroughly enjoy his well-earned retirement, we are still sad to say goodbye after 12 years at History San José. Jim Reed joined HSJ in 2004 and shortly thereafter became the Curator of Library & Archives. Over the years Jim transformed the Research Library and helped countless researchers locally and from 26 different countries. His accomplishments are too long to list here, but among the highlights are helping to secure winning NEH grants; leading volunteers to catalog all of our holdings to Library of Congress standards; cataloging more than 20,000 court records and thousands of estate records. He also provided research support for more than 75 books, and countless newspaper and magazine articles, films, and television stories. Goodbye Jim, we will miss you and your unique sense of humor. 


Museum Mysteries - What is that?!

            
Can you guess what this object is or what it was used for? Email your responses to  jevins@historysanjose.org , and one lucky person with the correct response will win a special prize  courtesy of History San José!  We'll post the answer in next month's  newsletter .

 Last Month's Object
Did you figure out what last month's artifact was? If you guessed printing
 block you are correct. From the
 estate of Dr. Barbara Christensen, this all metal printing block  has palm leaves and flower  designs  and  was used to stamp designs on  Polynesian Tapa cloth.
Upcoming Events

Hands-on History Days: 
Happy Birthday San Jose! 
Sunday, November 13
11:00am - 3:00pm
Peralta Adobe & Fallon House Historic Site
Fallon House Tour Tickets: $5;  Activity Tickets: $5
HSJ Members Free

Celebrate San Jose's 239th birthday at the Peralta Adobe & Fallon House Historic Site. Have a slice of cake; explore the Perlata Adobe and Fallon House; make historic arts and crafts and much more!

Decadent Desserts
*Exclusive for HSJ Members*
Saturday, December 3
12:00pm - 3:00pm
History Park, Pacific Hotel, Renzel Room

History San José Members are invited to a champagne reception filled with scrumptious  sweets and decadent desserts! Get into a festive mood when you see History Park decorated for the holidays.


Hands-on History Days:
Children's Holiday Festival
Saturday, December 3
11:00am - 3:00pm
History Park
Admission: $8 Adults/Kids Ages 3+
Free to HSJ Members

Get in the yuletide spirit at the Children's Holiday Festival! Celebrate the holidays strolling through History Park, listening to the sounds of carolers, ride in a horse drawn carriage, listen in on story time and visit with Santa, who will be on-hand for photo opportunities.

The San Jose Nutcracker
December 16 -24
The Hammer Theatre Center
Tickets start at $19


T his year, in partnership with HSJ, the New Ballet School will be preforming The San Jose Nutcracker, a classical holiday ballet unique to our hometown. Be sure to see HSJ's pop-up exhibit in the lobby. For tickets and more info, visit: sanjosenutcracker.com

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