San Jose Light Tower half-height replica. Note trolley in lower right corner for scale.

History Park at Kelley Park (or just History Park) in San Jose, California, USA is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s. Since its inauguration in 1971, 29 historic buildings and other landmarks have either been moved from their original San Jose locations or are represented by replicas. City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley County Santa Clara County, California Area  - Total  - Water 461. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Period exhibits include a doctor's office, a dentist's office (complete with an old foot-pedal-powered drill), fruit barn, blacksmith shed, a livery stable (US terminology for a business that rented out horse-drawn carriages), a working print shop, a gas station, the Pacific Hotel, the Empire Fire House, the Bank of Italy (precursor to the Bank of America), a one-room schoolhouse, and a number of houses of early Santa Clara Valley settlers. The fruit barn not only has many farm implements and devices from the period, but also displays hundreds of photographs documenting the area's development. Doctor means teacher in Latin. ... X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ... In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. ... A barn can be: A farm building for livestock and hay storage A unit of area used by nuclear physicists This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A blacksmith is an artisan specializing in the hand-wrought manufacture of metal objects, such as wrought iron gates, grills and railings, light fixtures and furniture, sculpture, weapons, decorative and religous items, cooking utensils and tools. ... Tourists in a vis-a-vis, Prague The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. ... Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... Modern gas station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and LPG. The term gas station is mostly particular to the United States of America and Canada, where petrol is known as... Bank of America (BofA) (NYSE: BAC) is the largest bank in the United States of America, in terms of deposits. ... A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ... The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. ...

Other attractions include a 115-foot scale replica of the San Jose Electric Light Tower that used to tower 237 feet over downtown San Jose, the Portuguese Historical Museum, the Ng Shing Gung Temple, and a post office. Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...

The "Trolley Barn" houses restored antique trolleys, both horse-drawn and electric, and automobiles, both gasoline and battery powered, along with other antique trolleys and cars awaiting restoration. The article on electrical energy is located elsewhere. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Petrol (gasoline in the United States and Canada) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Four double-A batteries In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores energy and makes it available in an electrical form. ...

On March 13, 2005 another newly renovated building was opened to the public, housing the Leonard and David McKay Gallery, containing a collection of paintings of people, buildings, and landscapes from in and around San Jose. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ...

Weekdays, tours are offered by paid staff, often for local students on class field trips. On weekends, selected exhibit buildings are staffed on a rotating schedule by volunteers, who also operate a vintage trolley over the length of the park, including under the Light Tower replica. This article refers to the mass transit vehicle. ...

References

• Volunteers at History Park
• History San Jose Website (http://www.historysanjose.org/)

External links

• List of vehicles in the Trolley Barn (click on the "antique vehicles" link near the bottom of the page) (http://oww.ctrc.org/)
• Map of History Park (http://www.historysanjose.org/visiting_hsj/buildings/history_park/map.html)