November 1865 to November 2015 Jan 10, 2016 The First 150 Years of Making Love Visible Being There for the Community November 1865 to November 2015 Jan 10, 2016

Celebrating All Year Long! Display at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

1906 San José Earthquake Victims 23,564: Total Population 17.3 deaths per 1000: 407 in all of 1906 117 crushed in Agnew Asylum: 136 total 33% of full year’s deaths in 1 day (1906 CDC Mortality Report) South First Street First Presbyterian Church of San José St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church

Most Vulnerable 1906 Earthquake Victims

18 Apr 1906 Earthquake: San José Victims Agnews’ Tent City San José Relief Efforts Unity Society Board Minutes 30 Apr 1906

Ames Alliance & the Visiting Nurses Association

Ames Alliance & the San José Day Nursery Unity Society Board Minutes 3 Apr 1906 St. Elizabeth’s Day Home 1907 1966 San José Day Nursery 50th Celebration History Ames Alliance Register 1907

Petition delivered January 31, 1880 to the California State Senate: Next Month: Women’s Suffrage! Petition delivered January 31, 1880 to the California State Senate: I, Laura J. Watkins, a citizen of the United States, a resident of California, City of San José… being a taxpayer… and believing that taxation without representation is tyranny, hereby respectfully petition your honorable bodies for the removal of all political disabilities that she may exercise her right to vote… Join us! Saturdays ~1pm-4pm California Room 5th floor MLK Library knrivers66@gmail.com (408) 888-0757 Oakland Suffragists