Cupertino (Calif.); Merithew, Joseph C.; People; Photographs; Ranch houses; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of the Captain Merithew's home and ranch, circa 1885. Written on the back of the photorgraph, "50 acres total. Left to right -- Uncle Joseph Merithew, Uncle Frederick Merithew, winery caretaker, (on porch)...
Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Hangars; Moffett Field (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); Technology;
Black-and-white photograph of nearly completed Airship Hangar No. 1 at Moffett Field. The hangar consists of interlocking steel girders resting on a heavily reinforced concrete pad. The hangar is 1,133 feet long, 308 feet wide, and 198 feet high. ...
Hotels; Hotel Vendome; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Color postcard of the Hotel Vendome. The Hotel Vendome opened in February, 1889. It was one of the finest hotels in California. Set on 13 landscaped acres, it was demolished in 1930 to make way for houses.
Automobiles; Ford Assembly Plant; Milpitas (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Transportation;
Assembly plant completed in 1955. Covered 32 acres, employed 2300 workers. Closed in 1984. Converted and reopened as the "Great Mall of the Bay Area" in 1994.
Written on back of the photograph, "Louis Booksin, Willow Glen, cherry grower." Booksin married Elizabeth Kirk on December 1, 1896. He owned three fruit ranches (90 acres) in San Jose.
