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)...
Alma Street; Painting; People; Portraits; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Rancho Santa Rita; Robles, Don Teodoro;
A portrait of Don Theodoro Robles. In 1824 Secundino and his younger brother Teodoro Robles were the first non-Indians to discover cinnabar deposits. By 1845, when these deposits proved to be rich in quicksilver, Secundino and Teodoro received...