Don't see the file format you need? Free File Format ConversionChat with us now. Live Chat Now 24/7 The page you were looking for appears to have been moved, deleted or does not exist. This is most likely due to: An outdated link on another site A typo in the address / URL Marilyn Monroe Signed Black And White Photo Rat Pack Signed Album By All 5 Carroll Shelby And Harley Earl Signed Photo Glenn Pop Warner Signed Letter David Spindel John Lennon PhotographPainting of the Carquinez Straits 1880’s by Etha Holton Music Box - German Polyphon from the late 1880’s A beautiful model of the Forester -- courtesy of the Telfer Family. The model is almost 6 feet long. This 4-masted schooner burned to the waterline in 1975, and her remains can still be seen on the Martinez shoreline at low tide. Shoe Bench that you would have found in the L.M. Lasell Co in the 1900’s The dining room is setup with pictures of the Martinez and Welch families as well as items you may have seen in early homes around the area.
In the corner sits an organ which would have provided evening intertainments to families. In 1881 a new fangled invention was brought to Martinez by James Borland. The first telephone was installed in the Southern Pacific Depot. The telephone number was 1. The wall phone on display was number 10F2 from the home of Anthony F. and Marie G Maderos. This Austrian “Tilt Top” table is from the 1880’s Hanging on the walls of the dining room are pictures of some of the early Martinez residentsSon of Vicente Ramon Martinez and Nieves Soto Briones.Son of Vicente Jose Martinez and Encarnacion Welch.Wife of Vicente Jose Martinez, daughter of William Welch II and Philipa Soto Briones.Daughter of Vicente J. Martinez and Encarnacion (Chona) Welch, Wife of Thomas James.Son of William Welch II and Philipa Soto Briones, sister of Encarnacion Welch Martinez. Dona Martina Arrellanes Martinez. Wife of Don Ygnacio Martinez and mother of Maria Antonia, Juana, Encarnation, Jose, Louisa, Susana, Francisca, Dolores, Rafaela, Conception, and Vincente.
Married August 29, 1802. Don Vicente Ramon Martinez. Son of Don Ygnacio Martinez and Dona Martina Arellanes William Welch 1848 - 1895. Grandson of William Welch Irish sailor. Owner of Mexican Land Grant - Rancho Las Juntas. Annie Martinez Peters Wife of Joseph Peters Joseph Peters Husband of Annie Martinez Peters This bell hung in the Original Court House built in 1855-1856, its weight is around 500 pounds. It was cast by Rumsey and Co of Seneca Falls New York in early 1805 Picture of the Original Court House 19th Century Victorian Parlor amusements were important in the American home. To accommodate non-musical families, self playing and easy to play instruments were developed and priced for the less then wealthy: pump organs, player pianos, machines as melodeones, music boxes, gramophones, organettes and clarions. Shown here is a pump organ from the Raap Rancy CA 1827. The grand parents of Florence Rapp brought the organ to California by wagon.
Gift of Compaglia-Marchi Family Some of the many resources we offer are: U.S. Census from 1860 - Contra Costa County and part of Alameda County Our School room is filled with various displays of the rich history of the educational institutions that have been a part of Martinez. Also visit our history section to find out more about John Swett the founder of public education in California. Alhambra High School Marching Bank Uniform - circa 1970 - 1984 Sousaphone used by the Alhambra band - engraving on the bell reads “Martinez Municipal Band A desk similar to what would have been found in the Elementary Schools. Our Olden Days room is filled with displays showcasing how things used to be. Alhambra Water was established in 1903 and was located in Alhambra Valley Hitching posts like this would have been found outside stores or hotels. These boxes were used to transmit an alarm to a fire station. They were placed throughout the town on corner posts.
In case of fire you could sound the alarm and give the location Picture of downtown Martinez taken from Thomas Hill in 1916, you can see the 1901 courthouse in the background Washing machine and irons. Peerless washer circa 1930 (in back) Humbolt washer (in front) Located on the Carquinez straits Martinez has had a history deeply rooted in the waterfront from the ships that sailed out of Grangers Wharf to the ferries that transported cars, people and trains across the strait. The Waterfront room shows some of this wonderful history. Oil on canvas, showing Martinez in 1937 by artist Lowney D. Young of Walnut Creek. Shown is the schooner Forester and the domed 1903 Court House. Several items are on display from the schooner Forester, a 1900 lumber schooner that lays off the shore line of Martinez Grangers Wharf. The Forester burned to the waterline in 1975.Donated to the Martinez Historical Society by Joseph Bonin Salmon fishing net like what would have been used by the Italian Fishermen.’
A piece from one of the two ships that exploded on July 17th, 1944 in Pot Chicago. Railroad Bridge dedication November 1, 1930 George Miller Jr. Memorial bridge between Martinez and Benicia opened September 12, 1962. The opening marked the end of the longest inland ferry transportation system west of the Mississippi. The Barber Ship room is a replica of one of the several late nineteenth-century Martinez Barbershops. The family of Manual Dutra gave many items in the display to the Historical Society in 1985. The Champion barber chair was brought around the Horn to Placerville, then on to Martinez in 1849. Manual’s mother’s family had a boarding house, and when one of the residents, a barber, failed to pay his rent his grandmother claimed the chair, the footrest, and other items now on display: the mirror, razor strops, shaving mugs, razors, scissors, shaving brush, shoe brushes, and a hairbrush. These items were donated by Melvin Dutra and Barbara LeFleur, and David Biles and volunteers restored the room.