Thursday, October 24, 2019

Summer fun 3


Alvisio Adobe, Pleasanton

On a summer afternoon we friends and the children decided to visit Alviso ad0be in Alviso Adobe community park. It is historic landmark in Pleasanton, California. 




The fully restored historic park tells the history of Amador Valley of the past times.
The adobe was erected in mid 1800s by Francisco Solano Alviso, was the first adobe house to be built in the Pleasanton Valley. At that time the area was not that much populated, and most of the adobes were built whatever available in hands. There were not such rules and regulations, so those adobes were built as per need.  The adobe has two parts. The larger part was consist with one living rooms, and two bedrooms.The smaller was consisted of kitchen and dinning. In the of no air-conditions adobe used to  build with mud and bricks to keep cooler during summer, and warmer during winter. 

Many families lived in the adobe in 100 years. As the occupants had changed from time to time, and each time the occupants changed the adobe according to their needs. The structure damaged during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a concrete arch was added to support the structure. The land mainly used for animal husbandry.

Meadowlark Dairy took it in 1920s and made drastic changes to the area. It went beyond repair as  it was remained unoccupied since 1960s. In 1990s City of Pleasanton stopped further deterioration. In 2000s the adobe was restored, time appropriate things were installed and converted to museum.

The little adobe has small living room compare to today. We can see decorative chair, and other furnitures. There are two bedrooms adjacent to the living room. 

The little kitchen contains one vintage stove, which is really attractive. The tiny shelf contains all kind vintage spice jars. The dinning contains few nicknacks of yesteryears. 



Adjacent to the adobe is the Meadowlark Dairy, which is also another museum. That museum has many displays. We saw mechanical washing machine of 18th century, gas lamps, skulls of many animals, arrows used by native Americans, and many more.
Mechanical washing machine


It was a great learning experience both the moms and children. My son told me about the life of the native Americans after our visit to the museum. 




23 comments:

Teresa said...

Me ha encantado este museo. Besitos.

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Loved seeing the vintage stove and wash tubs!! Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Debie

Betsy said...

Great tour! I heard many a story from mom and grand mother about people getting their fingers crossed in the ringer of those machines. The wash boards grandma and mom had to use growing up.

Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder said...

Dearest Krishna,
That was a wonderful learning experience for young and old!
It is very good to see how basic and how simple life was back then.
We all are so used to our luxuries and roomy spaces nowadays...
Also the food preparation and the selection of spices and things to cook with was a world apart from ours.
Washing back then was harsh! But as a girl, I have helped my Mom wash like that, she had no electrical washing machine at first! We had to rinse laundry in cold water in a tub... Wringing it out by hand and hanging it over our shoulder (big bed sheets and such!)... cold and miserable job.
It is good to be confronted with it once in a while to make us more grateful for what we got!
Hugs,
Mariette

La Table De Nana said...

I love that stove of course💫

Pink Rose said...

Hi Krishna great post my friend,i love seeing the vintage items xx

Nancy Chan said...

I would love to visit such places to see how the occupants live their lives.

shwet said...

Waooo such a authentic place!! love to stay there. Glad you had great time.
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eileeninmd said...

Hello, it is fun to visit these historical places. I could never use one of those wash tubs. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week!

Jeanie said...

What a great place. I bet your kids were fascinated, too. I would be. I didn't realize that about the arches but it makes sense.

Kathy Leonia said...

very interesting places:)

white and vintage said...

Oh, this vintage stove is reaLly lovely! Thanks for these nice fotos!
Have a nice week

Kathy Leonia said...

so cool photos dear:)

Luana said...

nice pics! :D

xoxo
Guria do Século Passado

Julie's Creative Lifestyle said...

What an interesting place to visit and enjoyed looking at the photos.

Natalia said...

Beautiful place, very inretesting to visit☺

Rafaela Biscassi said...

Very interesting pictures and place.

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blooming home and garden said...

Interesting tour,
the houses look beautiful,

Hugs, Ida

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Thanks again for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Debbie

Kathy Leonia said...

have a good day:)

ALLIE NYC said...

What a fun trip. I love visiting historic places like this. Yes people were smaller then and led much simpler lives...

Allie of
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G - FASHION BEAUTY said...

Thanks for sharing your tour with us! :) Great!

Have a good day xx
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Kathy Leonia said...

have a good day:)

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