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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20048
title: Exterior view of Hornitos Lodge Number 98, Free and Accepted Masons Masonic Lodge in Hornitos, Mariposa County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Hornitos Lodge Number 98, Free and Accepted Masons Masonic Lodge in Hornitos, Mariposa County, ca.1930. The lodge stands center with two sets of tall double doors. A sign hangs above an awning which sits above a small black box on the lodge's right side. The right wall of the lodge is discolored and a ladder lies in front of a wooden fence that extends from the right side. A wooden structure can be seen on the left with several windows on the visible side. A small lightly-colored fence extends from the structure's right side.; Picture file card reads "Hornitos Lodge Number 98, F. and A.M. Masonic Lodge erected in 1850. The only lodge in California privileged to be on the ground floor".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20049
title: Exterior view of the George Reeves Meat Market in Hornitos, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the George Reeves Meat Market in Hornitos, ca.1930. A long, one-story adobe is pictured just off center to the left side of a narrow dirt road, its spackle peeling. Three sets of large double-doors are installed in various places along the building, only one set open, situated facing the street. Farther in the background, a large two-story brick building can be seen. The dirt road leads to hills which can be seen faintly in the distance at right.; Picture file card reads: "The first meat market in Mariposa County in the 1860's. The old market has been closed a quarter of a century, but the meat hooks and old butcher blocks remain in place. The descendants of the Reeves family now reside in Long Beach".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2899
title: Chinese teacher and pupil, Chinatown, Los Angeles, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a seated Chinese man (teacher) with back to desk looking at a folded book held by a young Chinese boy (student) standing at right. Both have pigtails and wear traditional Chinese clothing. Several banners written in Chinese hang on the wall behind them. A hearth is visible to the right. There is a rug on the floor.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20052
title: Exterior view of the old Dance Hall and Saloon in Hornitos, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the old Dance Hall and Saloon in Hornitos, ca.1930. Chinese poplar trees line the raised sidewalk outside the lightly-colored dance hall. The two double doorways at center are lined with brick and a short, wooden ramps extends from the right-most doorway to the ground below the sidewalk. Several people sit on a bench on the left just under the building's sign, but one person stands. "The saloon still serves beer but the dancing feet are gone. The old sagging floor would not stand it".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20053
title: Exterior view of an unidentified hotel in Hornitos where President Grant stopped on a sightseeing tour, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an unidentified hotel in Hornitos where President Grant stopped on a sightseeing tour, ca.1930. A two-and-a-half-story Cape Cod or Georgian style home can be seen at center, turned into three-quarters profile. The land around the hotel is cleared of plant life, but littered with light rubble. In the foreground, a narrow dirt path cuts by a pile of rock to the left. Grant stopped at the hotel in September of 1879 towards the end of his second term.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14020
title: Waterwheel lifting water in an orchard, Auburn, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a waterwheel lifting water in an orchard, Auburn, ca.1930. The old fashioned wooden waterwheel, which is almost as tall as the trees that surround it, stands center as it lifts water. A small, dusty roadway can be seen in the lower left-hand corner cutting through the orchard. Picture file card reads "Old waterwheel which lifted water where it was conveyed to the trees through a large pipe".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20054
title: View of an unidentified commercial street in Auburn, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of an unidentified commercial street in Auburn, ca.1930. One- to two-story commercial buildings line either side of the wide, paved street which cuts down the center of the image toward a hill in the background. To the left, the peak of a belltower can be seen, a pedestrian walking underneath the sidewalk awning below.; Legible signs from left to right read: "Restaurant", "Beer Direct from the Faucet", "[...] Corner", and "Billiards". Photoprint: "Street scene. Left -- Fire Tower in distance -- right -- the Orleans Hotel with iron doors and shutters built in  on corner is Stevens Building -- another old timer".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20056
title: Unidentified street in Auburn, seen from the wooden sidewalk, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an unidentified street in Auburn, seen from the wooden sidewalk, [s.d.]. The awning and wooden planks of the sidewalk are pictured to the left, the other side of the street visible through its posts. Two early automobiles are pictured parked and facing each other, while behind them several commercial buildings can be seen. Legible signs on the brick building at right read "Red [...] 5 [...]", and "Post [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20055
title: View down an unidentified commercial street in the older section of Auburn, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view down an unidentified commercial street in the older section of Auburn, ca.1930. At center, the belltower of the "old" fire tower can be seen just at the bend in the wide dirt road. Farther in the foreground, a brick commercial garage is visible at left. More commercial buildings are visible at right with the Herald Building,  in which one of the first newspapers on the Pacific Coast was started in 1852.; Legible signs from lef to right include: "Richfield", "Penzoil", "Quaker State Motor Oil", "Exide Batteries. Authorized Dealer", "Tires Vulcanizing. Batter Recharching. Today's Specials", "[...]ville 16. [...]mento 34.", "Kelly Tires", "Printing", and "Speed Limit 20 Miles".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20042
title: View of Amador City, looking across town to Keystone Hill, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Amador City, looking across town to Keystone Hill, ca.1930. A small edge of dirt road is pictured in the right foreground, while the various homes of the city are visible in the depression below, spaced irregularly. In the distance, the gently rolling Keystone Hill is visible, just beyond a slag pile from the Keystone Mine. The mine vein was discovered in 1850 and the mine operated for 59 years. Afterwards, several attempts to re-open the property had failed. It was reopened and closed for good in 1933.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13970
title: Exterior view of the empty barn of the Altaville fire department, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the empty barn of the Altaville fire department, ca.1930. A wooden shack is pictured, arranged in an "L" shape. Four large doors are installed in its front, two sets of two at a 45-degree angle to one another. A bell  used to call volunteers who had disappeared is pictured on the roof, surrounded by wooden framework.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13971
title: Exterior view of the old White Hotel in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the old White Hotel in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, ca.1930. An automobile is parked at the bottom of several steps on the hotel that lead to the front porch. A man sits on these steps against on of the many pillars that supports the second floor. One of the two doorways stands just behind the man and large rectangular windows can be seen in the walls around them as well as in the walls of the second story. Several protruding windows can be seen in the shingled roof that is rounded almost like a dome. A "For Sale" sign can be seen above the front entrance while trees and smaller structures can be seen on either side of the hotel.; Picture file card reads "The old White Hotel, now empty, was a landmark at Aptos in the later part of the 1870's when the Southern Pacific Railroad traveled through here".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20058
title: View of Angel's Camp in Utica Park, showing a mining cart suspended above the ground, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Angel's Camp in Utica Park, Calaveras County, ca.1930. An old dumpcart rides along a set of tracks that run between two posts in the entrance of the park. Hanging below, another piece of old machinery hangs from the tracks. The posts, which appear to be steel, are built into the two rock walls that sit on either side of the stone steps leading from the foreground. Several houses stand on top of a small hill in the background while trees and bushes stand immediately beyond the entrance.; Picture file card reads "Park is located on the land where the Utica Mine was discovered in the early 1860's. Sine 1919, when the property was abandoned, the land has been used as a park. Note the old machinery -- dump carts, etc. at the entrance of the park".; Photoprint reads "The entrance consists of old mining machinery. The park occupies the claims of the Utica Mine, ca.1860. For several years the mine showed profit of $1,800,00 annually. In 1919 the property was abandoned and converted into a park".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m15293
title: Indian basket collection of Miss Kate Mabley, Pasadena, on display, ca.1905

description: Photograph of the Indian basket collection of Miss Kate Mabley, Pasadena, on display, ca.1905. About 30 baskets sit on 3 cloth-covered tiers. Decorative woven cloths are draped across the tiers at right. The baskets come from Indians in California and Arizona. These are rare examples of the art. The designs embody the religious beliefs, myths, family histories, etc. of the makers.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20059
title: View down the Motherlode Highway in Angel's Camp, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view down the Motherlode Highway in Angel's Camp, ca.1930. A wide dirt road is shown at center, dipping down a gentle incline into the distance. One- to two-story commercial shops line the street to either side, with parked automobiles standing in front of them. Occasional trees appear intermittantly along the roadside. The adobe to the left if the old court of the camp. The El Dorado Hotel is the second building on the right.; Legible signs from left to right include: "[...] Place", "New [...]", "Calaveras Meat Market", "Electric [...] Repair Shop. Auto Curtains Repaired" and "Vulcanizing".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20060
title: Porch of the Angel's Camp Sheriff's Office and Angel's-Stockton Stage Office, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the porch of the Angel's Camp Sheriff's Office and Angel's-Stockton Stage Office, ca.1930. A large sign hanging from the awning of the porch reads "Office of the Angels-Stockton Stage. Fare $ 3.50". Below, a chair can be seen facing to the right, while a sled or wheelbarrow of some kind sits near a child's swing closer to the left. Farther out, a tricycle can be seen in front of a pile of empty crates. A bench is visible to the left on the porch, under a sign that reads "Sherrif's Office". A water pump and other equipment can be seen distributed along the porche's edge.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13997
title: View of a run-down street in Bear Valley, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a run-down street in Bear Valley, ca.1930. Two collapsing commercial buildings are shown just to the left of center, while a two-story building that appears to be a hotel or home can be seen behind a length of picket fence and a tall treet at right. In the foreground, a patch of uneven, gravelly road cuts diagonally to the right. Picture file card asserts that the view "shows almost half the town" and that "General Fremont lived here and promoted the townsite in 1858".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7334
title: Exterior view of the Hartshorn and Thomos blacksmith shop in Bishop, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Hartshorn and Thomas blacksmith shop in Bishop, ca.1930. A tall, wood, barnlike building stands at center, a sign over its large double doors proclaiming its name. A wagon wheel stands to each side of the entrance, while tools can be seen hung on a wall to the far right. To the left, the back of what appears to be an early flatbed jeep can be seen with a license plate that reads "6V 433". The sign for the shop advertises spring work. Picture file card reads "Both partners have passed away but the business is owned by son W. Thomas".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13986
title: Portable sawmills in Blue Lake, Humboldt County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of portable sawmills in Blue Lake, Humboldt County, ca.1930. Planks of wood are piled on the left in the foreground with thick logs just behind them. More thick logs are placed on a raised platform at center with a pile of cut wood just next to them. Behind the logs is the shingled-roof structure with a large, fenced cylinder on the left. A metal tube extends from the ground on the right with a covered area just behind. "Portable sawmills still move about furnishing the mines and mining regions with the necessary timber".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13961
title: Signs at Bridgeport in Amador County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of signs in Bridgeport in Amador County, ca.1930. At center three independent signs are visible attached to the side of a wooden wall. One sign, which reads, "1 Mile to Bridgeport, the Coolest Place on the Road, Kilgore & Widder," is long, made of wood, and attached to the top portion of the wall. Below the first sign are two rectangular signs with one placed above the other. The top sign reads, "For Quality and Service," while the sign below it reads, "Eat at Lone Restaurant". To the left of those signs is a small metal sign which reads, "Game Refuge No Hunting". At the bottom is a wooden fence while wooden planks are visible on the ground on the other side of the fence and below the wooden wall. A portion of a structure is visible attached to the wooden wall.  Trees are visible in the background. Photoprint reads: "Sign on the road to Drytown. It probably dates back to the time when automobile club signs were unknown".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14009
title: View of Bridgeport, Mono County, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Bridgeport, Mono County, ca.1930. An automobile sits on the far right in front of a large, lightly-colored hotel. Several other automobiles can be seen outside the restaurant and garage further down the right side of the street while more automobiles sit in front of another large, lightly-colored structure on the left side. Besides the grass in the foreground, the road is dusty until the trees which can be seen in the background. Several thin electrical poles line the street while a grassy hillside sits in the distance. "This town has a population of about two hundred and fifty and is the county seat of Mono which is the largest county in California with a population of only thirteen hundred".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7465
title: Exterior view of the Mono County Courthouse in Bridgeport, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Mono County Courthouse, ca.1930. The two-story courthouse is pictured from a distance at center, built in the Federal Style of architecture. A tall pole either for a flag or to be used as a lightning rod is featured at the top what appears to be a small belfry on the building's roof. Just in front, a cannon can be seen in front of a wrought-iron fence that circumscribes the courthouse. Smaller buildings and an early automobile can be seen to the right. A wide swath of cleared lot stands in the foreground.; Built in 1882, the court house was the largest building in Mono County at the time of the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19159
title: Exterior view of the "Daily Appeal" Newspaper, Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the "Daily Appeal" Newspaper, Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935. A short, brick building with several wooden doors stands at center on the corner of a street and houses the "Daily Appeal". An electrical pole stands just outside the building's front entrance while the lines extend down the street to the left. Two automobiles can be seen on the left parked outside the two taller, brick buildings that stand next to the "Daily Appeal". One has a sign hanging from the entrance which reads "Carson Café" and a third automobile is parked on the adjacent street on which sits a second wall of the "Daily Appeal". The newspaper was established in 1864.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19158
title: Exterior view of the mansion of Sandy Bowers, Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the mansion of Sandy Bowers, Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935. A dusty walkway leads from the foreground through the grass yard, around what appears to be a stone fountain to the double doors of the large, brick mansion. Above the doors two arched windows can be seen while eight rectangular windows can be seen in the rest of the front wall which is shaded by the trees on either side and lined with two benches as well as many small bushes. Above, four arched windows protrude from the shingled roof and a hillside can be seen in the background.; Picture file card reads "The home of Sandy Bowers, multimillionaire of the early Nevada mining days. Built in 1861 -- the costliest mansion the state of Nevada ever had -- $400,000 -- 14 rooms. Gold door knobs imported from France. Mr. Bowers died in 1868 and lies buried on the hillside behind the house".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5169
title: Mount Lowe Incline Railway, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the Mount Lowe Incline Railway, [s.d.]. Eight people stand in or near a car situated at the base near the rail station. At the top of the rocky brush covered slope the hotel is visible in the distance. At left is the Rubio Pavilion.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19160
title: Train car of the Virginia & Truckee Railway in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935

description: Photograph of a train car of the Virginia & Truckee Railway in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935. The words "Virginia & Truckee" can be seen across the length of the car above 13 rectangular windows. Stairs lead to a walkway as well as a door at the end of the car on the left. The wheels can be seen sitting on the tracks that lie on the grassy ground below. In the background on the left,  a small, darkly-colored building with lightly-colored trim sits amongst a backdrop of trees and a faint mountain side.; Picture file card reads "The gaudy looking cars -- yellow trimmed with red -- look like circus cars. The Virginia & Truckee Railway connecting Reno, Carson City and Virginia City was built in 1864. This railway at one time operated 26 trains daily between Reno and Virginia City".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19161
title: Exterior view of the cottage of Orvin Clements in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the cottage of Orvin Clements in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935. A small wooden staircase leads to the porch swing on the shaded porch that supports the darkly-colored door of the old-fashioned cottage. Thin columns support the rounded roof of the porch while shingles blanket the roof of the rest of the lightly-colored, wood-paneled cottage. Three rectangular windows can be seen on what appears to be a rounded protrusion on the front wall. Above the tall windows, another set of double windows overlook the fenced ceiling of the protrusion while large trees guard the front of the cottage on either side.; Picture file card reads "The old fashioned cottage once belonged to Orvin Clements, brother of Mark Twain. 'Mark' spent much of his spare time at this place. This was in the 1860's".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19162
title: View of Spear Street in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935

description: Photograph of a view of Spear Street in Carson City, Nevada, ca.1935. Electrical poles stand in front of the tall trees that line the sidewalk as well as shade the street. Structures that appear to be houses are connected by fences and can barely be seen through the many trees. In the background on the left an automobile is parked next to a tree while a second automobile can be seen in the distance.; Picture file card reads "Originally a stopping place on the emigrant trail to California. Later, in the 1860's and 70's, it became the great supply point for the Nevada mines. This is one of the old streets of the town -- Spear Street".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19163
title: View of North Carson Street in Carson City, Nevada, 1935

description: Photograph of a view of North Carson Street in Carson City, Nevada, 1935. A large, stone building can be seen on the left with the small, lightly-colored "Didier's Garage" just next to it. The old buildings extend down the sidewalk where electrical lines and two automobiles line the street. Several more automobiles are parked along the sidewalk across the street on the right where a man walks in front of one of the many old structures that can be seen. The wide, paved road extends into the distance where it meets many large trees. "North Carson Street was on the covered wagon road to California. A few of the old buildings still remain".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19086
title: Water flume in the mountains between Camino and Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a water flume in the mountains between Camino and Placerville, ca.1930. The wide canal is pictured at center, zig-zagging to the right distance where a sluice or funnel can be seen affixed above the flume's wooden siderails. Treetops from the mountain area below are visible to the right, while mountain face is at left. According to the picture file card "The South Fork of the American River flows one thousand feet below".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20039
title: Exterior view of old buildings of the 1850's, Chinese Camp, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of old buildings of the 1850's, Chinese Camp, ca.1930. The shingled roof of the Hedges & Burke store on the left shades the wooden porch that is slightly raised from the dusty road. While a short, white picket fence stands to the store's left along with tall trees, the old Post Office is situated on the store's right. The post office is at street level with a roof of rectangular paneling shading the entrance. The windows of the Post Office view a tree out front and the patch of grass that lies in a yard across the street. The yard can be viewed in the foreground, outlined by the road that contains the old buildings and another intersecting road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20072
title: Exterior view of a cabin built by James Marshall, Coloma, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a cabin built by James Marshall, Coloma, ca.1930. The cabin is pictured at center, just in from the crook of a dirt road which slopes down gently from the left hand corner to the right. The cabin appears to be made from planks of scrap wood, and features an awninged porch decorated with vines. The cabin was built after Marshall discovered gold. He lived there until 1868.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20073
title: Exterior view of the old home of T. Robertson in disrepair, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the old home of T. Robertson in disrepair, ca.1930. A two-story Regency-style home is pictured at center, turned in three-quarters profile. In front, the tawdry remains of a picket fence dot the edge of sandy ground, with a dead tree visible to the left. The home itself is missing shingles from its roof, and several of its windows are misshappen or feature broken shutters. The second of the home that appears to be annexed to the back seems to be collapsing altogether. In later years, the home was owned by Mr. Alderson.