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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20097
title: Exterior view of the Stanislaus Flour Mill in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Stanislaus Flour Mill in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930. A two-story brick building is pictured just to the right of center, a smaller one-story annex extending from it to the left. The doors to the annex are boarded-up, while the main building appears abandoned or run-down. Eroding soil is visible in the foreground, a brick wall to the right. Photoprint: "The old Stanislaur Flour Mill, operated by water power, built by Locke and Dent(?) in 1864. Closed since 1880".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20098
title: Exterior view of the Knights Ferry Fire Department, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Knights Ferry Fire Department, ca.1930. The small structure, built in the 1860's, appears to be made of brick and stands center with a tower used to dry the hose. The double doors in the center of the front of the structure are swung inward revealing the equipment that still sits inside. To the right a fan-like tree stands as tall as the tower while smaller trees sit on the left behind a grated metal fence.; Picture file card reads "The park on the left contains monument with bronze tablet telling of the town's history".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20099
title: Exterior view of a hotel in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a hotel in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930. A tree obscures the view of the left side of the hotel that is built with white wooden panels. The two sets of double doors on the front of the hotel lead to a porch with a short staircase down to street level. The porch holds a sign advertising "Ice Cold Drinks" while the second floor is contained by a wood fence and holds a third door. The rectangular windows of the hotel's front exterior wall view the dusty road in the foreground.; Picture file card reads "Hotel built in 1890's replacing the Fisher House which was built in 1852 and later burned down. Notice the old green shutters on upper windows".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20651
title: Old cemetery in Lone Pine, Inyo County, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an old cemetery in Lone Pine, Inyo County, ca.1900. A grave marker at center is guarded by a fence with four, thick posts at each corner and thin poles between them. Surrounding the grave marker are piles of rock and weeds while a second grave marker is leaning to the right. An incomplete fence can be seen on the far left while many more grave markers are scattered about the background. A faint hillside can be seen in the distance. "The line of posts at the back mark the graves of 21 victims of the earthquake of March 26, 1872".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13976
title: Exterior view of I.O.O.F. Hall in Mokelumne City, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of I.O.O.F. (Order of Odd Fellows) Hall in Mokelumne City, ca.1930. Several doors and rectangular windows can be seen in the shade of a porch other first floor of the large, brick building. The four rectangular windows of the second floor have open shutters, but the four on the third floor are closed. A plant stands just outside on the left where a shorter building protrudes out of the I.O.O.F. building. On the right, an automobile is parked next to what appears to be a gas pump in front of the Peek Hotel. What appears to be a tow truck can be seen in the foreground on the left.; Picture file card reads "The I.O.O.F. Hall was claimed to be the second highest building in California. When it was built in 1854, the other tall one was the Perrot Building (three stories), 1852, which was in San Francisco but has long since disappeared leaving the Mokelumne the oldest three story in the state".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20100
title: View of Main Street in Mokelumne City, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the Main Street in Mokelumne City, ca.1930. The paved street is lined with dirt and extends from the foreground to where it turns to the left at the street at center. Just at the bend a woman stands just outside the Peek-Inn Hotel where three automobiles are parked. The many doors of the rooms of the hotel can be seen on the second floor of the lightly-colored building while the main entrance is shaded on the floor below. A small lane separates the hotel from an electrical pole that stands outside of several other lightly-colored two-story buildings. A larger brick building stands on the left with trees just to the left and another electrical pole across the street.; Picture file card reads "The Main Street started in 1854. A decline began in 1862 and about everything was abandoned in 1878".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20101
title: Exterior view of the Leger Hotel in Mokelumne Hill, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Leger Hotel in Mokelumne Hill, ca.1930. The view of the lightly-colored two-story building is obstructed on the left and right sides by trees in the foreground. The porch of each story is lined with short, lightly-colored fences and a small staircase leads to the shaded doorway at center on the first-story porch. An electrical pole stands on the right just outside a metal fence that is lined with boulders. On the left, the street is lines with parked automobiles.; Picture file card reads "The Leger Hotel was built in the 1890's. The original on the same site was discontinued as a hotel in 1878 and afterward used as a barn until replaced by the present structure".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7624
title: Pacific Grove coastal view, ca.1880

description: Photograph of a coastal view of homes and rocky beach in Pacific Grove, near Monterey, ca.1880. Trees obscure most of the buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20102
title: Exterior view of an unidentified church on a hill in Mokelumn Hill, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an unidentified church on a hill in Mokelumn Hill, ca.1930. The compact, one-story church is pictured at center, its double-doors facing the viewer and flanked by a window to either side. A belfry extends from the top of the roof, while to the right, a utility pole and the edge of a second building can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13978
title: View of North Fork from the Volcano West Point Road Bridge on the Mokelumne River, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the North Fork from the Volcano West Point Road Bridge on the Mokelumne River, ca.1930. Trees and bushes blanket the rocky banks of the jagged river at center. Rocks create white peaks in the water at several points before the river flows into the trees on the hillside in the background. "This river is linked inseparably with the 'Days of 49'".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13968
title: Exterior view of an abandoned cabin of the gold rush in Mulberry, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of an abandoned cabin of the gold rush in Mulberry, ca.1930. A squat rancher-style cabin is shown at center, a partially dismantled wooden palette leaning against its right side. The windows do not appear to have glass and a sycamore tree stands in front of the scene to the right. A hill is visible in the left distance, behind a row of apricot trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20106
title: Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad in Nevada City, ca.1900

description: Photograph of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad in Nevada City, ca.1900. The two connected passenger cars stand back-to-back at center with the tracks lying in the foreground. "Nevada County Narrow Gauge" is written above the many windows on the side while a doorway can be seen on the end on the right. A rock wall and hedges stand behind the car with several house-like structures standing above. A fenced yard and trees can be seen in the background on the left.; Picture file card reads "The twenty-two mile long Railroad still operated since 1877, but now for freight only. When it was in full operation, it had two locomotives, two passenger cars, two baggage cars, and forty freight cars. The two passenger cars are shown on the siding many years ago and grass now grows up between the wheels".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20107
title: Commercial Street, looking toward North Pine Street intersection, Nevada City, California, ca.1927

description: Photograph of Commercial Street, looking toward North Pine Street intersection, Nevada City, California, ca.1927. A tight view on a narrow dirt street is shown, a parked car partially visible to the left. To the right, a length of sidewalk is shaded by the awnings extending from the commercial buildings just inside of its edge. Several industrial or warehouse buildings can be seen in the left distance. Legible signs from left to right include: "Uph[...]ste[...]", "[...]N. W. Dark[...]", "No Parking [...] Day or Night", "New Cabi[...]", and "Shop". Photoprint: "Old wooden buildings -- some over seventy years -- line the crooked streets".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20108
title: Exterior view of the Assay Office at Commercial Street in Nevada City, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Assay Office at Commercial Street in Nevada City, ca.1900. The short, darkly-colored Assay Office stands at center on the corner of the intersecting streets. The porch just in front of the office appears to have a white frame with the sign hanging from the top. Tall, lightly colored buildings line the street to the left with Carnes Signs standing just across the street. A man stands on the sidewalk next to another man who sits on a parked automobile on the left. A second automobile is parked at the end of the porch of a tall, lightly-colored building on the far right.; Picture file card reads "The old Assay Office at the end of Commercial Street started in 1853, is still doing business. In the early days of the gold rush the Assay Office was the most important place in town".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20109
title: Exterior view of the Nevada City Hotel on Commercial Street, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Nevada City Hotel on Commercial Street, ca.1900. An automobile with what appears to be a flat tire sits on the left in front of the two-story, lightly-colored hotel. The entrance just behind the automobile is dark and shaded by the porch above and the second floor has seven windows with shutters. The front of the first floor appears to be wood paneled while the second floor appears to be brick and the adjacent wall to the right seems to be stone. The abutting building to the left has the same inconsistency. "Nevada City Hotel on Commercial Street has gone the way of all crumbling ruins of the Mother Lode Country".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20110
title: Exterior view of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railway Depot, Nevada City, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railway Depot, Nevada City, ca.1900. Railway tracks extend from the center in the foreground to the distant left. An automobile is parked to the left of the wooden depot at center. Two small, rectangular windows can be seen in the front wall of the structure which as an unusually wide shingled roof. A shed sits on the far right while a second, darker structure stands behind the first on the right. A porch supporting a large cylinder is attached to the second structure and a freight car labeled number sixty sits on tracks just to the left. Faint trees sit in the background.; Picture file card reads "Depot of the Nevada Co. Narrow Gauge Railway, built in 1877. It is still operating with its freight cars in the northern mining camps".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20111
title: View down North Pine Street in Nevada City, California, showing Jackson's Grocery on Commercial Street, ca.1935-1936

description: Photograph of a view down the North Pine Street in Nevada City, California, showing Jackson's Grocery on Commercial Street, ca.1935-1936. A wide, paved street is shown at center which veers to the left and up a hill where the County Courthouse can be seen being remodeled (this was done by a W.P.A. project in 1935-1936). Commercial shops can be seen at the intersection of North Pine Street and Commercial Street and along either side. Two men can be seen walking down the right sidewalk on the hill. Legible signs from left to right include: "B.P.O.E. 518", "Free Tea", "J.J. Jackson's Groceries", "Furniture", and  "Philco Radio". Photoprint: "Once a section of China Town, this corner has been thoroughly modernized although the buildings are old. Notice iron shutters on corner building, which was a saloon and later a grocery store. Elk Hall on left, Masonic Hall on right, Courthouse on hill".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11316
title: Two men in a camp among the grapes, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a man on horseback with a rifle in hand talking with another man standing near a horse in front of a tent in a vineyard, California. A dog is sitting in front of the tent. A slope rises in to the right in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20112
title: View of a section of Nevada City's Chinatown, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a view of a section of Nevada City's Chinatown, ca.1900. A gambling house stands on the corner of the street on the right with crumbling brick walls and drawn curtains that would shade the display windows of the front entrance. Jackson's Grocery stands in a lightly-colored building to the right with dark shutters on the three upper windows and a dark entrance with a smaller sign below. Other lightly-colored buildings can be seen further down the street to the right while Complete Home Furnishers stands in the foreground on the right, across the street from the others. A porch extends over the side walk in front and a small, wooden chair can be seen in the glass display window at the corner.; Picture file card reads "All three of these buildings show the iron shutters of the 1850-1860 period. The left building was a gambling house upstairs and saloon below, with a 'ladies entrance' up the street. The old sign painted on the brick is still there. Next is Jackson's Grocery -- on the right is the Masonic Hall. This was a section of Nevada City's Chinatown".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13967
title: Road to Volcano in Pine Grove, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the road to Volcano in Pine Grove, ca.1930. At bottom left running towards center a fence made from crossed wooden planks is visible. A dirt road is visible running parallel to the fence from bottom right to center and curving to the left. A forward-facing automobile is visible parked on the road, while shrubs are visible growing between the road and fence. Tall trees are visible to the left and in the background. Photoprint reads: "One of the picturesque sights in the Mother Lode Country".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13966
title: Portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932

description: Photographic portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932. Two men are pictured ladling river water into a sieve at center: the leftmost man is pictured in a porkpie hat and sweater, identified as Vernon. To the right, a stout man kneels in overalls and a brimmed cap, tending to the sieve, identified as Chanser. A dog can be seen on the bank behind them. Picture file card reads: "Some of the streams of the gold country are being run through the 'rockers' again".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20124
title: Dredging machine installed in a shallow stream in Plymouth, ca.1932

description: Photograph of a dredging machine installed in a shallow stream in Plymouth, ca.1932. In the foreground, a conveyor belt extends outward from a structure of wood scaffolding and engine parts. Behind it, a backhoe can be seen gathering mud. Picture file card reads "Just north of here this dredger is working a stream that was turned over about 80 years ago".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20125
title: Exterior view of the cottage and courtroom of the Justice of the Peace in Plymouth, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the cottage and courtroom of the Justice of the Peace in Plymouth, ca.1930. At center a one-story house is visible, which was built in the 1880's. It is made from wood, has an inclined roof, and a covered porch. Two windows and a door are only partially visible, since they are obstructed by miscellaneous bushes and shrubs which run across the front. To the left a second building is visible with one window, a chimney, and an inclined, shingled roof. A thin chain-link fence runs in front of the shrubs, and trees are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20126
title: Exterior view of the crumbling remains of a cabin in Poker Flat, ca.1900

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the crumbling remains of a cabin in Poker Flat, ca.1900. A large cabin made of thin planks is pictured at center on a stone-and-mortar foundation. One of the walls has fallen in at left, and similarly to the far right, leaving only the corner at center structurally intact. Picture file card reads "This building and an adobe wall is all that is left of the twon immortalized by Bret harte in his story 'The Outcast of Poker Flat'". Between 1933 and 1936 this building was removed, leaving only the foundation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20813
title: Statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930. The statue depicting John William MacKay stands center on what appears to be a stone pedestal displaying a plaque. The figure stands with a mining tool in his left hand and another object in his right hand. The figure can be seen between two of the four columns that guard the large entrance directly behind them. The columns support the roof of the entrance that reeds "The MacKay School of Mines" while trees shade the walls of brick to either side.; Picture file card reads "Reno, Nevada. At the university of Nevada in front of the mining building stands the statue of John William MacKay, 1831-1902. MacKay was one of the prominent mine owners of the Comstock Lode at Virginia City. A good deal of his wealth went into building the Postal Telegraph Company. The statue was erected in 1908".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12384
title: Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935

description: Photograph of Central Pacific locomotive Number Three, one of the original railroad engines in California, Sacramento, ca.1935. The old-fashioned coal locamotive is pictured at center, turned to profile. Its smoke stack billows at the top, with a small bell just behind. It is positioned on a separtate segment of track, on display. In the background, a more modern train can be seen. The locomotive was shipped in parts around the Horn and assembled in Sacramento in 1864.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8283
title: Exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Hotel in Sacramento, seen from across the street, ca.1930. The hotel, which was built in 1857, is pictured at center on the right side of the paved street. Automobiles can be seen parked along the sidewalk below. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1876 and subsequently rebuilt in 1878. An earlier record reads "Western Hotel of the 'Gold Rush Days'. Two hundred and sixty-five rooms. An early advertisment: 'There is no whitewash on our walls -- all are newly papered'. Three lives were lost in the fire".; Legible signs from left to right include: "Buffalo Bohemian Lager", "Baths", "Birch [...]", "Wines. Liquors. Beers", and "Clothing. Furnishing Goods. Suitcases".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8282
title: Building on Second Street in Sacramento, bearing a plaque which commemorates the terminus of the famous Pony Express, ca.1910

description: Photograph of a building on Second Street in Sacramento, bearing a plaque which commemorates the terminus of the famous Pony Express, ca.1910. A man in a jacket and hat stands at center at the edge of the sidewalk, turned away from the viewer. The building before him is a narrow, two-story building with cloth awnings over the entrance and upper windows. The plaque appears to be affixed to the right. The rear of a truck can be seen to the left. The Pony Express originated in 1860.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3878
title: Altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900

description: Photograph of altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900. Fifteen young boys and three priests can be seen lined up at center. A balustrade is visible in the foreground, while a highly decorated altar can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m13977
title: Exterior view of Hotel Columbus in San Andres, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of Hotel Columbus in San Andres, ca.1930. A leafless tree stands just in front of the large building that appears to be cement and "has a date of 1881". A small staircase leads to its front porch and two dark doorways while a second staircase leads to a third doorway on the side of the building on the left. Cracks and peeling in the wall surround the many rectangular windows. An automobile is parked next to several trees on the right while a lightly-colored brick building labeled "United States Tires" stands on the left. A rock monument stands in front of United States Tires with a bronze plate "that tells of the important events in the history of the town".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14035
title: View of the tomb of James Graham Fair, San Francisco, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the Tomb of James Graham Fair, San Francisco, ca.1930. The tomb, which appears to be stone, displays the name "Fair" above a wooden door that stands between two dark columns above a small, narrow stairway. The stairway leads to a raised platform of white tile on which the tomb stands at center. Behind the cemetery in which the tomb sits, a faint cityscape can be seen in the distance.; Picture file card reads "Tomb of James Graham Fair -- one of the great developers of the mines at Virginia City, Nevada. Died Dec.1984 at age 63. Buried in Laural Hill Cemetery, S.F.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19080
title: Man standing in front of a ramshackle saloon in Sawmill Flat, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a man standing in front of a ramshackle saloon in Sawmill Flat, ca.1930. A man in a lightly-colored shirt and suspenders is pictured from behind, his hand on his left hip. At center, a shack made of scrap wood has the word "Saloon" painted on its front over the entrance. Sawmill Flat derived its name from the two sawmills that supplied lumber for Columbia and Sonora in the early 1850's.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20127
title: Old hose cart drawn by man power in San Andreas, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an old hose cart drawn by man power in San Andreas, ca.1930. The hose is spun around a large, spool-like cart with two large, wooden wheels attached at either side. An intricate, metal piece sits on top with three shiny bells dangling below. Rope is spun on a second, thin spool in front of the hose where the cart has a long, metal appendage that extends to the left. The cement wall behind the cart is cracked and lines with metal poles and garbage. "This and an auto chemical engine constituted the town's fire department".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14005
title: Wawona Bridge in Mariposa County, ca.1915

description: Photograph of Wawona Bridge in Mariposa County, ca.1915. An automobile can be seen just in front of the dark opening to the covered bridge. The cover is wooden with a sloped roof and the bridge is fenced on the front portion of the bridge where the automobile sits under no cover. Support beams can be seen on the side of the covering. Rocks are scattered in the dirt along the banks in the foreground while tall trees surround the thin road on the other end of the bridge in the background. "The covered bridge on the original road to Wawona. It was built in the 1870's -- one of the very few covered bridges in the state".