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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19094
title: View of commercial "C" street in Virginia City, Nevada, showing the hills in the background, ca.1935

description: Photograph of a view of commercial "C" street in Virginia City, Nevada, showing the hills in the background, ca.1935. The paved street is shown at center, running from the left foreground to the center distance, with automobiles parked intermittently along the plank sidewalk to either side. Two- and three-story brick commercial shops run the length of the street, their display windows shaded by awnings. To the right, one of the buildings features the sign "Hotel Virgi[?]". To the left, a sign that reads "Shoe house" can be seen reflected in a shop window. On the same side of the street, another shop bears a sign that reads "[?] Inc. Groceries". Farther down the street, a final sign reads "[C]rystal". A hillside littered by small rocks can be seen in the distance, sloping down to the right. Photoprint reads: "This was one of the richest mining camps in history. The mines under this city produced 900 million dollars worth of gold and silver. There are 600 miles of tunneling under the city and vicinity".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19095
title: Exterior view of the Pipers Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada, showing fire hydrant and crumbling brick wall, ca.1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Pipers Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada, showing fire hydrant and crumbling brick wall, ca.1935. A split-level two-story building is shown at center on a gentle slope. The building, constructed in what appears to be the Second Empire style of architecture, is primarily clapboard, with its colonnaded face surfaced in brick, while this face of the building also bears a decorative medallion. Each of the main doors and windows is framed by a decorative arch. The building is in a slight state of disrepair: the shingles of its roof are uneven and warped, a brick and stovepipe chimney on the lower roof is bent, some of the clapboard has come undone and several panes of glass appear to be missing from the leftmost window. A fire hydrant and crumbling brick wall are visible in the left foreground.; Pipers Opera House, the oldest theatre in Nevada, was built by John Piper in 1864. In its heyday, it played the best talent available. The front was a bar room, while another part of the building was once used as a city jail.  At the time of the photograph, it was the oldest theater in Nevada.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m7086
title: Vineyard near harvest, southern California, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a vineyard near harvest time in Los Angeles County or Riverside County, ca.1900. Mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19096
title: View of Mount Davidson and Virginia, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Mount Davidson and Virginia, Nevada, ca.1930. Wood debris is scattered in the foreground while what appears to be a part of a steel tunnel stands on the left with a wood frame at the opening and a crater in front of it. At center a lightly-colored structure stands on a brick base that has been damaged. Several other instruments sit in the dirt field and what appears to be raised tracks sit behind them. In the background the wooden houses of the town stand amongst many trees at the base of Mount Davidson. "Its altitude is 7,827 feet. Mark Twain refers to it in some of his stories".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19098
title: View of "C" Street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of "C" Street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. People dressed in nice clothing and hats crowd the center while others congregate in small groups throughout the length of the street. Columns support porches that shade the sidewalk and fences guard the second stories of several buildings on the left. Many of these buildings are made of brick and colored flags hang from their rafters to the opposite side of the street. One of these lines displays several miniature American flags while electrical lines extend from poles along the edge of the street. A horse and several automobiles can be seen further down where the people do not crowd the street.; Picture file card reads "This city started in 1859 and became one of the wealthiest mining cities of the world. The tallest building opposite the telephone pole is the 'International Hotel' which for 25 years had the only passenger elevator in Nevada".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19099
title: View of the Consolidated Virginia Mineshaft in Virginia City, Nevada, showing hills in the background, ca.1935

description: Photograph of a view of the Consolidated Virginia Mineshaft in Virginia City, Nevada, showing hills in the background, ca.1935. The wooden frame of a mining apparatus stands at the right centerground of the picture. The foreground of the picture contains mining debris, including a large-diameter pipe, wood scraps, and scrap metal. More debris is visible on the ground in the centerground. A burst of smoke or steam hangs in the air in the left middle ground, apparently emitted from a low metal structure which bisects the left side of the image. Small houses are visible in the near background, while hills occupy the remainder.; The shaft of the Consolidated Virginia Mine was at one time considered the richest in the world.  Its great strike was made in March 1873.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19100
title: View of "D" Street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of "D" Street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. Bushes sit on a rock wall that separates the old houses from the street. On the left a wood-paneled house stands with what appears to be a chimney on the back of the shingled roof. The view of the front and side of the house is obstructed by the skeletal trees that line the yard. Towards center on the right side of the house a staircase leads from the front porch through a brick wall and down to the dusty street where a small structure that appears to be a doghouse sits. Similar, lightly-colored houses line the street further down while a mountainside stands in the background. "The former homes of the aristocrats on 'D' Street, have now fallen into decay. And so has the street".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19101
title: Deserted street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a deserted street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. Stores and electrical poles line the street while several lines run from one side of the street to the other. The post office, which is the first building on the left, has a glass doorway that is surrounded by windows. The second story shades the sidewalk and is supported by thin poles extending down to the street. Several signs stand between the post office and the other buildings that extend into the distance. "Deserted street of a once great mining town. A fire destroyed two thousand of its three thousand buildings in 1875".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19102
title: View of the "Yellowjacket Mine" in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of the "Yellowjacket Mine" in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. In the foreground on the left a hillside spotted with weeds leads to a small dirt trail and a thin mining track can be seen below. The track rides along the foot of a dirt hill in the center where a second track rides on a skeletal wooden structure. The tracks lead into the earth as well as to the factories and buildings that make up the mining site in the background. Amongst the buildings on the right piles of supplies can be seen on the foot of the hillside above.; Picture file card reads "The 'Yellowjacket Mine' -- rated as one of the world's best producers. On April 7, 1869 this mine caught on fire with a loss of 45 lives. Parts of it were sealed up for three years before the fire was out".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19087
title: View of Main Street in Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street in Placerville, ca.1930. A man in a suit and hat stands near an automobile that is parked along the raised sidewalks of the stores that start on the right. Awnings that present the store titles shade the entrances and display windows of the stores. Further down several more automobiles can be seen including one which has a trailer and wagon attached to the rear. Another automobile can be seen behind a small clock tower on the left while another further down drives down the street which is lines with electrical poles. A hillside of trees can be seen in the distance. "Wooden awnings, a fashion of the mining days still remain".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19088
title: View of a commercial street in Placerville, showing the Hotel Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of a commercial street in Placerville, showing the Hotel Placerville, ca.1930. The paved street occupies the foreground and bisects the image as it recedes into the distance, with several automobiles parked along each side. Two- and three- story commercial buildings, both brick and clapboard, line each side of the street, fronted by concrete sidewalks. A few townspeople loiter on the sidewalks, both at the far left and the far right. Two copies of a sign bearing the text "Apr 6" hang on successive utility poles on the left side of the street.  Signs on the right side of the street, from left to right, include: "Forum Grand Royal Ice Cream Gasolene", "Furniture Store" and "Hotel Placerville". Placerville was formerly known as Hangtown. The building bearing the sign "Hotel Placerville", in the right foreground of the image, is known as the Ivy House; it was built in 1861, and was once the oldest hotel in the town.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19089
title: View of Main Street in Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of Main Street in Placerville, ca.1930. Many automobiles line the street while many buildings line the raised sidewalk. A line with several flags hanging down extends from the right where a tree stands and the left where a radio shop stands in the foreground. A store on the left has stacks of boxes outside the front entrance and a hotel can be seen further down. A brick building can be seen on the right as well as a truck with a fenced bed. More flags can be seen further down and a large building stands facing the end of the street. Light poles and electrical lines line the street and trees can be seen in the background.; Picture file card reads "Hangtown Creek -- in which most of the mining was done -- is in back of the buildings, on the right. The town started in 1848, then known as 'Dry Diggings'. Next year, the name was changed to 'Hangtown' and it took the present name in 1854".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m4834
title: Group of people on a mountain slope near a building looking toward Mount San Antonio, ca.1900

description: Photograph of a group of about a dozen people on a mountain slope (North Baldy) near a building of the Big Horn Mine looking toward Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy).
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19090
title: Shafthouse of the Sherman Mine in Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a shafthouse of the Sherman Mine in Placerville, ca.1930. The bottom of the triangular structure at center is skeletal while panels cover the top half. Another lightly-colored structure can be seen just behind the structure and extending to the left. While poles and other supplies sit in piles against the tall structure on the right, a man in a suit and hat lean on a post and look towards the trees on the right. More supplies and debris are scattered on the ground on the right and in the foreground while trees and bushes cover the small hill around the shafthouse. "Shafthouse of the Sherman Mine perched high up on the hillside overlooking the town".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20064
title: Exterior view of the Oso House in Bear Valley, October, 1935

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Oso House in Bear Valley, October, 1935. An automobile is parked on the right side of the two-story wooden building. A small staircase surrounds the outside of the hotel and leads to the front porch where the main entrance can be seen in the center of the front side of the building on the left. Several tires sit outside the main entrance while the many other doors of the hotel remain undisturbed. A wooden fence can be seen down the street on the far left while another wooden fence sits on the right guarding the back portion of the hotel.; Picture file card reads "The Oso House built in 1854. In the town promoted by General Fremont. When this view was taken, October 1935, only one man was residing in the hotel. He stated that he had moved from Chicago to escape the noise. The hotel was destroyed by fire December 9, 1937".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14006
title: Exterior view of a grocery store in Piercy, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a grocery store in Piercy, ca.1930. A small staircase which leads to the front porch and entrance of the grocery store can be seen on the left behind a large tree. Windows can be seen on either side of the door and a stack of boxes sits to the door's right. The lightly-colored door with the shingled roof has a small fence which leads from the large, overgrown garden on the right. The garden is contained by a rock wall in the foreground with a small trail cutting through to the street. On the left side of the path signs are posted in the trees and can barely be seen due to the leaves and branches.; Picture file card reads " Old grocery store in picturesque setting. An old sign, almost covered by branches and leaves, on which only two words 'Mail Stage' are decipherable".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14052
title: Exterior view of the Courthouse in Sonora, Toulumne County, 1936

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Courthouse in Sonora, Toulumne County, 1936. Two sets of stairs that appear to be stone lead to the columned, arched doorway of the large courthouse. The columns support a second porch above with a second arched doorway that is topped by a clock tower that extends through the roof. While rectangular windows can be seen on the front side, many arched windows with curtains can be seen on the adjacent side on the right. Down the street to the left houses can be seen amongst trees and a wooded hillside is in the distance. In the foreground a gated yard with many trees lies across the street from the courthouse.; Picture file card reads "The old Courthouse was erected on the site of an abandoned mining claim known as 'Pretty Hill'. The mines on this hill were worked about 30 years, from the 1850's".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20193
title: ExteriorSaint James Episcopal Church in Sonora, 1936

description: Photograph of the Saint James Episcopal Church in Sonora, 1936. The three arched windows and steeply-slanted roof of the old church can be seen at center through the oaks on either side and the cypress trees that guard the entrance. To the left the steeple displaying a cross on top extends higher than the trees and nearby electrical poles. The church is separated from the streets on either side by a metal gate. Down the street to the left of the church an automobile is parked in the shade of an oak just outside.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20194
title: View of the Masonic Cemetery in Sonora, 1936

description: Photograph of the Masonic Cemetery in Sonora, 1936. Standing at center in the background a grave marker can be seen in a gated plot of land surrounded by bushes and cypress trees. To the right there is a second grave marker on what appears to be a stone base backed by several large oak trees. In the foreground several smaller grave markers are plotted in the overgrown grass and weeds.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19147
title: Automobile below a trestle of the old Central Pacific Railway Crossing near Highway Forty, 1936

description: Photograph of an automobile below a trestle of the old Central Pacific Railway Crossing near Highway Forty, 1936. The automobile is pictured just right of center, parked beside a narrow, unlined road. Slightly into the background, a railroad trestle runs above the road and perpendicular to it over a gentle slope through a wooded area at left. Tree foliage can be seen creeping in from the right edge of the image. The narrow road is identified as Highway Forty, between Emmigrant Gap and Spaulding Avenue. Highway Forty is one of the emigrant roads of the 1850's. Photoprint reads: "The rail roads built in the [?] 1860's".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20192
title: Water flume in the mountains between Camino and Placerville, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a view of a flume over the Soquel Basin, showing a man and a boy, ca.1930. The wooden flume curves from the lower right to the upper middleground, bisecting the picture as it recedes into the tree-covered hillside which fills the middle- and background. The flume contains moving water, though no logs are visible. A man in a suit and hat stands in the left foreground with a young boy. The basin, below the flume, is an expanse of exposed rock and grass. Possibly located in the town of Soqual, or the county of Santa Cruz (on old Wawona Road?). This flume, built in 1874, is 63 miles in length, ending at Madera.  It is "V" shaped and five feet across at the top. It was used jointly by the Sugar Pine Lumber Company, The Madera Sugar Pine Company, and The California Lumber Company.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19747
title: Exterior view of old jail built in the 1850's at Shasta, 1936

description: Photograph of an exterior view of old jail built in the 1850's at Shasta, 1936. The jail is enclosed by a door of iron grating that stands open. Surrounding the jail wall can be seen a dirty, damaged brick wall. The ground is littered with grass and plant life that borders the pebbled trail that leads to the iron door. A portion of the interior, a room divided into cells by the same type of iron grating that the door is made of, can be seen through the doorway in the center.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m9168
title: English Walnut grove, Orange County

description: Photograph of an Orange County English Walnut grove.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14152
title: Two riverboats docked at Stockton, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of two riverboats docked at Stockton, [s.d.]. Two docked riverboats occupy the middleground of the image, a chain linking them together.  The left boat bears the text "Aurora" while the right boat reads "Port of Stockton. San Francisco". The bow of the left boat is visible, showing two decks and a two-story upper cabin. The left boat's stern is shown, revealing its paddle wheel, along with its three decks and upper cabin. The visible side of the left boat bears lifeboats. The foreground of the photograph is filled by rippling water, while unidentifiable buildings are just able to be seen in the background. Thousands of miners passed through the Stockton channel, as it was the supply point for most of the southern mines of the Mother Lode. These riverboats are reminiscent of river travel of the 1850's. Picture file card reads "river boats tied up at Stockton, creating a picturesque reminder of river travel of the 1850s.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14037
title: View of the Stockton Channel, San Joaquin County, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a view of the Stockton Channel, San Joaquin County, [s.d.]. The water is barely rippling in the channel,  which is lined with wooden posts and warehouses. A boat reading "Joaquin of Stockton" sits tied to a warehouse on the left side. Slightly further down the channel, a smaller boat sits tied to the opposite side of the other boat. In the distance a tall building labeled the "Liquid Sugar Corporation" can be seen to the left while a large ship sits in the water to the right.; Picture file card reads "The end of Stockton Channel is now deep enough to accommodate ocean vessels. It was used by thousands of miners during the 1850's & 60's going to the southern Mother Lode mines. Stockton at that time was called 'Tuleburg'. The channel for miles was lined with Tules -- instead of warehouses that we see in the photograph".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m20069
title: View of a commercial street in Sutter's Creek, showing Sutter Creek Pharmacy, ca.1935

description: Photograph of a view of a commercial street in Sutter's Creek, showing Sutter Creek Pharmacy, ca.1935. The paved street runs from the right and center foregrounds to the center middleground, bisecting the image. Automobiles are parked each side of the street, passenger sedans as well as one trailer with an indiscernible logo in the right centerground of the image. Two-story commercial buildings, constructed in the Second Empire style of architecture, line each side of the street.  Many of the buildings have balconies and awnings. On the left side, a man in the foreground walks on the paved sidewalk toward the background, while another sits in a doorway. On the right side of the street, two women stand together on the sidewalk in the centerground. To their left, a man stands at an automobile.  At the far end of the street, two men walk toward the background. Sutter's Creek was named after John A. Sutter, who arrived in the town in 1846. He was the first white man to settle in the area. Many of the balconies in Sutter's Creek date from the 1850's. Legible signs from left to right are: "Schlitz. The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous", "The [T]avern",  "[?] Café", "Center Club", "Drugs. Sutters Creek Pharmacy. [?] Ice Cream.", "Theatre," and "Coca-Cola".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19063
title: Exterior view of the Wells Fargo Express building, Columbia, ca.1894

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Wells Fargo Express building, Columbia, ca.1894. An exterior of a brick building with several iron doors is shown at center, the left portion of which has a second story with a wrought iron balcony. Ivy creeps from the ground at the left side of the image up to the left side of the balcony. The right hand section of the building, once a store, has dental molding detail near its roof line. The painted text on the building, midway down the center section, reads "[E]xpress". The left section also bears a sign reading "[...] Telegraph [?]" and another illegible sign. A billboard at the join between the left and right sections of the building holds a bill reading "P.T.A. Dance" and an illegible bill. Another illegible bill is tacked to the tree at left foreground. The Wells Fargo Express building was built in 1855. The store at its right was converted into a museum.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2417
title: Horse-drawn carriage on Griffith Park River Road, San Fernando Mission, ca.1895

description: Photograph of horse-drawn carriage on Griffith Park River Road, San Fernando Mission, ca.1895. At the end of the road in the lower left of the image, a covered carriage being pulled by a lightly-colored horse is visible. Part of a wooden fence is visible in the background at left. In the foreground at right, grass and dense brush covers the ground. In the background at left, large trees can be seen. A large hillside covered in vegetation climbs to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m19103
title: Exterior view of the Consolidated Mine in Virginia City, Nevada, 1933

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Consolidated Mine in Virginia City, Nevada, 1933. A large, wood-paneled structure stands center with a shingled roof and two tall, metal cylinders standing just behind. On the left side of the structure the roof slopes up where a device sits with a tall, thin pole which is topped with a small sphere. Three lightly-colored doorways can be seen on the front side with several windows around them. Electrical poles stand in the yard while a small shed can be seen sitting in front of a second large structure on the right. The roof of the second structure appears to be damaged and the yard next to it is covered in supplies. A mountain side sits in the background.; Picture file card reads "Machinery and boiler room of the mine. Discovered in 1837, it has become one of the most famous and richest mines in the world. Since its discovery, it has produced $180 million in gold and silver".