Settlers--Commemoration; Agricultural colonies--California--Los Angeles--Centennial celebrations, etc.; Cities and towns--Growth--History;
A typed transcription of a speech commemorating the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the families in the Rowland and Workman Party in Los Angeles. The speech praises and thanks the original settlers and their descendents for their...
Fairground at Bishop, California. Grandstands at right of photograph; judging tower at left. Automobiles, both parked and proceeding to fairground. Buildings in background. White Mountains are in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Railroad stations--Nevada--Carson City; Silver mines and mining--Nevada;
Railroad station at Carson City Nevada. Railroad personnel, most likely those of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company, along walls of station. Carriages waiting at station for passengers. The two-wheeled carriage in the center is from the Park...
View of snow-clad Owens Valley, from either Big Pine, California or else Bishop, California. Unidentified range of mountains in background. Phrase "LA" and image of Los Angeles Coliseum part of frame around photograph. Title supplied by...
View of floor of Owens Valley looking west to town of Big Pine and the Sierra Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "Looking Across Valley at Big Pine. H. W. M. 1007." Title supplied by cataloger.
This photograph was taken looking to the west. The mountains in the background are the Sierra Nevada. Big Pine, California, home of J. D. Black, is to the upper right of the photograph. The Los Angeles Aqueduct intake, noted in pen in lower left,...
Gold mines and mining--California--Bodie; Streets--California--Bodie; Ghost towns--California--Bodie;
Main street of mining town of Bodie, California. Photographer's inscription on front of photograph: "Main Street. Bodie, Calif. H.W.M. 704." Title supplied by cataloger.
Delivery of Goods--Nevada--Candelaria; Houses--Nevada--Candelaria; Ghost towns--Nevada--Candelaria; Horse-drawn vehicles; Carts and Wagons;
Horse-drawn carriage of delivery service of Swain and Ingalls, with Otis Ingalls on wagon and W. A. Ingalls by side. Name of horse "Old Charley." House in background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Parade of Company B, Emmet Guard, in dress uniform, down street of Virginia City Nevada. Onlookers on both sides of street, either on the street or looking from buildings. Inscription on front of photograph: "Co. B Emmitt (sic) Guard Virginia...
Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Miners--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Mining Corporations--Nevada--Virginia City;
Group portrait of miners in employee of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "ConVirginia Mining Co. Virginia City, Nevada. 49." Title supplied by cataloger.
The first crossing of the California-Nevada state line by a train of the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company (23 January 1883). Passengers and crew by boundary marker and the front of the locomotive. The location of the crossing is between the...
Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Candelaria; Buildings--Nevada--Candelaria; Ghost towns--Nevada--Candelaria;
Candelaria, Nevada: Shacks, houses and roads. At upper left is the ore dump of the Northern Belle Mine. Inscription on front of photograph: "CANDELARIA NEVADA 1876." Title supplied by cataloger.
Gold mines and mining--California--Bodie; Mine buildings--California--Bodie--20th century;
Although unidentified on the photograph, the layout of the town indicates that this mining town is Bodie, California. Tailings at left center with the Standard stamp mill in left background (white building with chute). Cluster of buildings in right...
School Buildings--California--Bishop; Automobiles--California--Bishop; Blizzards--California--Bishop; Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop;
Black's Cash Store at the corner of West Line Street and Main Street (called Black's Corner) in Bishop, California, after the blizzard of 1933. Snow piled on streets after blizzard. Automobiles on street. Building in background with bell tower is...
Blizzards--California--Bishop; Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop;
Black's Cash Store at the corner of West Line Street and Main Street (called Black's Corner) in Bishop, California, after the blizzard of 1933. Snow piled on streets after blizzard. Inscription on front of photograph: "1933 MAIN STREET IN...
Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop; Automobiles--California--Bishop; Streets--California--Bishop; Deer;
Black's Cash Store at the corner of West Line Street and Main Street (Black's Corner") in Bishop, California; view from Main Street. Unidentified man, seated on of running board of car, with doe. Other Bishop residents looking on. Inscription...
Blizzards--California--Bishop; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses; Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; School Buildings--California--Bishop; Sleds and Sleighs;
Horse-drawn sled, with groceries and two children and one woman. In the background are a tire store, telephone lines and poles, and the Old Bishop Grade School, which was located at West Line and Warren Streets. Inscription on bottom front of...
