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Margaretha Evert, later known as Mother Carter, on her 16th birthday in Lancaster, Calif., holding her birthday present, a large doll; born in Luxembourg in 1884, she came to America in 1888.

Brother and sister Pete and Pearl Carter wearing bathing suits, standing in meadow near Carter Road, Mariposa, Calif., 1924.

Eight students and a teacher standing beside Quartzburg School, near Hornitos, Calif., circa 1925-1926; left to right back row, Winfred Williams, Eugene Patterson, Robert Davis, Nora M. Sawyer (teacher), Geneva Speaker, Minnie Speaker; left to right…

Queen of Mariposa and others on decorated platform in front of hotel on Main Street, during '49 Fiesta celebration, Mariposa, Calif., circa 1931; left to right, Pearl Carter, unidentified girl, Kay Dexter, Abbott Otto, and Dorothy Apperson, seated.

Front of St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Hornitos, Calif., circa 1926; with about sixty-five members of local Catholic families standing out front, having received First Communion; included are people from the Guest, Cavagnaro, Marrino, Trabucco,…

Seven Carter family members and a donkey, with five children riding the donkey; one girl standing and "speaking" to donkey's head, and one boy standing and "listening" through tip of donkey's tail; near log cabin on Carter Road, Mariposa, Calif.,…

Three women standing in road beside automobile; wearing dresses, hats, and gloves; with two buildings and windmill in distance, Hornitos, Calif., 1950s; left to right, Josephine Hamilton, Leola Rogers, Hornitos postmistress, and Amelia Williams.