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Unidentified Miwok Indian woman standing on roadway, with two small pigs grazing in nearby meadow; near Midpines, Calif., 1930.

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.

Outdoor wedding party portrait taken at the wedding of Garfield Carter and Margaretha Evert, 1900; left to right, Garfield Carter, Margaretha Evert Carter, Della Carter, Pete Evert, and May Stratman, one of the flower girls.

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…

Amelia Williams and Jennie Gagliardo standing beside automobile, 1950s; left to right, unidentified woman, Josephine Olcus, Amelia Williams, and Jennie Gagliardo.

Street scene in downtown Mariposa, Calif., 1930, during '49 Fiesta celebration.

Street scene in downtown Mariposa, Calif., 1937, with parked cars, and one horse and rider.

Front and side view of the two-story Oso House hotel, 1879, Bear Valley, Calif.; with people standing and seated on porches, and a horse and wagon in street.

Panoramic view of town of Bagby, Calif.; showing bridge, dam, mills and town buildings; view upriver.

Panoramic view of the town of Coulterville, Calif., from the south.