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First Communion, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mariposa
Six girls and one boy, wearing communion dress for First Communion ceremony, standing beside marble statue, four choir boys in distance; on the grounds of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mariposa, Calif., 1960s; included are Rowney family children,…
Three Hornitos women, 1950s
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.
Hornitos store meeting, circa 1945
Group of nine people standing and seated inside store at Hornitos, Calif., circa 1945; left to right front row, Zoera Butterfield, Grace Cavagnaro, Jennie Gagliardo, Mrs. Shockey; left to right back row, Everett Bagby, Arthur Bauer, Thomas Coakley,…
Talking through the donkey
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.,…
Pete and Pearl Carter, 1924
Brother and sister Pete and Pearl Carter wearing bathing suits, standing in meadow near Carter Road, Mariposa, Calif., 1924.
Queen of Mariposa, circa 1931
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.
Indian woman, Midpines, 1930
Unidentified Miwok Indian woman standing on roadway, with two small pigs grazing in nearby meadow; near Midpines, Calif., 1930.
Mother Carter
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.
Carter and Evert wedding portrait
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.
Quartzburg School
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…