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Distant view of the four-story Stoneman House hotel, Yosemite Valley, with meadow in foreground and Half Dome in distance; built in 1887, destroyed by fire in 1896.

Portrait of Anna Biederman Bauer; born Berne, Switzerland 1850, died in childbirth, Hornitos, Calif. 1883; married Joseph Bauer; shown standing, wearing a light-colored dress with dark trim.

Potential buyers view cattle at a Visalia Stockyards auction in Visalia, CA.

Judge William Baird and wife Amelia in Long Beach, Ca.

Famous Department Store on Main Street in Porterville, California.

Rosa Sagehorn standing in front of a building.

Locomotive with tender and passenger car at railroad depot.

G. S. Berry's Steam Harvester, showing machinery,

After the battle at Stone Corral, John Sontag is lying in a straw pile with the posse standing behind him. Left to right is the posse and other on-lookers:
1. Visalia Samuel Stingley
2. Deputy United States Marshal and Fresno County Deputy Sheriff…

Ling and Mary Joe pose for their wedding photo in 1888. The photo was taken in Tulare, Califoria, where Ling Joe first settled in 1886. He opened a small restaurant in the 100 block of East Tulare Avenue. Chan Sing Toy was a picture bride who became…