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Joseph Bauer
Portrait of Joseph Bauer; born St. Joseph, Missouri 1849, died Hornitos, Calif. 1943; married Anna Biederman; shown seated, wearing a dark coat and light-colored pants.
Lee B. "Ted" Chase
Portrait of Lee B. "Ted" Chase, Mariposa County Constable, mid-1940s to 1970.
Mary and Manuel Maria
Mary and Manuel Maria standing in garden, Bear Valley, Calif., circa 1920; Mary wearing calico side-buttoned dress, and Manuel wearing dark suit with vest; both natives of Azores, Portugal.
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.
Samuel Lewis Givens
Portrait of Samuel Lewis Givens, born in Kentucky 1842; arrived in Mariposa County 1853 with parents Thomas and Catherine Givens, who settled at Texas Ranch, Hornitos, Calif.; Samuel settled at ranch on Bear Creek, Merced County 1878.
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.