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Rock chimney, French mill
Rock chimney, remnant of a mill structure or smelter near Coulterville, Calif.; built in 1853 of schist, ashes and mud mortar by French miners.
Hoeltzel homestead house, 1879
James McCauley and Barbara Wenger McCauley of Yosemite Valley on their wedding day, 1879, standing on porch of Hoeltzel homestead house, Greeley Hill, Calif.; built of logs, covered with wood siding; burned down in 1923.
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.
Lee B. "Ted" Chase
Portrait of Lee B. "Ted" Chase, Mariposa County Constable, mid-1940s to 1970.
Bear Creek School class, circa 1928
Group of twenty-four school children standing and seated on rocks in forest clearing; included in group are Pearl, Pete, Harry, and George Carter; also children from the families of Eidsom, Sutton, Wackerman, and Zimmerman.
Horseback riders, Yosemite
Group of about twenty horses and riders in a forest clearing in Yosemite Valley; North Dome in distance; circa 1920s.
Mariposa High School Senior Class, 1932
Sixteen graduating high school seniors grouped in, on and around a convertible automobile; with school building and two other automobiles in distance, Mariposa, Calif., 1932.
Mariposa High School, 1932
Group portrait of about eighty-five high school students standing and seated on ground in front of Mariposa High School; with automobile parked beside building and hills in distance, Mariposa, Calif., 1932.
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.