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PC-RM-Lavenson: 1-2
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Title: Photographs of the California Mother Lode,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1967
Collection number: PC-RM-Lavenson: 1-2
Creator:
Lavenson, Alma
Extent:
77 silver gelatin photographic prints (many mounted), images 8 x 10 in. or smaller
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Abstract: Photographs of the California Mother Lode region taken by Alma Lavenson during the
1930s through the 1960s.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to California Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Director of Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Photographs of the California Mother Lode, PC-RM-Lavenson: 1-2, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library,
Photography Collection.
Photographs of the California Mother Lode by Alma Lavenson were donated to the California Historical Society by Paul Wahrhaftig
in 1995, 1996, and 1998; and Albert Wahrhaftig in 1998.
Contains images of the Mother Lode region taken during the 1930s through the 1960s. Includes photos of Gold Rush era ruins,
towns and countryside. Pictured are churches, hotels, firehouses, cemeteries, courthouses, personal residences and commercial
buildings, including three Chinese businesses. Also contains a few photos of the effects of hydraulic erosion on the landscape
and three portraits of unidentified men. One image (no. 1996-99-41) features the photographer Imogen Cunningham, from the
back, standing in a doorway.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Cunningham, Imogen--1883-1976--Portraits
Church buildings--California--Photographs
Hotels--California--Photographs
Ruins--California--Photographs
Tuolumne County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Yuba County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Amador County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
El Dorado County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Mariposa County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Calaveras County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Sierra County (Calif.)--Pictorial works