Guide to the Photographs of the California Mother Lode
Processed by Welker, Wendy.
California Historical Society
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Guide to the Photographs of the California Mother Lode
Collection number: PC-RM-Lavenson: 1-2
California Historical Society
North Baker Research Library
San Francisco,
California
Contact Information:
- California Historical Society
- North Baker Research Library
- 678 Mission Street
- San Francisco, California 94105-4014
- Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 20
- Fax: (415) 357-1850
- Email: reference@calhist.org
- URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
- Processed by:
- Welker, Wendy
- Date Completed:
- August 2003
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2004 California Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Access
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Preferred Citation
Photographs of the California Mother Lode, PC-RM-Lavenson: 1-2, California Historical
Society, North Baker Research Library, Photography Collection.
Acquisition Information
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.
Scope and Contents Note
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
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
Accession No. 1995-99-1
Angel's Camp, Serbian Church, 1940
Accession No. 1995-99-2
Rear of Firehouse, Auburn, 1949
Accession No. 1995-99-3
Round Corner, Auburn, 1939
Accession No. 1995-99-4
Commercial Street, Auburn, 1949
Accession No. 1995-99-5
Window with Sumac, Columbia, 1945
Accession No. 1995-99-6
Altar, St. Anne's Church, Columbia, 1940
Accession No. 1995-99-8
Sun Sun Wo Co., Coulterville, 1950
Accession No. 1995-99-9
St. Charles Hotel, Downieville, 1934
Accession No. 1995-99-10
Old Building with Added Wooden Top, El Dorado, 1949
Accession No. 1995-99-12
Church at Hornitos (California Mother Lode Town), 1950
Accession No. 1995-99-15
Post Office, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, 1939
Accession No. 1995-99-16
Murphy's, Calaveras County, 1938
Accession No. 1995-99-17
Smartsville, Yuba County, 1939
Accession No. 1995-99-18
William Swerer's Store, Tuttletown, 1947
Accession No. 1996-99-1
Street and Imperial Hotel, Amador City, 1957
Accession No. 1996-99-2
Street, Angel's Camp, 1938
Accession No. 1996-99-3
Church, Chinese Camp, 1938
Accession No. 1996-99-4
Church Door, Chinese Camp, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-5
Robert Bell's Store, Coloma, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-7
Chinese Bank, Coloma, 1949
Accession No. 1996-99-8
Bayley House, Pilot Hill, 1968
Accession No. 1996-99-9
Dressed for a Funeral, Columbia, 1945
Accession No. 1996-99-10
Building with Vines, Columbia, 1940
Accession No. 1996-99-11
Sunday in Columbia Stage Drivers Retreat, Columbia, 1940
Accession No. 1996-99-13
Firehouse, Columbia, 1936
Accession No. 1996-99-14
Claverey & Co. Store, Columbia, 1940
Accession No. 1996-99-15
Broadway Stables, Columbia, 1936
Accession No. 1996-99-16
In front of St. Charles Hotel, Downieville, 1934
Accession No. 1996-99-17
Main Street, Downieville, 1954
Accession No. 1996-99-18
Chinese Adobe, Fiddletown, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-19
Building with Poplar Trees, French Corral, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-20
Methodist Church, Georgetown, 1963
Accession No. 1996-99-21
Kidder Mansion, Grass Valley, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-22
Adobe House with Picket Fence, Hornitos, 1940
Accession No. 1996-99-24
Courthouse, Mariposa, 1950
Accession No. 1996-99-25
Stone Wall from Mariposa to Ben Hur, 1950
Accession No. 1996-99-26
Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, 1946
Accession No. 1996-99-27
Wrought Iron Grave Marker, Murphy's, 1950
Accession No. 1996-99-28
Doorway with Vines, Nevada City, 1934
Accession No. 1996-99-29
Assay Office with Adjoining Building, Nevada City, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-30
Old Firehouse, Nevada City, 1946
Accession No. 1996-99-31
Malakoff Mine Hydraulic Erosion, Nevada County, 1954
Accession No. 1996-99-32
Iron Door, North San Juan, 1938
Accession No. 1996-99-33
Building with Iron Balcony, North San Juan, 1946
Accession No. 1996-99-34
Autumn in North San Juan, 1934
Accession No. 1996-99-35
View from the Cemetery, North San Juan, 1946
Accession No. 1996-99-36
Fippin's Blacksmith Shop, Rough and Ready, , 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-37
Old House and Wooden Bridges near San Andreas, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-38
Barber Shop, San Andreas, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-39
Hill near San Andreas, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-40
Busch Store, Sierra City, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-41
Second Hand Store, Sonora, 1940 [Imogen Cunningham in photo, 1940
Accession No. 1996-99-42
Church Window, Sutter Creek, 1933
Accession No. 1996-99-43
Old Store Doorway, Timbuctoo, 1932
Accession No. 1996-99-44
St. George Hotel through the Ruins, Volcano, 1939
Accession No. 1996-99-45
Ruins of Store Building, Volcano, 1939
Accession No. 1998-21-1
St. James Church, Sonora, 1940
Accession No. 1998-21-2
Chinese Portrait, Weaverville, 1938
Accession No. 1998-21-3
Catholic Cemetery, Murphy's, 1950
Accession No. 1998-21-4
Cemetery, Sutter Creek, 1938
Accession No. 1998-21-5
Fippin's Blacksmith Shop, Rough and Ready, 1939
Accession No. 1998-21-6
Hydraulic Erosion (between French Corral and Nevada City), 1934
Accession No. 1998-21-7
Grave Stone, Catholic Cemetery, Murphy's, 1957
Accession No. 1998-21-8
Stone Ruins and St. George Hotel, Volcano, 1936
Accession No. 1998-22-1
Main Street, Columbia, 1945
Accession No. 1998-22-2
Columbia, (cemetery), 1940
Accession No. 1998-22-4
Mine near Silver City, Nevada, 1940
Accession No. 1998-22-5
Leger Hotel, Mokelumne Hill, 1933
Accession No. 1998-22-6
Stewart Store, French Corral, 1946