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Hornitos, Calif. photographs [graphic].
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Title:

Hornitos, Calif. photographs
Life in a mining town - Hornitos, California

Abstract:

Photographs depicting long-time residents and Gold Rush-era buildings of Hornitos, Mariposa County, Calif., a Mother Lode mining town once populated largely by Mexicans. Includes portraits of locally prominent merchant Giuseppe Gagliardo and his daughter Eugenia Gagliardo; views of Main St., the central plaza, the Gagliardo store, the Hornitos Hotel and the Catholic Church; and group portraits of the Hornitos Native Sons and the Centennial Committee. Also includes clippings from Mariposa County periodicals contianing news of Hornitos.

Date:

approximately 1890-1965 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Gagliardo, Eugenia -- 1869-1960 -- Portraits
Gagliardo, Giuseppe -- 1838-1932 -- Portraits
Hornitos (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mother Lode (Calif.) -- Photographs

Note:

Photographers unknown.
Title devised by cataloger.
Hornitos, Calif. photographs, BANC PIC 2004.167, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
3 folders (13 photographic prints and 2 postcards) : b&w and color ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California