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Description:: A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:: [circa 1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:: [circa 1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American family, one boy, two girls and the parents, standing in front of the porch of a house with a striped awning above them. They are dressed for a special occasion with the boy in a jacket and knickers suit, the girls in light-colored dresses and stockings with large bows in their hair, the mother in a light-colored blouse and long, silk skirt and the father in a light-colored three-piece suit.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man (far right) holding a rope, and wearing a cowboy outfit. Two other men dressed as cowboys (left). They are in a corral with horses in the background.
Date:: undated
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man (far left) holding a rope as two other unidentified men look on. They are in a corral with horses in the background.
Date:: undated
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Pacific Creamery Co., located in Buena Park produced Lilly Cream Ice Cream. Buena Park first became known as a dairy center, and both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads built depots to transport merchandise. The Lily Creamery started operations in Buena Park in 1889. With the exception of a few wineries, the creamery was the first industry in the city. The Pacific Creamery Plant was sold in 1927, and it operated under the Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory name until its closure in 1953.
Date:: 1905
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: An African American miner and a white miner use a "long Tom" to sluice gravels at Spanish Flat, a mining camp in El Dorado County just a few miles north of Placerville. An African American and a white miner are on the road behind them with a horse and cart.
Date:: 1852
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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