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Native American Overlooking Railroad, 1868
Photo Credit: Alfred A. Hart/Library of Congress Native American looking at the newly completed section of the Trans-Continental Railroad from the top of Palisades about 435 miles from Sacramento,...
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Charles Schulz Drawing Peanuts, 1967
Photo Credit: Bill Ray/Time & Life Pictures In 1967, LIFE magazine ran an article that included many photos of Charles M. Schulz and his family at home in California. Schulz created the infamous...
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Santa Claus Making Balloon Animals, 1950
Photo Credit: Orange County Archives Pioneer, Huntington Beach Mayor and Orange County Supervisor Thomas B. Talbert makes balloon animals while dressed as Santa Claus. This photo was taken at the...
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Christmas at the Orange County Jail
Photo Credit: Orange County Archives Christmas at the Orange County Jail on Sycamore Street in Santa Ana.
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Santa Claus on the Log Ride, 1970
Photo Credit: Orange County Archives Santa Claus on the Log Ride at Knott’s Berry Farm in California, ca. 1970.
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POW Greeted by Father, 1953
Photo Credit: Herb Weiss/U.S. Army Repatriated POW Capt. Frederick Smith is greeted by his father on his arrival at Fort Mason, Calif., on board the USNS Marine Phoenix on September 14, 1953.
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Edwin Hubble at Work, 1937
Photo Credit: Margaret Bourke-White/Time & Life Pictures Astronomer Edwin Hubble peers though the eyepiece of the 100-inch Hooker telescope at California’s Mt. Wilson Observatory. Originally...
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POW Embracing Family, 1953
Photo Credit: Herb Weiss/National Archives 1st Lt. Alvin Anderson, one of the many repatriated POW’s to return home aboard the USNS Marine Phoenix, embracing his mother and sister as other members of...
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Children Living in Camp, 1940
Photo Credit: National Archives Children living in a camp located between Weedpatch and Lamont in Kern County, California, were rent was $2.75 plus electricity, April 12, 1940.
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Young Girl Picking & Sacking Potatoes, 1940
Photo Credit: National Archives A young girl looks up from her work. She picks and sacks potatoes on a large-scale ranch in Edison, Kern County, California in April 11, 1940.
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Cynthia West with Chauncey, 1952
Photo Credit: Ed Clark/LIFE On LIFE’s December 22, 1952 issue, three-year-old Cynthia West was pictured standing next to Chauncey, a three-foot-tall miniature horse. Chauncey was imported from England...
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Migrants Stalled on the Desert, 1937
Photo Credit: Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress Migrants from Chickasaw, Oklahoma stalled on the desert in southern California in March 1937.
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A Moment before “Goodbye”, 1950
Photo Credit: National Archives A young officer and his wife sitting in their car a dock in San Diego, 1950. They stare quietly at the waiting aircraft carrier before he leaves for Korea.
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Guarding the Beer Rations, Korean War
Photo Credit: National Archives Private First Class Sterling G. Patterson, of Eagle Rock, Cal., is shown standing guard on beer rations for Marines in Korea.
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On Muleback in Yosemite
Photo Credit: California Historical Society Estelle Carpenter and friends on muleback, Yosemite. Carpenter was a music teacher and Supervisor of Music in San Francisco Public Schools. According to the...
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Atop Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome
Photo Credit: California Historical Society Two women are photographed atop Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome.
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Odd Contests: Labor Day Queen
Elmer Shirrell, Project Director, crowns the Labor Day queen at the ceremony which was part of the celebration at this relocation center, Sept. 7, 1942. Photo Credit: Library of Congress While the...
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Early Hunters in Yosemite, 1890
Photo Credit: National Park Service Early hunters in Yosemite National Park in 1890.
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Wives of Marine POWs, 1973
Photo Credit: National Archives Photograph of Marine wives at Camp Pendleton, California waiting for the return of Prisoners of War.
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Little Quakers, 1964
Photo Credit: Los Angeles Public Library Jane Stark and her chivalrous admirer Randy McEwan, both of Panorama City, California, appear in a skit on Fun For All with host John Marshall looking on...
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