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Cultivators turned in on chattel mortgage by farmers of Placer County, California

Cultivators turned in on chattel mortgage by farmers of Placer County,...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sewing machine in house of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Sewing machine in house of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ornaments on top of piano in living room of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. These farmers have had a very high living standard. Center figure is award this farmer's daughter helped win in polo match

Ornaments on top of piano in living room of fruit farmer. Placer Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dance platform. Placer County, California. All of the young people have left this community because there is no opportunity for them in farming, so the dance floor is no longer used

Dance platform. Placer County, California. All of the young people hav...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members and their wives of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative. Loomis, Placer County, California

Members and their wives of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative. L...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company powerhouse. Placer County, California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company powerhouse. Placer County, California

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Officer and speaker at meeting with agricultural agent. Placer County, California

Officer and speaker at meeting with agricultural agent. Placer County,...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 34, Milepost 145.4, Colfax, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 34, Milepost 145...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 18, Milepost 120.5, Newcastle, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 18, Milepost 120...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Auburn, General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Auburn, General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1385 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164.34, Blue Canyon, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164....

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Central Pacific Railroad freight train - Leaving Cisco, Placer County

Central Pacific Railroad freight train - Leaving Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1254. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Route. This... More

Auburn, Placer County, from the North - the town

Auburn, Placer County, from the North - the town

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1061. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Canyon of the American River near Colfax, Jehovah Gap in the distance - Placer County

Canyon of the American River near Colfax, Jehovah Gap in the distance ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1096. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, near Cisco, Placer County

Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, near Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1252. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

Farmers' wives at meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Farmers' wives at meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manure and barn. Placer County, California

Manure and barn. Placer County, California

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wash bench on back porch of fruit farmer's house. Placer County, California

Wash bench on back porch of fruit farmer's house. Placer County, Calif...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daughter of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Daughter of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. See caption for 38504D

Wife of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. See caption for 38504...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, California. These people have raised fruit on four hundred acres for twenty-five years but because of changed market conditions are now heavily in debt to the Federal Land Bank. This year they didn't even pick many of their pears, knowing they couldn't sell them

Fruit farmer and his wife in their living room. Placer County, Califor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel "O", Milepost 132.69, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel "O", Milepost 132.69...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Cut near Auburn Station, Placer County

Cut near Auburn Station, Placer County

No. 20. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193.3, Donner, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Turret Mountain from Lake near the Summit, Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road, Placer County

Turret Mountain from Lake near the Summit, Dutch Flat and Donner Lake ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 779. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Grocery store. Loomis, Placer County, California

Grocery store. Loomis, Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a grocery or convenience store, food, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company powerhouse. Placer County, California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company powerhouse. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pruning fruit tree. Placer County, California

Pruning fruit tree. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pruning fruit trees. Placer County, California

Pruning fruit trees. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sign of old Virginiatown. Placer County, California. There is nothing left of the town although there is still a little placer mining in the vicinity

Sign of old Virginiatown. Placer County, California. There is nothing ...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fruit farmer's wife in her living room. Placer County, California

Fruit farmer's wife in her living room. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Piano in home of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Piano in home of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse. Placer County, California

Pacific Gas and Electric powerhouse. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detail of building. Auburn, California

Detail of building. Auburn, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Refreshments at farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, California

Refreshments at farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kettle of coffee for refreshments at farmers' meeting at Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Kettle of coffee for refreshments at farmers' meeting at Gold Hill, Pl...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative and their wives at dinner after fortieth annual meeting. Loomis, Placer County, California

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative and their wives at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House. Loomis, California - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

House. Loomis, California - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting of farmers with agricultural agent. Placer County, California

Meeting of farmers with agricultural agent. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Placer mining section, gold. Placer County, California

Placer mining section, gold. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 23, Milepost 132.69, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 23, Milepost 132...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

View in Dutch Ravine, looking west, Placer County

View in Dutch Ravine, looking west, Placer County

No. 5. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 34, Milepost 145.4, Colfax, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 34, Milepost 145...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 18, Milepost 120.5, Newcastle, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 18, Milepost 120...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 38, Milepost 180.58, Cisco, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 38, Milepost 180...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 28, Milepost 134.75, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 28, Milepost 134...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 28, Milepost 134.75, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 28, Milepost 134...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164.34, Blue Canyon, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164....

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Embankment below Dutch Flat, Placer County

Embankment below Dutch Flat, Placer County

No. 62. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California, scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Cedar Trees on the Summit, Donner Peak and Lake in the Distance - Placer County

Cedar Trees on the Summit, Donner Peak and Lake in the Distance - Plac...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 784. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Saw Mill on Bear River, near Colfax - Placer County

Saw Mill on Bear River, near Colfax - Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 819. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc). This record contains unverified old data ... More

Fire House & Commercial Buildings, Grass Valley & Sacramento Roads, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Fire House & Commercial Buildings, Grass Valley & Sacramento Roads, Au...

Survey number: HABS CA-1384 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kitchen of moderately successful fruit farmer. Placer County, California. See caption for 38504D

Kitchen of moderately successful fruit farmer. Placer County, Californ...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign. Placer County, California

Sign. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmer meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Farmer meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sewing machine in house of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Sewing machine in house of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a bunch of tools, possibly related to: Cultivators turned in on chattel mortgage by farmers of Placer County, California

A black and white photo of a bunch of tools, possibly related to: Cult...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auburn, California - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Auburn, California - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmhouse of fruit farmer near Auburn, California

Farmhouse of fruit farmer near Auburn, California

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

In the packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Privy on farm in Placer County, California

Privy on farm in Placer County, California

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fruit trees in the late fall. Placer County, California

Fruit trees in the late fall. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 25, Milepost 133.09, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 25, Milepost 133...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 39, Milepost 180.95, Cisco, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 39, Milepost 180...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133.29, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193.3, Donner, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193.3, Donner, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 41, Milepost 193...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164.34, Blue Canyon, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 1, Milepost 164....

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Falls on the Yuba River, near Cisco, Placer County

Falls on the Yuba River, near Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 773. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative at their fortieth annual meeting. Loomis, Placer County, California. Notice the Japanese. The Japanese are slowly moving into this section as are some migrants from Oklahoma

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative at their fortieth ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Orchards in the hills near Auburn, California

Orchards in the hills near Auburn, California

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers leaving night meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Farmers leaving night meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pears rotting on the ground. Placer County, California. There was no market for these hard pears this year, nor has there been much of one for the last ten years. Better methods of refrigeration make it possible to ship a softer pear east and the war has closed the European markets

Pears rotting on the ground. Placer County, California. There was no m...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kettle of coffee for refreshments at farmers' meeting at Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Kettle of coffee for refreshments at farmers' meeting at Gold Hill, Pl...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of fruit farmer at her kitchen sink. Placer County, California

Wife of fruit farmer at her kitchen sink. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tenant's house on fruit farm. Placer County, California

Tenant's house on fruit farm. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buildings. New Castle, Placer County, California. As the incomes of fruit farmers in this neighborhood decline, the towns follow suit

Buildings. New Castle, Placer County, California. As the incomes of fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fruit farmer's wife in bedroom of her house. Placer County, California

Fruit farmer's wife in bedroom of her house. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of farmer in her kitchen. Auburn, California. Notice the electric stove, running water and radio. Electrification has been general in this section for twenty years

Wife of farmer in her kitchen. Auburn, California. Notice the electric...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmer using sacking to bank irrigation ditch. Placer County, California. He is from Oklahoma

Farmer using sacking to bank irrigation ditch. Placer County, Californ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brockway, Montana - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Brockway, Montana - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bear River Valley, near Gold Run. You Bet and mines in the distance

Bear River Valley, near Gold Run. You Bet and mines in the distance

No. 21. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel "O", Milepost 132.69, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel "O", Milepost 132.69...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133.29, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Rock Creek Dam, East end of Rock Creek Road, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Significance: The Rock Creek Dam is the only known example of a double-hinged multiple arch dam in California and the only unaltered, unfixed hinge dam in the western United States. Survey number: HAER CA-238 ... More

Scene in Dutch Flat, Placer County.  The pack train

Scene in Dutch Flat, Placer County. The pack train

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 826. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Refreshments at farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, California

Refreshments at farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association at their fortieth annual meeting. Loomis, Placer County, California

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association at their fortieth annual meeti...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Daughter of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. Her father owns eighteen acres, twelve of which are in fruit. Has no garden, cows, pigs, etc. Have farmed this land for twenty-five years and now have heavy indebtedness to Federal Land Bank and expect to lose their farm momentarily. "Maybe the Okies will make a success where we have made a failure" they say as they see the Okies moving in

Daughter of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. Her father owns e...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fruit farmer and his family. Placer County, California. He is an average farm owner, has thirty acres and has been in the section twenty years farming

Fruit farmer and his family. Placer County, California. He is an avera...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Officers of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative at their fortieth annual meeting. Loomis, California. The 1940 season was reported to have been their most difficult season. They attributed this to hail-damaged fruit, new government regulations and taxations. "If association is slow in getting out members work they are busy doing government work. But we voted for it and now we are paying for it." Placer County

Officers of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative at their fortieth...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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