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View of the American River at Rattlesnake Bar, Placer County

View of the American River at Rattlesnake Bar, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1059. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Town of Dutch Flat, from the South-East - Placer County

Town of Dutch Flat, from the South-East - Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1166. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Grading the Central Pacific Railroad, Sailors Spur and Fill- 12 miles above Alta - Placer County

Grading the Central Pacific Railroad, Sailors Spur and Fill- 12 miles ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1098. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

Upper Cisco, Placer County - Central Pacific Railroad teams

Upper Cisco, Placer County - Central Pacific Railroad teams

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1259. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified data from old ca... More

Zurr's Station and Water Tank, Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road, Placer County

Zurr's Station and Water Tank, Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road, ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 769. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Green Valley, American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, 4 miles above Alta. Placer County

Green Valley, American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, 4 mil...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1094. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Lincoln Way & Maple Street (Commercial Building), Auburn, Placer County, CA

Lincoln Way & Maple Street (Commercial Building), Auburn, Placer Count...

Survey number: HABS CA-1386 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packing sheds of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative, forty years in existence. Loomis, Placer County, California

Packing sheds of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative, forty years...

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

Interior, fruit farmer's house. Placer County, California

Interior, fruit farmer's house. 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

House of farmer from Oklahoma who has bought farm through the Federal Land Bank. Placer County, California. His son and daughter-in-law and their two children live in a better house on the same farm and they farm jointly

House of farmer from Oklahoma who has bought farm through the Federal ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm scene. Placer County, California

Farm scene. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Corner of kitchen in fruit farmer's house. Placer County, California

Corner of kitchen in fruit farmer's house. Placer County, California

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

Interior of house of Japanese farmer. Placer County, California

Interior of house of Japanese 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

Farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

Farmers' meeting. Gold Hill, Placer County, California

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.

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

Farmers' wives at meeting. Gold Hill, 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 horse pulling a trailer, Farm scene. Placer County, California

A black and white photo of a horse pulling a trailer, Farm scene. Plac...

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

Member of the Loomis Fruit Association. Loomis, Placer County, California

Member of the Loomis Fruit Association. Loomis, Placer County, Califor...

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

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 29, Milepost 135.95, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 29, Milepost 135...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Old Town City Hall (Ruins), Auburn, Placer County, CA

Old Town City Hall (Ruins), Auburn, Placer County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1390 Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West of Clipper Gap, Placer County

West of Clipper Gap, Placer County

No. 242. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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. 27, Milepost 133.9, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 27, 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. 27, Milepost 133.9, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 27, 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 Railroad - View from Bloomer Cut, looking North - Placer County

Central Pacific Railroad - View from Bloomer Cut, looking North - Plac...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1099. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

Cactus Giganta, 18 feet high - San Jose, Placer County

Cactus Giganta, 18 feet high - San Jose, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 73. LOT subdivision subject: Cactus. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Auburn (Chinese Section), General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Auburn (Chinese Section), General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1388 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Building of old Virginia City now used as barn. Placer County, California

Building of old Virginia City now used as barn. Placer County, Califor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of bank building, 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...

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

Courthouse. Auburn, California - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Courthouse. Auburn, California - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street through Auburn, county seat of Placer County, California

Street through Auburn, county seat of Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinatown. New Castle, California

Chinatown. New Castle, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fruit farmer, his wife and son. Placer County, California. He has owned his eighty acre farm for about thirty-four years. "It's pretty but what's it good for? The trees aren't worth the land they stand on," he says. Has Federal Land Bank loan which he will probably not be able to pay and expects to lose his farm soon

Fruit farmer, his wife and son. Placer County, California. He has owne...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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 of farmers with agricultural agent. Placer County, California

Officer and speaker at meeting of farmers with agricultural agent. Pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer from Oklahoma, his wife, son and daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Placer County, California. They have bought a farm through the Federal Land Bank after coming to California as migrants and picking cotton at Bakersfield. They say they like California but say their neighbors (old Californians) aren't very neighborly

Farmer from Oklahoma, his wife, son and daughter-in-law and two grandc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Packing shed 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

Packing shed and barn of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Packing shed and barn of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife of farmer from Oklahoma who has bought a fruit farm through the Federal Land Bank in Placer County, California. While they will raise fruit, they will not be specialists and plan to raise their own garden, chickens, cows and pigs

Wife of farmer from Oklahoma who has bought a fruit farm through the F...

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

Barn of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Barn of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

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

Post office. Auburn, California, county seat of Placer County

Post office. Auburn, California, county seat of Placer County

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

Dutch Flat, Placer County. 67 miles from Sacramento

Dutch Flat, Placer County. 67 miles from Sacramento

No. 63. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Dutch Flat, Placer County. 67 miles from Sacramento

Dutch Flat, Placer County. 67 miles from Sacramento

No. 63. 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

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

Central Pacific Railroad, Bloomer Cut, near Auburn, Placer County

Central Pacific Railroad, Bloomer Cut, near Auburn, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1100. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

Scene on the Yuba River, near Cisco - Placer County

Scene 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. 772. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Arrival of the Central Pacific Passenger Train at Cisco, Placer County

Arrival of the Central Pacific Passenger Train at Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1256. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified old... More

Feeding unmarketable pears to hogs on farm. Placer County, California

Feeding unmarketable pears to hogs on farm. Placer County, California

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

Officers of Farm Bureau presiding at meeting at Gold Hill, California

Officers of Farm Bureau presiding at meeting at Gold Hill, California

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

Corner of Bank of America and packing sheds of the Earl Fruit Company. New Castle, California

Corner of Bank of America and packing sheds of the Earl Fruit Company....

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

Fruit orchards in the low hills near Auburn, California. Placer County

Fruit orchards in the low hills near Auburn, California. Placer County

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer from Oklahoma who has bought a farm through the Federal Land Bank in Placer County, California. He is looking at his spraying equipment

Farmer from Oklahoma who has bought a farm through the Federal Land Ba...

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

Post office. Auburn, California, county seat of Placer County

Post office. Auburn, California, county seat of Placer County

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

Farmer. Placer County, California

Farmer. Placer County, California

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

Fruit farmer and his wife, Placer County, California. He owns four hundred acres and has farmed this land for about thirty-five years. He started work in this section freighting ore out. Next he went into cattle raising and about twenty-five years ago into fruit. Last good year for him was ten years ago, but now there is no market for the variety of pears and plums he grows. He has a large loan from Federal Land Bank, he will probably not be able to pay out and will lose his farm

Fruit farmer and his wife, Placer County, California. He owns four hun...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Placer mining for gold. Old Virginia City, Placer County, California

Placer mining for gold. 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

Orchard in hillside showing irrigation ditches and erosion in the foreground. Placer County, California

Orchard in hillside showing irrigation ditches and erosion in the fore...

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

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California

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

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative sitting down to dinner after their fortieth annual meeting. Loomis, California

Members of the Loomis Fruit Association cooperative sitting down to di...

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

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

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

Original negative number: LC-USF33-12976-M2; file print corrected Fen. 1998. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washing... More

Residential district. Auburn, California

Residential district. Auburn, California

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

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, Claifornia

Packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, Claifornia

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

Fruit farmer's wife playing piano. Placer County, California. Because they have not changed the variety of plums and pears which they raise to meet changed market conditions they have gone further and further into debt to the Federal Land Bank and are now on verge of losing their four hundred acre farm on which they have raised fruit on for twenty-five years

Fruit farmer's wife playing piano. Placer County, California. Because ...

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young man, his wife and children. They came from Oklahoma with his father and mother. His father has bought a farm and expects to get some cash from his fruit and supplement his income with garden, pigs and chickens, a thing unheard of in this section of fruit specialists. Placer County

Young man, his wife and children. They came from Oklahoma with his fat...

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

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 24, Milepost 132.9, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 24, 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

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

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

Donner Peak, from the road below, Placer County

Donner Peak, from the road below, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 786. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, around C. Horn - Bridge and Road to Yankee Jim's - Placer County

American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, around C. Horn - Br...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1095. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Main Street, Dutch Flat, Placer County

Main Street, Dutch Flat, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 825. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Scene on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake, Placer County

Scene on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 771. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Henry Stone House, Nevada Street, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Henry Stone House, Nevada Street, Auburn, Placer County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1389 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the kitchen at dinner of the Loomis Fruit Association. Loomis, Placer County, California

In the kitchen at dinner of the Loomis Fruit Association. Loomis, Plac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of cooking, kitchen, food preparation, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barn and packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. Buildings grow shabby and neglected looking as incomes of these fruit specialists decline

Barn and packing shed of fruit farmer. Placer County, California. Buil...

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

Fruit farmer clearing out irrigation ditch. Placer County, California.  Irrigated farming is a new thing to this man who migrated from Oklahoma and has now bought a farm through the Federal Land Bank. Fruit farmers in this section are fast losing their farms due to long indebtedness to Federal Land Bank and many farms are being bought by Okies and Japanese who, because of lower living standards and willingness to grow gardens, cows and pigs instead of specializing exclusively in fruit, have a chance to make a go of the farms.

Fruit farmer clearing out irrigation ditch. Placer County, California....

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

On the main street of Auburn, county seat of Placer County, California. This was first a mining section when gold was discovered in California and later became a fruit section. It is now on the decline

On the main street of Auburn, county seat of Placer County, California...

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

Back of farmhouse. Placer County, California

Back of farmhouse. Placer County, California

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

Farmer opens can of milk for coffee at farmers meeting. Gold Hill, California, Placer County, California

Farmer opens can of milk for coffee at farmers meeting. Gold Hill, Cal...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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