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Dick's Artifacts
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New
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12/5/11, here 1/25/12, and here
1/27/12 - captions
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Barns
Vehicles Sacramento
St.
Louis Mariposa
Bodie
Gas & Steam Engine Museum
Other Stuff
Links
Changes
& Updates |
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Barns |
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| Ohio barns |
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| More Ohio barns |
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| Fresno, California 1966 |
Michigan |
Wisconsin |
Mariposa County 2003 |
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| Elliott
Barn, Highway 49, Mariposa County |
Southern Missouri |
Near Volcano, Amador
County, 2004 |
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| Madera County |
Highway 41,
Madera County |
Cunningham Road,
Merced County |
Monterey County,
near Parkfield |
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| Highway
49 at Pegleg Road, Mariposa County |
By Highway 140, Cathey's Valley,
Mariposa County |
Highway 41,
Madera County |
By Highway 140,
Lower Cathey's Valley, Mariposa County |
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| By Santa Fe
Avenue south of LeGrande, Merced County CA |
On
Highway 49 in
Mt. Bullion, Mariposa County |
Carlton
Road, Mariposa County |
Highway 140 and
Triangle Road, northeast of Mariposa |
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| Barn
on
East
Whitlock Road
near Highway 140, Mariposa County |
Barn at Belmont &
Brawley in Fresno |
Barn
at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park |
Old barn
at Hobbs Grove Park, Sanger, CA |
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| Old barn complex on Highway
16, Sacramento County |
Another part of barn
complex |
The
main barn building |
Water
tower and barn |
| If anyone knows anything
about the function/operation of this complex, please send us an Email |
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| Raymond-Knowles Road, Raymond,
Madera County CA |
Hornitos,
Mariposa County CA |
Red barn at San Martin-Ludewig Ranch Park in San Martin |
Barn at Franklin Ranch in Gilroy |
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| Vehicles |
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Caboose at
Parkfield CA |
Amtrack arriving in Fresno |
Train passing through Mojave Narrows |
The Kissmobile visits Arches National
Park |
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| Classic cars on display at
the2006 Huck Finn's Jubilee in Victorville |
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| Studebakers
headed to Texas for rehabilitation |
Classic cars on display at
the 2006 Plymouth Bluegrass Festival |
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| 1930
Ford at Parkfield Bluegrass Festival |
Popcorn wagon at
Huck Finn Bluegrass Festival |
Gail Fitch's 1955 Milk
Truck |
Ford 1930 Model A Sport
Coupe |
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| The Ford C600 |
Jets parked at
Mojave Airport |
Steve
McCullough's Harley |
Old truck at Bass Pro
Shop, Baton Rouge LA |
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| Old
tractor at San Martin-Ludewig Ranch Park |
Close-up of metal
tread |
Ford Model A at annual
car show, 2009 Plymouth Bluegrass Festival |
1955 Ford Crown
Victoria |
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| The
Mighty Sampson |
A true antique - the
Stanley Steamer |
1928 Graham Brothers truck
was used on a ranch in San Diego County |
1921-23 Harley J model
at Parkfield, May 2010 |
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| A
blue antique beauty at Parkfield, May 2010 |
A red
and white beauty from the past |
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| Sacramento |
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| Downtown |
More downtown |
Still more downtown |
City Hall |
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| St. Louis |
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| Downtown St. Louis from the Gateway Arch |
Old Courthouse & Gateway Arch |
Gateway Arch |
General Grant home at Grant's Farm |
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| Mariposa |
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| Stamps, Mariposa
Mine |
Stamp mill cams, Mariposa Mine |
Old trestle, Mariposa Mine |
Stamp mill cams after a fire burned the
mine |
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| Mariposa County Court House (built
1854) |
Cattle chute,
Cathey's Valley, Mariposa County |
Corral above
Mariposa |
Mariposa County
High School |
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| Mariposa in 1859
(Carlton E. Watkins photo) |
Mariposa about
1950 (Roy Radanovich) |
Mariposa probably
late 1940s (from a postcard) |
Old
Bootjack Dance Hall, about 1960 |
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| Downtown, west
side toward Mariposa Creek |
Mariposa Public
Utilities District million gallon water storage tank |
Old Masonic Hall in Mariposa, now the Sixth Street Cinema |
Old Oddfellows Lodge in Mariposa - note iron shutters on upper floor |
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Mariposa Hotel,
upper story |
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| Bodie |
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| Bodie Historical
Marker |
The Bodie Gold
Mine |
Methodist church |
Methodist Church steeple |
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| One of Bodie's finer homes |
The Bodie School House |
A few buildings have
flattened tin cans as added outer insulation |
The elements
slowly take over |
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Other Stuff |
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| Railroad Water Tower, Bakersfield, 1965 |
Snow and ice |
Mission Inn, San Bernardino |
Mission Inn, decorated for Christmas |
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| Friant Dam, San Joaquin River,
Fresno/Madera Counties |
Stained glass window, Peanuts Museum,
Santa Rosa CA |
Mouse Rock |
Fake Pine Tree/Cell Phone Tower, Madera
County |
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| Indian village and valley oak, Indian
Grinding Rock State Park |
The Inn,
Parkfield CA |
The Parkfield
Cafe |
Parkfield Engine |
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| Sand Hog at
Amador County Fairgrounds |
The last road in
the alphabetical listing |
Amador City, CA |
Basket on
display at Yosemite Museum, made by Lucy Telles, of the
Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes |
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| Double decker |
A fate worse than
death? |
Wood railroad
trestle, Chowchilla River at Santa Fe Avenue, Merced-Madera County
line |
Binghamton NY |
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| Peggy
Sue's Diner, at Yermo, off I-15 near Barstow |
Round bales |
Ahwahnee Round House (from Sierra Telephone Co directory) |
Log truck crossing bridge (from Sierra Telephone Co directory) |
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| Windmill on Turkey Flat Road near Parkfield CA |
Water tank at Raymond CA
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Railroad water tank at Roaring Camp Railroad near Santa Cruz CA |
Windmill in
Madera County CA |
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| Power
poles, Cunningham Road, Merced County CA |
Covered
bridge, Butte County CA (by Susan Crandall) |
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| Site of Pine
Logging Company Mill near Dinkey Creek |
The office (Pine
Logging Co Site) |
Dick relaxes outside an
old cabin (J. Neely photo) |
Restored cabins
at logging camp |
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| The old store |
Inside the store |
Ice cream, anyone? |
Store counter |
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| Fish Company
Restaurant, Baton Rouge LA |
Bale Grist Mill,
Napa Valley
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Water turning the wheel at
the mill |
Gears inside the mill |
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| Exterior
of mill building |
Windmill Farm on Highway 88
near Stockton |
Windmills
up close |
Another
victim of the recession? |
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| This
was the original hotel in Parkfield CA; it burned down in 2011 |
Buckets
(used as an aid in learning to ice skate) |
Hay
drying at Cal State University, Fresno |
Water tower in
Mendocino Village |
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| House in
Mendocino Village |
More
Mendocino houses |
The
green door |
Point Cabrillo
Light Station |
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| Close up view of light |
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse
(at current location in Shelter Cover) |
Another
view of the lighthouse |
Umpqua
Lighthouse, Oregon |
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| California
Highway 1 bridge across Russian Gulch near Fort Bragg |
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| Rotary
Park in Clovis is also used for flood control |
Massive
rains in 2010-11 left a big mess for the maintenance crew |
Fire
ring with hearth, made from exfoliated granite slabs |
A
very fine fire ring |
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| Hearst Castle |
The main house at
Hearst Castle |
Patio
and gardens |
The
outdoor pool at Hearst Castle |
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| Abandoned
stamp mill, Mariposa County (photo by Crandall) |
Mountain
dulcimers, hand-made by Andy Crandall (photo by Crandall) |
No
one's home (photo by Crandall) |
The
bridge at San Joaquin Gorge (formerly Squaw Leap) |
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| Another
view of San Joaquin Gorge bridge |
Florence Lake
dam, Sierra National Forest |
Another
view of the dam |
The
dam under construction, probably mid 1920s |
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| Mikie
beside rock tower near Rock Creek Road |
Top of tower
(builder and purpose unknown) |
Metal
rings let hikers get through Banshee Canyon at Mojave National
Preserve |
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| The
Antique Gas & Steam Museum, Vista CA |
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| Entry
way sign |
Equipment
at the Antique Gas & Steam Museum, Vista CA |
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| More
museum displays |
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