![El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8111.JPG) | ![Three-bench passenger wagons at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8112.JPG) | ![Three waterwheels at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8113.JPG) | ![Gold-ore stamp mill crushing machines at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8114.JPG) |
El Dorado County Historical Museum (104 Placerville Dr.). Placerville, CA. | Three-bench passenger wagons (one by ELI by Columbia Wagon) at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Three waterwheels at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Gold-ore stamp mill crushing machines (one by H.S. Morey, 1903) at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Collection of antique machinery at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8115.JPG) | ![Presses & safes & barbed wire collection at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8118.JPG) | ![Bell, cast in England in 1860 & installed on new bell tower on Placerville's Main St. in 1865 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8119.JPG) | ![Washington Press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8121.JPG) |
Collection of antique machinery at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Presses & safes & barbed wire collection at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Bell, cast in England in 1860 & installed on new bell tower on Placerville's Main St. in 1865 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Washington Press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Copy press to make duplicates of hand-written letters at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8122.JPG) | ![Lincoln Highway sign installed by Boy Scouts along the route of highway in 1927 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8123.JPG) | ![Plaque inscribed with Gettysburg Address which was given by Lincoln in 1863 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8124.JPG) | ![Display of Native American baskets at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8126.JPG) |
Copy press to make duplicates of hand-written letters at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Lincoln Highway sign installed by Boy Scouts along the route of highway in 1927 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Plaque inscribed with Gettysburg Address which was given by Lincoln in 1863 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Display of Native American baskets at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Native American basket with depiction of Native American women basket making in the background at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8127.JPG) | ![Maidu cooking baskets at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8128.JPG) | ![Native American basket & bowl mortars used for preparing acorn flour & pounding seeds at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8129.JPG) | ![Native American basket with quail plume & star design at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8130.JPG) |
Native American basket with depiction of Native American women basket making in the background at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Maidu cooking baskets at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Native American basket & bowl mortars used for preparing acorn flour & pounding seeds at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Native American basket with quail plume & star design at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Maidu cooking or storage basket bowl with quail plume design at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8131.JPG) | ![Twinned basketry of Northern California including Karok bowl, Achumawi storage basket & man's cap at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8132.JPG) | ![Buckeye seeds requiring lengthy leaching process if used for food during serious acorn shortage at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8133.JPG) | ![Basketry woven by Washoe women for sale or barter at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8134.JPG) |
Maidu cooking or storage basket bowl with quail plume design at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Twinned basketry of Northern California including Karok bowl, Achumawi storage basket & man's cap at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Buckeye seeds requiring lengthy leaching process if used for food during serious acorn shortage at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Basketry woven by Washoe women for sale or barter at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Basketry woven by Washoe women for sale or barter at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8135.JPG) | ![Model of miners at work crafted by Larry Stolicker at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8137.JPG) | ![Miner's cradle & frying pan extended so miner does not have to bend so far for gold panning at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8138.JPG) | ![Display of miners' working implements at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8139.JPG) |
Basketry woven by Washoe women for sale or barter at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Model of miners at work crafted by Larry Stolicker at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Miner's cradle (1848) & frying pan extended so miner does not have to bend so far for gold panning at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Display of miners' working implements at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Muller & tray used to grind up rock containing gold at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8140.JPG) | ![Wooden box used for blasting caps at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8141.JPG) | ![Electrical generator used to detonate explosives at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8142.JPG) | ![Personal Bible of James Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, with his photograph & autograph pasted inside the cover at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8143.JPG) |
Muller & tray used to grind up rock containing gold at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Wooden box used for blasting caps at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Electrical generator used to detonate explosives at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Personal Bible (printed 1839) of James Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, with his photograph & autograph pasted inside the cover at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Slate shingles from James Marshall's cabin & leather gold pouches used by miners to hold their gold at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8144.JPG) | ![Dresden bowl found in Marshall cabin in Coloma CA at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8145.JPG) | ![Wood plane once owned by James Marshall the carpenter who discovered gold while building Sutter's Mill at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8146.JPG) | ![Toy wagon made by James Marshall as Christmas gift for neighbor at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8147.JPG) |
Slate shingles from James Marshall's cabin & leather gold pouches used by miners to hold their gold at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Dresden bowl found in Marshall cabin in Coloma CA at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Wood plane once owned by James Marshall the carpenter who discovered gold while building Sutter's Mill at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Toy wagon made by James Marshall as Christmas gift for neighbor at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Display of circular saw blades from local lumber industry & model of saw mill at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8151.JPG) | ![Display of photos, tools & equipment used in harvesting of trees, manufacturing of logs & transport to market at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8152.JPG) | ![Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8153.JPG) | ![Display of interior & typical contents of Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8155.JPG) |
Display of circular saw blades from local lumber industry & model of saw mill at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Display of photos, tools & equipment used in harvesting of trees, manufacturing of logs & transport to market at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Display of interior & typical contents of Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Interior of Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8156.JPG) | ![Wagon, trunk & oxen yoke at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8157.JPG) | !["Wheels That Won The West" lithograph depicting many types of wagons used in the west in the 1800's at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8158.JPG) | ![Studebaker carriage built by Studebaker who got his start building mining wheel barrows during the gold rush at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8159.JPG) |
Interior of Studebaker covered wagon at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Wagon, trunk & oxen yoke at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | "Wheels That Won The West" lithograph depicting many types of wagons used in the west in the 1800's at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Studebaker carriage built by Studebaker who got his start building mining wheel barrows during the gold rush at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Wells Fargo locked box, strong box & safe at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8160.JPG) | ![Graphic depicting Charlie Parkhurst, a woman who masqueraded as a man while driving stagecoaches at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8161.JPG) | ![Telegraph glass insulators on wooden pins at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8166.JPG) | ![Rudd Instantaneous Automatic Gas Water Heater & other laundry equipment at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8167.JPG) |
Wells Fargo locked box, strong box & safe at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Graphic depicting Charlie Parkhurst, a woman who masqueraded as a man while driving stagecoaches at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Telegraph glass insulators on wooden pins at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Rudd Instantaneous Automatic Gas Water Heater (c1910) & other laundry equipment at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Pie safe, canning jars & butter churn at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8168.JPG) | ![Antique glass canning jars at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8169.JPG) | ![Icyball cabinet an early type deep freeze which used ammonia gas at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8170.JPG) | ![Ammonia balls used for cooling process in icyball cabinet at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8171.JPG) |
Pie safe, canning jars & butter churn at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Antique glass canning jars at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Icyball cabinet (Crosley Radio Corp) an early type deep freeze which used ammonia gas at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Ammonia balls (containers) used for cooling process in icyball cabinet at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![1920's era party dresses at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8173.JPG) | ![Living room items including square grand piano typical of late 1800s at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8174.JPG) | ![Vitrine with carved wood framing displaying fine glassware & china at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8175.JPG) | ![Dining room side board used for display & storage at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8176.JPG) |
1920's era party dresses at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Living room items including square grand piano typical of late 1800s at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Vitrine with carved wood framing displaying fine glassware & china at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Dining room side board used for display & storage at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Ornately carved wooden Victorian bedstead & quilts at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8177.JPG) | ![Monarch cook stove at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8179.JPG) | ![19thC dry goods store display at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8181.JPG) | ![Vintage weigh scales including "computing scale" made in Dayton, OH by forerunner of IBM at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8182.JPG) |
Ornately carved wooden Victorian bedstead & quilts at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Monarch cook stove at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | 19thC dry goods store display at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Vintage weigh scales including "computing scale" made in Dayton, OH by forerunner of IBM at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Vitrine for commercial display with vintage footwear at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8183.JPG) | ![Vitrine displaying vintage footwear & carnival glass at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8184.JPG) | ![Carnival glass at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8186.JPG) | ![Candy scale with brass bowl & decorated red base at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8187.JPG) |
Vitrine for commercial display with vintage footwear at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Vitrine displaying vintage footwear & carnival glass at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Carnival glass (early 20thC) at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Candy scale with brass bowl & decorated red base at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![The Model Commissary decorated flour bin, sifter & crank along with spice & extracts dispenser at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8188.JPG) | ![Shelves of typical canned goods in general store at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8189.JPG) | ![Shelves of over-the-counter medicines in general store display at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8190.JPG) | ![Advertising sign listing veterinary remedies sold by Pratt Food Co. of Philadelphia at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8192.JPG) |
The Model Commissary decorated flour bin, sifter & crank along with spice & extracts dispenser at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Shelves of typical canned goods in general store at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Shelves of over-the-counter medicines in general store display at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Advertising sign listing veterinary remedies sold by Pratt Food Co. of Philadelphia at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Botanic drugs from Parke Davis & Co. & other remedies at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8193.JPG) | ![Assorted objects which belonged to Chinese settlers at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8194.JPG) | ![Display of military uniforms at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8195.JPG) | ![Diploma given to Bud Blair by1932 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing & International Committees at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8196.JPG) |
Botanic drugs from Parke Davis & Co. & other remedies at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Assorted objects which belonged to Chinese settlers at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Display of military uniforms at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. | Diploma given to Bud Blair by1932 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing & International Committees at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
![Photos of Bud Blair, Olympic winning athlete, in 1932 & 1984 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGG8197.JPG) |
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Photos of Bud Blair, Olympic winning athlete, in 1932 & 1984 at El Dorado County Historical Museum. Placerville, CA. |
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