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 | The Carson Mansion in Eureka, the most elaborate Victorian era house, and the most photographed house, in the United States, if not in the entire world. It was built by William Carson, a local lumber magnate, and completed in 1885. The Ingomar Club has owned the house since 1950. |
 | The Milton Carson House (aka the "Pink Lady"), in Eureka. Across the street from the Carson Mansion, it's another grand Victorian, built by William Carson for his son. |
 | Bill's Place on Clement, for the best hamburgers in San Francisco. |
 | The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. |
 | A buckeye butterfly photographed at Los Banos. |
 | The schoolhouse at Bodie. |
 | An E Clampus Vitus initiation in Bridgeport. |
 | June Lake. |
 | The Devil's Postpile, basalt columns formed by rapid cooling. |
 | Tufa, a form of calcium carbonate formed by fresh water springs bubbling up in the salt water of Mono Lake. |
 | The Minarets in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
 | Manzanita tree in the Magalia cemetery. |
 | Chinese temple in Oroville. |
 | Sutter Buttes, an ancient volcanic cluster in the middle of the Sacramento Valley, photographed from the top of Oroville Dam. |
 | Bidwell Mansion, Chico. |
 | Spectacular eroded canyon of Butte Creek above Chico. |
 | Suspension bridge erected in 1857, Lake Oroville. |
 | Covered bridge over the South Fork of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Interior of the covered bridge, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Wildcat Falls, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Ribbon Falls, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Shay locomotive used by the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad near Fish Camp. |
 | Taking on water for the Shay locomotive used by the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. |
 | Hazera hybrid cotton blossom. |
 | Sailboat under power on Steamboat Slough near Walnut Grove. |
 | Chinese lion dancers from Sacramento, at a celebration in Locke. |
 | St. Mary's Chinese Girls Drum Corps from San Francisco, at a celebration in Locke. |
 | The Golden Gate Bridge between San Francisco and Marin County. |
 | Wheat harvest, Los Banos, June, 2000. |
 | Pre-dawn wheat irrigation, Los Banos, December, 1999. |
 | Confederate artillery firing at the Civil War (War Between the States!) re-enactment at Los Banos on June 11, 2000. |
 | The owner's "cottage" at the Empire Mine, Grass Valley. |
 | One of the "monitors" (water cannons) used in hydraulic mining at the Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield.. |
 | Eroded canyon walls at the Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield. |
 | A sunset in Los Banos. |
 | A Merced County skyscape. |
 | S.S. Balclutha, San Francisco. |
 | The Grand Isle Mansion, near Walnut Grove. |
 | Levi Plaza, San Francisco. |
 | Coit Tower, San Francisco. |
 | The old Merced County Courthouse, now a museum, Merced. |
 | Buddhist temple in Sebastopol. |
 | Fort Ross, the Russian settlement on the Sonoma County coast north of San Francisco. |
 | Highland Dancer at the Carmel Highland Games. |
 | Sue Brady at the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park. |
 | El Capitan, Yosemite National Park. |
 | The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Half Dome, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park. |
 | Yosemite Valley from the Wawona Tunnel viewing area, Yosemite National Park. |
 | An aerial view of San Francisco Bay. |
 | An aerial view of the southern end of San Francisco Bay. |
 | The Palace of Fine Arts, San Fransico. |
 | U.S.S. Nimitz at Fleet Week, San Francisco Bay. |
 | The Pacific Coast at Big Sur. |
 | A Bridge on Highway 1 south of Carmel. |
 | The Beringer Rhine House, St. Helena. |
 | The Japanese Garden, Woodward Park, Fresno. |
 | Oak trees (?) on Pacheco Pass between Los Banos and Gilroy. |
 | Bill Sturgeon's 1956 Mercury Monterey. |
 | A non-typical Merced County sky. |
 | Stormy weather south of Los Banos. |
 | Double Rainbow. |
 | Andrea dressed up for Easter, a few years ago! |
 | A typical Merced County sunset. |
 | Walnut trees backlit by a Merced County sunset. |
 | Wheat Irrigation. |
 | Safflower blossom. |
 | Maxxa Acala Cotton Blossom. |
 | Pima Cotton Blossom. |
 | John Deere 4430 (c. 1976) and John Deere 110 (c. 1962). |
All photographs are copyrighted by Robert Sturgeon. Allowed use of these JPG's is limited to personal, educational and other non-commercial applications.Have a comment?
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