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More from their archives.

 Couple in garden

  

 Family in front of house in farm region

  

 Fred Cotton and bicycle

  

 Grand Army of the Republic parade, San Francisco

  

 Grand Army of the Republic parade, San Francisco

  

 Longshoremen burning company union books after winning 

short strike against Matson, September 1933

  

 Native Sons of the Golden West Parade, September 9, 1920

  

 Poetry, 1926

  

 The merry tramps

  

Two young women at summer house, Rancho Bella Vista, Martinez, California

Bohemian Grove

 Actors

  

 Bar in tent, Bohemian Grove, 1878

  

 Camp tipi, Bohemian Grove

  

 Camp with men seated outside of tent, Bohemian Grove

  

 French horn quartet, Bohemian Grove

  

 Group portrait of men in camp with sign, "The star and garter," Bohemian Grove

  

 Group sitting on a bench, 1908

  

 Man in camp leaning against post, Bohemian Grove

  

 Man, identified as Vetter, sitting in folding chair by tent 

with sign above door "Salaam ie Hogir," Bohemian Grove

  

 Men swimming and on platform, Bohemian Grove, 1876

  

 Men toasting outside bar "Bar Harbor," Bohemian Grove

  

 Men watching man paint portrait, Bohemian Grove

  

Nighttime gathering around fire, 1909

Bohemian Grove

The Bohemian Grove is a large campsite located in the northern California redwoods. It is the stomping ground of the Bohemian Club, which started in 1872 as a gathering of journalists, artists, and musicians, but was soon co-opted by businessmen and the powerful. 

Bohemian Grove: Where the rich and powerful go to misbehave

Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove (for conspiracy theory buffs)

 Bird's-eye view of members seated at tables in dining area, Bohemian Grove, 1904

  

 Four men [one is William Letts Oliver]. "A Scotch Story," Bohemian Grove

  

 Group of men with horses and wagons, Bohemian Grove

  

 Group portrait of men around piano, Bohemian Grove

  

 Group portrait of men by tent and sign, "Tin-types while you wait"

  

 Group portrait of men with paintings, 1904

  

 Man sitting in camp, with sign, "Holy smoke," Bohemian Grove

  

 Men gathered near campfire, Bohemian Grove

  

 Men in camp with poster "Moulin Rouge," and paper lanterns, Bohemian Grove

  

 Men playing game of chess, Bohemian Grove

  

 Men sitting on long wooden bench, Bohemian Grove

  

 Two men by stream, Bohemian Grove

  

Two men in Japanese robes, Bohemian Grove

UC Berkeley

 Three rowboats with duck hunters in marsh

  

 Two men eating by stream

  

 Two women seated on bench, in backyard

  

 U.C. football practice, 1899

  

 Woman playing banjo, San Francisco, 1898

  

 Woman playing guitar to people on swing

[guy on swing looks seriously unimpressed]

  

 Woman with camera, 1940s?

  

 Women conversing by the stairs to a house

  

 Women students modeling senior plugs, University of California at Berkeley

[anyone know what a "senior plug" is?]

  

Women students modeling senior plugs, University of California at Berkeley

William Letts Oliver

William Letts Oliver (1844-1918) was a mining engineer by profession. He was also a very competent amateur photographer who documented both his working life and home life in his photos.

 Anita Oliver and Zella seated in backyard

  

 Anita Oliver in nursery

  

 Anita Oliver with dog

  

 Aunt Floy gardening

  

 Group portrait of William Letts Oliver family and relatives on front steps

  

 Kate Oliver in rocking chair

  

 Kitty [Carolyn], William Harold Oliver, on tricycle, and Tina

  

 Mrs. William Letts Oliver in carriage, in front of Oliver house, 1888

  

 Oliver boys, and others, playing marbles

  

 Oliver children in donkey cart

  

 Oliver children in rustic gazebo

  

 Oliver children wearing sunbonnets in garden

  

 Portrait of William Letts Oliver family, Laundry Farm, 1886

  

 William Letts Oliver family in garden, 1887

  

 William Letts Oliver family on front steps, 1887

  

 William Letts Oliver house with women on porch, Oakland

  

William Oliver family at Christmas dinner, 1901