Henry J. Martens excursion to Kern County, California
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Henry J. Martens (front row center on one knee) with members of his excursion to Kern County, California. Participants in the excursion came to California to see land that Martens was promoting for settlement.
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Henry J. Martens with Henry Hodel, Gustav Weyand, and P. B. Harms
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Photo appears to be taken in a studio designed to mimic a beach setting. The three men with Martens may have been his business associates and involved in organizing Martens' land excursions to California.
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Harms family home in Martensdale, California
Teil vonRegina Becker Collection
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View of Martensdale, California, winter of 1909-1910
Teil vonRegina Becker Collection
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Henry Martens excursionists visiting southern California, August 1909.
Teil vonRegina Becker Collection
Members of a Henry J. Martens excursion in August 1909 visiting an unidentified mission-style building in southern California. These excursions were intended to promote land for sale by Martens in Kern County.
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