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Collection Puzzles

Explore some of our photo collection through these fun puzzles! 

Once you finish the puzzle, click the link that appears at the bottom of the page and learn more about that image!

An old house is covered in a flowering plant

Black and white photo of loggers standing on a giant fallen Redwood

Sepia photo of Point Arena lighthouse on a coastal cliff 

Sepia photo of several young men fighting 

Sepia photo of a steam engine 

Photo of a raft made from boards floating down a river filled with fallen logs 

An old, empty downtown street flanked with buildings  

A boat sitting on the coast just past a few large rocks that jut out of the ocean 

A man sitting in an ancient race car with an extra tire 

A group of people standing in front of an hotel 

Sawmill workers pose for a photo by a large pair of circular saws 

People pose by a fallen tree that has been segmented and dwarfs them in size 

A train engine pushes a large redwood log down railroad tracks. A few men stand on the log. 

A trio of wagons waits on a street in front of an old building 

Loggers pose right before felling a giant redwood. One stands on a board suspended in air. 

A building and a horse sit at the end of a wooden rail 

Activities for Kids

"" Oly the String Doll (PDF)(PDF, 3MB) - Color your very own paper doll based on the handmade string doll from our collection named Oly. View our Oly Collection Spotlight to take a closer look at Oly and to learn more about where he came from.
"" Botany: Leaf Drawing Activity Guide (PDF)(PDF, 712KB) - Use this activity guide to recreate ascience project from our archives. To take a closer look at the original science project by James McNamee from 1915.
"" Old-Fashioned Penmanship Activity Guide (PDF)(PDF, 15MB) - Get hands on with history and follow along with our old-fashioned Penmanship lesson!
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Then & Now: School Objects (PDF)(PDF, 4MB) - Learn about the past through photographs and objects from our collection.

Then & Now: School Photos (PDF)(PDF, 625KB) - Learn about the past through photographs and objects from our collection.
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Museum I Spy (PDF)(PDF, 33KB) - Exploration guide for self-guided groups and families.
"" Woven Worlds Activity (PDF)(PDF, 2MB) - Exhibit exploration questions, puzzles, games, and activities.

 

What Became of the Little Red School House

Discover early Mendocino County schools by reading excerpts from this series created by the Mendocino County Genealogical Society and the Mendocino county Museum. We encourage you to use our Research request form for additional questions. The purpose of this publication is to provide information on early Mendocino County Schools and make it available for public use.  

"" Volume 3 Willits - Laytonville: Brookside School (PDF)(PDF, 6MB), Shimmons Ridge School (PDF)(PDF, 7MB)
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Volume 4 Round Valley - Potter Valley: Elsie Allen Remembers (PDF)(PDF, 8MB), Round Valley Agency School (PDF)(PDF, 6MB)
"" Volume 5 Anderson Valley - Point Arena: Cuffey's Cove School District (PDF),(PDF, 7MB) Fish Rock School District (PDF)(PDF, 9MB)
"" Volume 6 Ukiah - Hopland - Redwood Valley: Hopland School District (PDF)(PDF, 12MB), Redwood Valley School District (PDF)(PDF, 9MB), Ukiah Union Elementary School District (PDF)(PDF, 7MB)

 

Other Online Resources

Pomo Basket Weaver: Corine Pearce on PBS Craft America - Educational Video on Basket Weaving and Free Education Guides Purpose and Planning: Connecting Basket Making to Contemporary Needs and Resources.

California State Library Research Guide to Mendocino County History - This guide features digitized resources, general research tips, specific resources in the California State Library Catalog, On-Site Resources in Mendocino County.

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