Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1876 o mepere ụlọ ọrụ na-ese ihe osise na San Jose na Louis Lussier, na-aga n'ihu naanị ya mgbe ọnwụ Lussier nwụsịrị na 1882. N'afọ 1889, o mepere Hill na Franklin Photography Studio na Art Gallery na J. C. Franklin. Mgbe Franklin hapụrụ otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, ya na nne di ya, Laura Broughton Watkins, dịka Hill na Watkins Photographers Studio. Ruo afọ atọ, Sidney Yard sonyeere ha. N'ime
ala ọma jijiji nke 1906, ụlọ ọrụ Hill na ọrụ ndị dị ebe ahụ bibiri, dị ka eserese ya "The Murphy Party", nke a kwụgidere n'ụlọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke California Pioneers Association na San Francisco ma gosipụta ndị mbido mbụ na-agafe Sunset Pass. Mgbe ahụ, ọ tụgharịrị na njikwa nke ọla edo na Calaveras County, na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma, mana ọ gara n'ihu na-ese ihe na foto site n'ụlọ ya.