California state parks artifacts

A stagecoach is one of the relics that have been stored at a Northern California warehouse.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A stagecoach, tagged in a Northern California warehouse, is among the the state’s artifacts.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Ross McGuire, a museum curator for the state parks department, is flanked by baskets stored in a warehouse in Northern California.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Roy Stearns, communications director for the state, looks at a vintage painting that once hung at the Capitol in Sacramento.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Historical weapons are stored in a warehouse in Northern California.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Volunteer Judy Polanich catalogs baskets in a Northern California warehouse. Eventually, at the items’ new home, Native American baskets will occupy a series of shelves stretching a mile.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A wedding dress from a Donner party survivor has been tagged in the cataloging process.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A vintage picture that has yet to be cataloged sits in a Northern California warehouse.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Samples of steel suspension cables for bridges, designed by John Augustus Roebling, sit in a warehouse in Northern California.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)