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Correspondence from Robert G. Sproul to John H. Tolan regarding summary and thoughts on "Preliminary Report and Recommendations on Problems of Evacuation of Citizens and Aliens from Military Areas," a report issued by the Tolan Committee

Date: April 7, 1942

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Date: 1876

No Caption: Grace and William McCarthy standing near reflecting pool in front of the Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Millionaire Residences -- Los Angeles.," c. 1915-1916. Shows view from street of the "Magic Castle," a chateau-style residence built in 1909 by Rollin B. Lane. The building is now used as a night club and performance venue for magicians, and houses the Academy of Magical Arts. A mansion built by brothers Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer in 1914 can be seen on a hill above, displaying Asian influences in its architecture.

Date: 1915

Caption: "London Guarantee & Wrigley Bldg. Chicago," c. 1923. This photograph, taken at street level, features the London Guarantee Building (with the small cupola still under construction at its top) and the Wrigley Building (just to the right of the London Guarantee Building). The London Guarantee Building (also called the London Guaranty and Accident Building), designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, was completed in 1923. The Wrigley Building, constructed by the famous chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr., consists of two towers. The south tower was completed in 1921, while the north tower was finished in 1924 (you can make out construction scaffolding on the top of the tower in this photograph).

Date: 1923

Caption: "Causeway -- Sacramento Highway." William and Grace McCarthy driving over the newly-constructed Yolo Causeway, an elevated stretch of I-80 that connects what is now West Sacramento with Davis by traveling across the Yolo Bypass. The Yolo Causeway's official name is Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway.

Date: 1916

Caption: "Chief Manitou - Manitou Soda Springs," c. 1923. William McCarthy, wearing a Native American headdress and attire, stands next to Pedro Cajete. Mr. Cajete, better known to many as Chief Manitou, was a Native American of the Tewa tribe near Santa Fe, New Mexico, who was hired to promote tourism in the Manitou Springs/Colorado Springs area of Colorado. He often sold trinkets and posed for photographs with tourists near the mouth of Manitou Cave, resulting in his moniker Chief Manitou.

Date: 1923

Pure Borax from the Deserts of California and Nevada

Date: 1890

Correspondence from Homer A. Harris of Associated Produce Dealers and Brokers of Los Angeles to Culbert L. Olson regarding loyalty of Japanese aliens and withholding licenses

Date: January 20, 1942

C. W. and G. W. Armes, No. 2 Extra

Date: 1863