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  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 416

    Caption: "State capitol or Palacio de Cortes, Cuernavaca, Mexico." Built in 1526 as a residence for Spanish conqueror, Hernan Cortes, the Palacio de Cortes is the oldest conserved colonial era civil structure in the continental Americas. It is now El Museo Cuauhnahuac, a regional museum, which features murals by Mexican artist, Diego Rivera.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 059

    Unidentified African-American woman, several children, and a dog, posing on and around the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.

    Date: 6/17/1934

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 162

    Caption: "Negro Boys Dancing, Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Population is 50% Negroes, July 15, 34." A group of young boys of various ages show off their dancing skills along a country road. According to census information available online, the population of Savannah in 1930 consisted of 54.2% white, 45.7% black.

    Date: 7/15/1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 316

    Caption: "Benicia Arsenal Storehouse Ruins," c. 1915, shows some remaining walls of the Benicia Arsenal storehouse, which suffered damage from a 1912 explosion.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 321b

    This warning sticker advertises "FIRE! Keep it away form our National Parks." The silhouette of a skeletal tree stretches bare branches toward the viewer.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 439

    Caption: "Felicitas Medrano." A portrait of Felicitas Medrano, seen as the flag bearer in the Labor Day Parade in Mexico City, in photograph 96-07-08-alb10-436.

    Date: 1938

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 056

    Caption: "Unloading Bananas from Steamer at New Orleans, June 16 34." Conveyor belt, and workers unloading bunches of bananas from a cargo ship.

    Date: 6/16/1934

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 015a

    No Caption: A small white commemorative bookmark with embroidered golden poppies tied with blue ribbon and blue lettering: "Pan. Pac. Int. Exp. 1915."

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 154

    Caption: "East Side Street Scene. N.Y," c. 1925. Bird's eye view of a street in New York City's East Side. The city's skyline looms in the background.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 096

    Caption: "Miami Beach, Florida. June 30 1934." William and Grace McCarthy posing on a beach at the ocean's edge, with surf foaming around their ankles.

    Date: 6/30/1934