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  • "Meeting with Mr. Wilson of the State Banking Department"

    Summary of discussion with State Banking Department on Japanese banks; Section on blocked accounts

    Date: May 24, 1945

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2101

    California Wine

    Date: 1892

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3077

    Perfection Brand

    Date: 1897

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3653

    Sweet Sagrados, The Ideal Physic

    Date: 1900

  • Old Series Trademark No. 3098

    Bordeaux, Posse Cafe

    Date: 1897

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 196

    Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 100

    Caption: "Vendome San Jose," c. 1910, was a luxury hotel in San Jose that opened in 1889. It was purchased by a real estate syndicate in 1930 and subsequently demolished in order to subdivide the property into lots for residential housing.

    Date: 1910

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 312

    Caption: "Touring De Luxe. Dinner is Served. Oct. 10, 1934." William McCarthy is cooking a meal in metal boxes on the engine of his Studebaker sedan, while Grace McCarthy is seated to the right at a small folding table awaiting dinner.

    Date: 10/10/1934

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 097

    *Caption: "Linnard Hotel -- Santa Barbara.," c. 1920. Automobile parked on street before the luxury Hotel Potter. Opened in 1903 by Milo M. Potter, it sold in 1919 to the Santa Barbara Hotel Company, controlled by D.M. Linnard. The famous luxury resort burned down in 1921. See also 96-07-08-alb05-070.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 012

    Caption: "The Alameda of Presidio," c. 1906, shows the entryway to the Presidio, lined with cannonballs. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

    Date: 1906