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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 181.0

    Caption: "Tamalpais Views," is a label for photographs 179 - 184 in album 6, showing a variety of views of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 185

    Caption: "Council Crest -- Portland," c. 1909. Buildings and benches in a park setting, with a tall observation tower, labeled the "Observatory," at the right side of the photograph. Council Crest Park in Portland, Oregon was the site of an amusement park between 1907 and 1929. The buildings in this photograph were part of that park. The Observatory, built in 1907, was demolished in 1941 to make room for a water tower. The area is still in use as a municipal park.

    Date: 1909

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 058

    Caption: "Menerva [sic] Terrace," c. 1923. A prominent feature of the Mammoth Hot springs, the Minerva Terrace is a series of travertine terraces, formed from limestone. In this photograph, two unidentified men stand at the upper left, viewing the terrace.

    Date: 1923

  • eichler_f3274_338

    Design and drawing of California National Guard Armory, Pomona, by Alfred Eichler. Not built like this. Project for California Military Department.

    Date: 1930

  • Correspondence on Committee on Welfare

    Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to Annie Clo Watson regarding appointment to Committee on Welfare of the State Council of Defense; for response, see Response to Correspondence on Committee on Welfare (F3729_56_002)

    Date: December 8, 1941

  • Schedule I Volume I

    The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.

    Date: California Secretary of State

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 186

    Caption: "Tacoma Bridge.," c. 1913. Double leaf, Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the rare instances where William McCarthy's labeling of the photographs in the albums is incorrect. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1913, was Portland's first bascule bridge, or drawbridge. It retains the distinction of being the longest bascule bridge span in the world.

    Date: 1913

  • eichler_f3274_087

    Caption: "View from Main Gate. Administration Bldg. - Boys Dorm - Academic Dining - Kitchen - Primary Dining - Primary School - Terraces." California School for the Deaf at Berkeley; design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: undated

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 251

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls," c.1917. Both the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, on Yosemite Creek, are visible in this photograph, taken from the valley floor. The highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Falls is made up of two successive cascades falling a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the Upper Fall to the base of the Lower Fall. The Upper Fall alone is 1,430 feet high, and is one of the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world.

    Date: 1917

  • 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