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  • "Summary of the Proclamation of the President of the United States…"

    Summary of proclamations dated December 7 and 8, 1941 and January 14, 1942, which describes instructions for aliens; Attached to "Notice to Enemy Nationalities: Certificates of Identification" (F3729_144_002b)

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 311

    No Caption: The Ahwahnee Hotel opened in 1927. The rustic design (Gilbert Stanley Underwood, architect) is often described as "parkitecture," meaning it is meant to match its surroundings, like many structures in National Parks built in that era. The hotel was renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel in 2016.

    Date: 1935

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 266

    Caption: "Arched Rock- Merced River Drive - Yosemite.," c. 1917. Grace and William McCarthy (to right of the car) pose with their vehicle and an unidentified woman underneath the arched rock on what is now Highway 140, the El Portal Road. The area is now known as the Arched Rock Entrance to Yosemite Valley.

    Date: 1917

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 316

    Caption: "Yosemite Falls - View From Ledge Trail," c. 1917. Yosemite Falls in the distance, as seen from across the valley on the Ledge Trail above Half Dome Village. 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 05, Photograph 117

    Caption: "Sutter [sic] Fort. Sacramento.," c. 1920. A gun tower at Sutter's Fort, and a gate bracketed by two cannons. John Sutter established the fort in 1839, calling it New Helvetia. After the discovery of gold at one of Sutter's mills (at Coloma, on the American River), almost all of the fort's inhabitants left for the gold fields in the foothills. The fort deteriorated until being restored from 1891-1893. The fort is now the site of a State Historic Park. See also 96-07-08-alb05-118.

    Date: 1920

  • Newspaper Article, State Athletic Commission Records, Investigation Files, F2219, California State Archives.

    This item has no description.

    Date: undated

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 139

    Caption: "Pajaro River Trestle," c. 1906. Shows a railroad trestle bridge over the Pajaro River in California's Central Coast region. The bridge is seated on concrete footings.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 183

    No Caption: shows four women (Grace McCarthy is second from left) sitting on or beside an automobile while having a picnic, at an unidentified location, c. 1918.

    Date: 1918

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 334

    No caption, undated. Unidentified child in improvised raft on a lake or river. The raft is composed of a wood crate and several wood boards.

    Date: Undated

  • McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 053

    No Caption: See also 96-07-08-alb08-169 with caption:"On the Shasta Route, Cal," c. 1910. Photograph likely taken from an observation car, showing a train running along a creek or river in a mountainous area. Given the caption, this is likely in the Siskiyou Mountains, Trinity Mountains, or the Cascade Range, but the specific location is unidentified.

    Date: 1910