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Caption: "Riverside Villa Healdsburg July 1914," shows William and Grace (right) McCarthy and an unidentified woman at the Riverside Villa resort along the Russian River in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California.

Date: 1914

No caption, c. 1912-1915. Unidentified toddler standing in field holding teddy bear and ball, with buildings in distance. See also 96-07-08-alb05-083, 085, and 086.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Searsville Lake," c. 1920. William McCarthy and unidentified woman on horseback in front of trees and bushes. Searsville Lake, formed by the Searsville Dam, is located in San Mateo County, California. See also 96-07-08-alb04-232.

Date: 1920

Caption: "Exhibit of Division of Architecture, Sketch for Painting on Exterior Northwest Wall of Booth." Sketch for painting by Alfred Eichler; executed and built. Mural by Dobelstein and assistant, 1931. Project for Department of Public Works - Architecture - Administration.

Date: 1931

No caption, c. 1915-1920. Grace McCarthy standing in a campground next to automobile rigged with a mattress and curtains for privacy while sleeping. See also 96-07-08-alb04-175, 179, 180, and 182.

Date: 1920

Drawing of addition, state office building, San Francisco, view looking north. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler; drawing made by Eichler for cover of Public Works Magazine. Project for Department of Finance - Buildings and Grounds - Office Buildings.

Date: undated

In addition to granting women the right to vote, the 1911 women’s suffrage amendment also paved the way for women to hold political office in California. In 1918, Esto B. Broughton, Elizabeth Hughes, Anna L. Saylor, and Grace S. Dorris became the first four women elected to the California State Assembly. Though fifteen states had already granted women full voting rights, a federal amendment was required to secure nationwide suffrage. To push for this national change, two almost identical resolutions were introduced on January 9, 1919 to urge the U.S. Congress to move forward with “the amendment to the National Constitution known as ‘The Federal Suffrage Amendment.’". On just her third day in office, newly elected Assemblywoman Grace S. Dorris introduced Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1. Simultaneously, Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 was introduced by Senator Burnett, a male colleague in the State Senate. While Dorris's historic Assembly bill ultimately died in committee, its twin Senate resolution successfully advanced, passing both chambers on January 17, 1919.

Date: January 1919

Caption: "Green Hotel Pasadena," c. 1915, shows Grace McCarthy standing before the Hotel Green in Pasadena, built by George Gill Green in 1893, and expanded by him in 1898 and 1903 with two additional structures. The hotel complex was sold to private investors and by 1924, the 1898 Central Annex structure (Frederick L. Roehrig, architect) was turned into apartments and renamed the Castle Green. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Places, and the City of Pasadena's list of historic places. See also 96-07-08-alb07-212.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Market Street, Knights of Honor Parade," the Knights of Honor were a fraternal and secret society in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. A Knights of Honor Grand Lodge was established in San Francisco in 1880, and at one time twenty subordinate lodges existed.

Date: Undated

Caption: "Waiting Shelter - Pacific Colony." Design and drawing of waiting shelter, Pacific State Hospital, by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Mental Hygiene - Hospitals. The hospital was initially named Pacific Colony (1927-1953), followed by Pacific State Hospital (1953-1979); Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center; and finally Lanterman Developmental Center, which closed in 2015.

Date: 1941