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  • Old Series Trademark No. 3220

    Diamond Package Dyes

    Date: 1898

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 263

    Caption: "Potato Race - July 4, 1917." Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.

    Date: 7/4/1917

  • eichler_f3274_403

    Caption: "Design No. 7." Pencil drawing of Tower Bridge concrete towers by Alfred Eichler. Note on drawing: "Tower subject to modification." Project for Department of Public Works - Highways - Bridge Department.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 142

    Caption: "Buriel [sic] of the U.S.S. Bennington Victims. -- Fort Rosecrans." Shows a grave site with dozens of caskets ready for burial. A priest and two altar boys stand at one side of the caskets, while a large group of U.S. Navy sailors looks on from the other side. While sailing from port in San Diego on the morning of July 21, 1905, the boiler of the USS Bennington exploded, killing sixty-six of her crew. The victims were laid to rest in the cemetery at Fort Rosecrans. See also 96-07-08-alb08-217.

    Date: 1905-07-23

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 086

    Caption: "Congressional Library -- Washington D.C.," c. 1920. Interior photograph of entrance to the Library of Congress.

    Date: 1934

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 221

    Caption: "Del Monte.," c. 1920. William and Grace McCarthy standing with an automobile in front of the Hotel Del Monte. The second of three hotels built on the site, near Monterey, California, the building in this photograph was destroyed by fire in 1924. The property surrounding the hotel became known as Pebble Beach, now a world-renowned resort and golf course.

    Date: 1920

  • Old Series Trademark No. 2398

    Cyclone

    Date: 1894

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 264

    Caption: "Potato Race," c. 1917. Several horseback riders holding long poles skirmish around a bucket in what appears to be a game similar to polo, played with a potato. A crowd has gathered to watch the game, while the rock cliff walls of Yosemite Valley tower in the background. Given the date, this was likely part of Independence Day festivities in the Yosemite Valley.

    Date: 7/4/1917

  • McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 000

    Caption: "Tours to the East." Two National Park decals for Yellowstone Park (with handwritten date of Aug. 14, 23, featuring a bear) and Yosemite National Park in 1920 (with handwritten date of July 4, featuring a mountain lion).

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 270

    Caption: "U.S. 1-inch Gun, Subcaliber Practice." c. 1905. William McCarthy poses next to a large piece of heavy artillery at what appears to be a battery for coastal defense.

    Date: 1905