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Correspondence from K. C. May to Frank A. Hitchcock regarding food stamps; Attachment: Correspondence on Food Stamps (F3729_66_006)

Date: October 22, 1942

Correspondence from Carole Hayashino of the National Committee of Redress to Patrick Johnston, attention to Priscilla Ouchida regarding background material for AB2710

Date: January 18, 1982

Caption: "Ocean Beach, San Francisco," c. 1925. Panorama of Ocean Beach, showing crowds not only at the beach but also at San Francisco's Playland, a series of seaside attractions and rides including a carousel, Fun House, and the Big Dipper rollercoaster. Entrepreneurs began erecting concessions and "thrill" rides at the location in the late nineteenth century. By 1913 the area was known as Chutes at the Beach. In 1923, brothers George and Leo Whitney began to purchase the attractions, eventually coming to own the entirety of what became known as Playland. The amusement park was torn down in 1972.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Silver Springs -- Florida, June 24, 1934." Grace McCarthy seated in a gazebo with a conical roof sheathed in grass or brush. Silver Springs, a series of artesian springs in Marion County, was Florida's first tourist attraction. The area began to attract visitors after the Civil War, in the late 1860s. In the late 1870s, entrepreneurs started offering glass-bottom boat tours of the springs. The locale became popular in the 1930s with film producers: several of the original Tarzan movies were filmed here, as was the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).

Date: 6/24/1934

Caption: "Garden at American Radiator Co. Exhibit. Chicago [sic] Fair. Sept. 18, 1934." William McCarthy stands in front of a series of pools cascading into one another, surrounded by manicured plants at the Century of Progress Exposition. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."

Date: 9/18/1934

Caption: "Ocean Park," c. 1910. Night view of amusement zone at what became Venice, California. In 1905, Abbot Kinney built a series of canals as part of a development project along Santa Monica Beach, hoping to recreate the look and feel of Italy's iconic "Floating City" in southern California. Called Ocean Park at first, in 1911, the name officially changed to Venice. By 1929, however, many of the canals had been filled in to create roadways, and those that remained fell into disrepair. A revitalization movement in the early 1990s has restored some of the canals, and made the area a desirable residential neighborhood.

Date: 1910

Caption: "Sign for California State Parks." Drawing by Alfred Eichler of sign for hacienda of Governor Pio Pico, California State Parks, after design Colonel Wing, Chief Division of Parks. Project for Department of Natural Resources - Beaches and Parks.

Date: 1929

Summary of communication with the Pacific Area American Red Cross and the War Services Division regarding the Red Cross's role in resettlement

Date: March 19, 1945

Correspondence from Walter B. Sellmer to Earl Warren regarding views on law enforcement problems involving enemy aliens

Date: February 19, 1942

Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to Charles M. Wollenberg regarding case reviews

Date: July 23, 1945