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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 017

    Caption: "Coronado Hotel, May 20, 1934." View of the Coronado Hotel, with sand dunes in the foreground. At the time it opened in 1888, this hotel was the largest beach resort in the world. The Ballroom Tower, the highest point of the building, is 120 feet tall.

    Date: 5/20/1934

  • McCarthy Album 08, Photograph 206

    Caption: "Torrey Pines, San Diego.," c. 1905. William McCarthy stands with a group of unidentified friends or family in this photograph, framed within the branches of what appears to be a Torrey pine tree. William is far to the left, sporting a moustache.

    Date: 1905

  • 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 066

    Caption: "D. & R. G. Locomotive - Length 105 FT. - Salt Lake City," c. 1923. View of Locomotive #3501 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) primarily operated railroad lines between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, with other lines stretching into New Mexico.

    Date: 1923

  • Old Series Trademark No. 0896

    Reception

    Date: 1882

  • Original Bill File, Senate Joint Resolution 3

    This item has no description.

    Date: 1919

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 062

    Unidentified African-American woman, several children, and a dog posing on and around the porch of a wood-plank home. *Please Note:* Original caption removed due to sensitive content. To view the original photograph with caption, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk.

    Date: 6/17/1934

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 166

    Caption: "Market Street Burning." A view of the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the 1906 earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 012

    Caption: "The Alameda of Presidio," c. 1906, shows the entryway to the Presidio, lined with cannonballs. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 136

    Caption: "Market St. Sept 9. 1910 S.F." Market Street in San Francisco, decked with bunting and flags for California's Admissions Day, the anniversary of the Golden State's entry as a state in the U.S. See also 96-07-08-alb07-008.

    Date: 1910-09-09