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Hand-drawn sketch map of Potreros de la Sierra del Agua Caliente, or Poteros de San Juan Capistrano boundaries. Volume 2, page 120.

Date: 1845

Hand-drawn sketch map of Ojo de Caballo, or Posolmi Rancho and Posita de las Animas boundaries. Volume 2, page 108.

Date: 1843

Hand-drawn sketch map of Island of San Diego or Peninsula of San Diego or North Island boundaries. Volume 2, page 193.

Date: 1846

Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo de Santa Cruz boundaries. Volume 2, page 170.

Date: 1843

Hand-drawn sketch map of Carrisalitos, or Panoche de San Juan y Carrisalitos, or Rancho de San Juan y Carrisalitos boundaries. Volume 2, page 42.

Date: 1844

Caption: "A Key West Home Built of Corral [sic] Stone. July 2, 34." View of a multi-story residence made of coral.

Date: 7/2/1934

Hand-drawn sketch map of Moquelumnos, or Sanjon de los Moquelumnos or Rio de los Cosumnes al Sur boundaries. Volume 2, page 23.

Date: 1843

Caption: "Church Butte [sic], near Green River, Wyoming. Oct. 2, 1934." The Church Buttes in Wyoming consist of sandstone eroded by wind and weather into a butte approximately 1,000 feet in diameter and rising up to 100 feet above the surrounding valley floor. Located along the Overland Route used by emigrants to the West Coast, the formation gained additional notoriety for being a camp site for Brigham Young and the first Mormon party to head west, as well as a relay site for the Pony Express.

Date: 10/2/1934

Caption: "Statue of Liberty, New York. Aug 2, 1934." View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (now called Liberty Island). Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the now-iconic statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. Built in segments in France by Gustave Eiffel (also famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris), the pieces were shipped from Paris to New York in 1885 and assembled. The Statue of Liberty was subsequently dedicated on October 28, 1886.

Date: 8/2/1934

Caption: "#2 -- Record Oct 25, 09." This postcard shows plume of seawater thrown up by a mortar shell during target practice at Fort Point. The facilities at Fort Point were part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, however, for in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, however, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott.

Date: 1909-10-25